Situation
In contrast to many Eastern European countries, Ukraine has experienced high motorisation, and the number keeps growing. Despite this, the overall trend in road deaths indicates a declining incidence in traffic crashes and resulting injuries. To continue this positive trend, the Ukraine has identified key risk factors to address, such as speed and drink-driving.
(*WHO 2013)
GRSP activities
Activities
Capacity building:
Scaling up capacity of Governments, civil society organizations and the Ukraine 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
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 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.
Commercial drivers:
Commercial drivers cover great amount of distance on daily basis and are prone to multiple risk factors due to the vehicle type, conditions on the road and the often the objects that they transport. GRSP dedicates a lot of attention to this road user group because of the impact they have on road safety situation and surrounding road users.
Risk factors
Members Collaboration
IFRC engagement
| Website | Carrying out RS activites | Interested in expanding RS work |
| Ukranian Red Cross Society | Yes | Yes |
National laws
Lead agency: Ministry of Internal Affairs
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
4,709*
Fatalities per 100K pop. per year
not available
Population
45,448,330
Estimated GDP loss
not available
Registered vehicles
14,427,680
Income group
Lower-middle*
Source: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013
*World Bank
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