The use of sub-standard helmets by motorcycle riders is widespread in Vietnam. According to a World Health Organization study in 2011, only 18% of helmets met the official Vietnamese helmet standard criteria. These sub-standard helmets offer little protection for motorcycle riders in the event of a crash. As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies funded Road…
During 2012 in Sakhalin Oblast, just off the east coast of Russia, there were 267 recorded road traffic crashes involving pedestrians. An increase of 6% from 2011. 30 died. More than 250 were seriously injured. Many occured at night, and of those, almost all were caused by low visibility of the pedestrian. In a dynamic…
Throughout 2012, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) worked in close cooperation with the Russian Red Cross (RRC) on developing their first ever road safety advocacy project. GRSP undertook the technical guidance role in assisting the RRC as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies funded Road Safety in Ten Countries (RS10) programme. “145-year-old Russian Red Cross has…
GRSP South Africa is the lead GRSP in-country organization on the African continent and is positioning itself amongst the best globally. They have just published their annual 2012 newsletter sharing some of the successes they are achieving with the support of partners and members, and highlighting the organization’s impressive interaction with the South African Government….
Drink or drive? This is the question being put to diners in Chinese restaurants in Suzhou, China, under the ‘NO Drink Driving’ road safety campaign supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies as part of the Road Safety in Ten Countries (RS10) programme. With more and more Chinese people owning cars, there is a tendency for people not…
Between July and September 2012 in five provinces in Vietnam, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) continued to enhance the capacity of traffic police to enforce drink driving. This work was undertaken within the Bloomberg Philanthropies funded Road Safety in Ten Countries (RS10) programme. The traffic police training programmes included practical operation of breathalyzers, practical observations…
Romania is among the worst performing countries in Europe in terms of its ability to reduce road crash fatalities and serious injuries over the past 10 years. Public awareness of the issue is also low. In an effort to increase public awareness and therefore contribute to sustainable improvement, GRSP Romania organized a road safety workshop…
The United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) has announced that it is holding its second Global Road Safety Week during the week 6-12 May, 2013, this year with a particular focus on Pedestrian Safety. Pedestrians constitute a major group at risk of death, injury and disability on the road. The Week will contribute to: …
On November 14 and 15, an important road safety event was held in the Jordanian capital of Amman. A regional workshop on the Implementation of the Action Plan for the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety in the ESCWA region. This two day, high level workshop was organised by the Economic and Social…
In a most innovative single initiative, the Cambodian Red Cross Siem Reap branch simultaneously engaged young adults with the road safety message, assisted traffic police and helped educate traffic offenders. At a recent workshop organised by the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) Siem Reap branch, 60 CRC young adult volunteeers were trained on the risk factors…
The Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards give global recognition to individuals and organizations for achievements and innovations which improve road safety. At a London ceremony on December 11, 2012, GRSP South Africa member organization, South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD), was presented this most prestigious award in the category of ‘Road Users’ for their…
“Catch the bus” is actually the title of a road safety campaign in Dubai, aired on E-Junior, the UAE childrens’ channel on eLife, a service for Etisalat Telecom. The project was developed in cooperation with Total Marketing Middle East and Dubai Police, hwever its most important partners were the children themselves. By answering quizzes and…
Traffic law enforcement in Mexico is not easy. Everyday traffic police face a number of safety challenges at alcohol checkpoints, then they have to manage a cumbersome process for dealing with those who are caught driving over the legal alcohol limit. Under the Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded IMESEVI6, the local name for the RS10 programme in Mexico,…
Data, data, data! That was the message sent at the second GRSP MENA workshop held in Brussels on November 5 and 6. Entitled ‘Road Safety Data Systems’, the event brought together leading road safety practitioners and decision makers from the Southern Mediterranean Region, representing eight partner countries of the European Union funded project, ‘Euromed Transport:…
Community attitudes to drink driving in Hyderabad (Andrah Pradesh, India) have been changing since the Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded RS10 programme began enhancing the enforcement capacity of traffic police. Since November 2011, almost 6000 drivers in Hyderabad have been charged with drink driving – enough to cause concern in any court and for any government. The driving…
