In 2011, 254 pedestrians died on Cambodia’s roads; an increase of 17% on the previous year. Fighting to turn the tide on pedestrian safety, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) is working closely with the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) at both governmental and community levels to raise awareness, educate and ultimately, reverse this trend. To…
The Global Road Safety Partnership’s (GRSP) Hosting Agreement with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a crucial legal arrangement which gives GRSP its status as an auxilliary to government, and with that, access to decision and policy makers within the field of road safety around the world. In the…
May 15 saw the release of the new GRSP Annual Report. This bright and modern document is a showcase for the work of GRSP and Partners, detailing: the achievements of GRSP and Partners in the last 12 months the relationship between GRSP and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies the different…
What could be worse than a child leaving home for school one morning, full of the promise of learning and interaction with friends, only to return home seriously injured, or worse, not returning home at all? Sadly, in Vietnam, as well as in many other countries around the world, child road traffic injuries are a…
NEW YORK (April 30, 2013) – Bloomberg Philanthropies today launched a new website featuring the first comprehensive look at all programmes and initiatives in the organization’s five key focus areas including Public Health, Environment, Education, Government Innovation and the Arts at www.bloomberg.org. The new Bloomberg Philanthropies website defines the mission, work, and philanthropic approach of the foundation. It…
It has been an annual event since 1984, and this year, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) United Traffic Week was held under the slogan, ‘Your safety is our aim’. From Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and reaching to the Sultanate of Oman and the UAE, activities promoting safe driving behaviour were held involving all…
Working to improve data management systems and promote effective pedestrian safety interventions in cities are two critical milestones that require special attention as countries strive towards the realization of the goals of the Decade of Action for Road Safety. To this end, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Programme…
Pedestrians, motorcycle, e-bike and bicycle users are the most vulnerable of all road users, accounting for half of all road traffic deaths. Fortunately, there are ways to protect these road users from harm. This year, the Global Road Safety Partnership Asia Seminar 2013 in Manila, the Philippines, hosted nearly 200 road safety experts, practitioners, business…
Regular GRSP newsletter readers and those familiar with the work of the Bloomberg Philanthropies funded Road Safety in 10 Countries programme will know of the outstanding road safety work being undertaken in Hyderabad, capital city of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In the latest innovative move by additional commissioner of police (traffic) CV…
Each year, more than 270 000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads. Many leave their homes as they would on any given day never to return. Globally, pedestrians constitute 22% of all road traffic fatalities, and in some countries this proportion is as high as two thirds of all road traffic deaths. Today…
Targeting Vulnerable Road Users Safety for pedestrians and motorcycle, e-bike and bicycle users The GRSP Asia Seminar will focus this year on the serious issue of vulnerable road users. Right across Asia, the majority of people killed or injured in road crashes are vulnerable road users: pedestrians and motorcycle, e-bike and bicycle users. Activities at…
Afyonkarahisar (Afyon) is a city of around 175,000 people in western Turkey. In June 2010 it had been selected as one of two pilot cities in Turkey in which projects would be conducted by GRSP through the Bloomberg Philanthropies funded Road Safety in 10 Countries programme. At that time, wearing a seat-belt was simply not…
An early adopter of advanced fleet safety policies, GRSP member and Swiss multi-national Nestle, developed its ‘Safe Driving’ programme in 2008 in alignment with work then being undertaken by European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and its PRAISE project (Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees). The result for Nestle was a programme…
During March in Vietnam, the Ministries of Transport, Public Security, Science & Technology, and Trade & Industry issued joint circular number 06/2013. The circular significantly strengthens and improves regulations related to motorcycle and bicycle helmet production, import, sales, and use. The issuance of this circular is expected to have a significant impact on road traffic…
We have a far clearer picture of the number of road deaths there are versus the number of serious injuries. Current estimates suggest that for every road death there are 10 serious injuries. The question, however, across borders or even from city to city, is “what is a serious injury?”. Without a common definition, no…
