Georgia

Situation

Georgia has experienced very low motorisation per capita. Yet despite the country’s small fleet, the incidence of road traffic crashes and resulting fatalities is increasing. In order to reverse this growing trend, key identified risk factors such as speed and drink-driving must be addressed.

National speed limits are not reinforced by a deterring penalty or demerit point system. Drink-driving laws are also well enforced, with random breath testing and police checkpoints in effect. Significant work has been undertaken to reduce the number of fatalities that involve alcohol. Similarly, the use of seat-belt and other restraints.

(*WHO 2015)

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GRSP activities

Activities

Capacity building:
Scaling up capacity of Governments, civil society organizations and the Georgia Red Cross National Society in road safety fundamentals and advocacy for road safety through sub-regional and national workshops.

Knolwedge and practices:
Establishment of online library for public awareness campaigns.

First responders:
Development of the technical guide, in-country trainings on first response in road crashes.

Road policing:
Training of trainers (ToT) road policing training for 15-20 mid-level road police on evidence-based and outcome-focused policing.

Programmes

TRACECA Road Safety II

The TRACECA Road Safety II project brought together governments and civil society to actively promote the safety and security of road users, the public, property, and the environment within the Europe-Caucasus-Asia region’s transport corridor.

Safe to School – Safe to Home

Safe to School – Safe to Home incorporates assessment of road safety conditions, the installation of appropriate and low-cost local traffic engineering improvements, extensive road safety education for children, parents and the community, together with enhanced enforcement of helmet wearing, parking restrictions and speeding.

Road user groups

Children

With around 186 300 children under 18 years die from road traffic crashes annually, it is unacceptable that some countries still do not have legislation regarding obligatory usage and set safety standards for child restraints.

Pedestrians

With more than 270 000 pedestrians killed on roads each year, they account to almost a quarter of all road traffic casualties annually. Certain roads, especially in low and middle income countries, completely fail to separate road users from the rest of the road users, which put them in imminent danger.