Road traffic crashes are reported to be the second most frequent cause of injury related death in Colombia, according to the World Bank.[1] To combat this and other road safety issues, Bogota is one of the participating cities in the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS). In April, the BIGRS kicked off with a…
On September 2 Africa Road Safety 2015 gets underway in Lusaka, Zambia. Road safety is a critical issue in Africa that requires immediate attention. While the African Region possesses only 2% of the world’s vehicles, it accounts for 16% of global road deaths; this is 24.1 deaths per 100,000 population, well above the global average…
If you missed the July edition of GRSP South Africa’s newsletter, you can catch up right here [link]. There is some great work being done in South Africa, including events, projects and partnerships. Events and workshops GRSP ZA is hosting monthly Childsafe and Safely Home Road Safety Workshops, in partnership with the Department of Transport…
In the May kick-off meeting of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, needs were identified to address drink-driving, over-speeding, helmet and seat-belt use, pedestrian safety and commercial public transport safety to reduce death and injury on the roads in the city. The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) met with the…
On August 17, the International Day of the Pedestrian, Mexico City’s Mayor Mancera announced a series of new traffic regulations aimed at improving pedestrian safety. The rules are officially posted and will take effect in 180 days. Mayor Mancera posted on his Twitter account that with the publication of these regulations, the government is seeking…
From August 3, 2015 by FIA Foundation Road safety targets have been included in the final text of the new Sustainable Development Goals adopted by UN member states in New York. A specific stand-alone target in the Health Goal to reduce road traffic fatalities by 50% by 2020 and a target on sustainable urban transport…
The inaugural Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2015) is shaping up to be big after an overwhelming response to the call for abstracts announcement saw more than 280 submissions received for consideration by the conference scientific committee. The conference will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia, from 14-16 October and…
The Global Road Safety Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals for Round 8 of the Road Safety Grants Programme. Initiated in early 2012 with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the primary objective of the Road Safety Grants Programme is to support civil society organizations in selected low- and middle-income countries…
Announcing GRSP’s 4th African road safety event, 2-3 September 2015, Lusaka, ZAMBIA. Africa Road Safety 2015 will focus on some of the serious gaps in road safety in countries across the African continent, particularly in the sub-Saharan region. The event will comprise a range of stimulating capacity building workshops, keynote addresses and plenary sessions over…
Launched by Nestlé Philippines in 2009, Safety Beyond the Gates is a programme that seeks to create awareness among employees and third party transport service providers on the importance of road safety. “At the end of the day, we want our employees and our third party transport service providers to go home to their families…
Road accidents are one of the top five causes of medical evacuations managed by International SOS. Motor vehicle crashes are the number one non-natural cause of fatalities of US citizens living, working, or travelling in foreign countries. In Europe, it is estimated 60% of work accidents resulting in death are due to road crashes. International…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and FIA Foundation partnered to organize Asia Pacific Road Safety 2015 held from 28-30 April in Manila, Philippines. The seminar saw 186 road safety experts, practitioners, business representatives and senior government officials from all over the region and the world…
We reported last month on the ten cities and five countries selected as participants in the second phase of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety. Since the announcement, the GRSP team has begun a series of official kick-off meetings with high level representatives from those cities and countries. Through this newsletter, our social media…
On 17 and 18 March in Cambodia, GRSP hosted a meeting of in-country advocacy partners and the Bloomberg Advocacy Incubator to develop a strategy for supporting implementation of the new Traffic Law; the progress of which we have been supporting and reporting on through this newsletter. Relevant government partners also participated in parts of the…
Sendai / Geneva – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today launched an initiative to scale-up community and civic action on resilience – the ‘One Billion Coalition for Resilience’. The announcement was made by Mr Tadateru Konoé, President of the IFRC and Japanese Red Cross Society, together with Mr Elhadj…
