Situation
Despite a decline in the number of road traffic crashes and resulting injuries and fatalities, almost 2,000* people are still killed in road traffic crashes every year. Addressing such risk factors as inappropriate speed and drink-driving are key to continuing the decreasing incidence of road traffic deaths and building a culture of road safety in Romania.
The country has in effect a body of road safety best practices and legislations. National drink-driving laws are reported to be strongly enforced through random breath testing / police checkpoints, however 5%* of all road deaths are still reported to involve alcohol. Seat-belt laws are also well enforced and apply to both front and rear seat occupants, which is moderately enforced.
Romania is committed to supporting the UN Decade of Action and as such, has pledged a fatality reduction target of 50% by 2015.
(*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 |
| Romanian Red Cross | Yes | Yes |
National laws
Lead agency: Interministerial Council for Road Safety
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
1,881*
Fatalities per 100K pop. per year
8.7
Population
21,698,585
Estimated GDP loss
not available
Registered vehicles
5,985,085
Income group
Upper-middle*
Source: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
*World Bank
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