Situation
Road safety is a critical issue in Laos where the number of road crashes and fatalities are increasing, consequently due to the growing number of registered vehicles. Motorcycles comprise of over 80% of the growth (annually), with 87%* all road deaths being motorcycle users. Helmet-wearing is recognised as a key priority by the government.
With our support, the Lao National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) developed a National Helmet Wearing Action Plan in 2007, which has since seen the development, implementation and enforcement of national motorcycle helmet laws.
(*WHO 2015)
GRSP activities
Activities
Programmes
Road user groups
Risk factors
Members Collaboration
IFRC engagement
| Website | Carrying out RS activites | Interested in expanding RS work |
| Lao Red Cross | Yes | Yes |
National laws
Lead agency: National Road Safety Committee
Speed limit law
Motorcycle helmet law
Child restraint law
Drug-driving law
Drink-driving law
Seat-belt law
Mobile phones while driving law
Crash data
Annual road fatalities
971*
Fatalities per 100K pop. per year
14.3
Population
6,769,727
Estimated GDP loss
2.7%
Registered vehicles
1,439,481
Income group
Lower-middle*
Source: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
*World Bank
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