The World Health Organization today launched the ‘Global status report on road safety 2013’. This report, the second in a series, presents information from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population, and will serve as the baseline for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. The report analyzes to what extent…
As the EU MENA programme enters its second year, beneficiary countries are finalizing action plans for multi-sector and multi-disciplinary road safety pilot projects under the supervision of GRSP experts. Tunisia is one of the beneficiary countries, the planned activity for which is entitled ‘Design and Establishment of a Road Safety Management System for SORETRAS’ (Sfax…
For the Cambodian Red Cross, road safety is an important part of the humanitarian mandate to assist the most vulnerable. In addition to serving as an auxiliary to the public authorities, the Cambodian Red Cross is a member of the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC), placing the National Society in a key role to tackle…
On February 13 and 14, 2013, road safety specialists from Iran, Germany, UK, Italy, Lebanon, Turkey, India and Australia, amongst others, met for the ‘Second Razavi International Congress on Road Safety’ in the city of Mashhad, Iran. In collaboration with WHO – EMRO, the event was organized by the Razavi Hospital, one of the country’s…
‘Addressing the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users’ Workshop March 12 – 13, 2013, Brussels, Belgium Pursuant to the activities held within the framework of our EU financed project, ‘EuroMed Transport: Support to the MENA Road Safety Programme’, the Global Road Safety Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa (GRSP MENA) has the pleasure to…
The Global Road Safety Partnership wishes to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals for Round 3 of the Road Safety Grants Programme. Initiated in early 2012, the grants programme is part of the Road Safety in Ten Countries (RS10) programme, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and managed and administered by the Global Road Safety…
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…
