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Publications Routes/Roads Road safety

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of road safety. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Prioritizing Road Safety Actions in an Effort to Save Lives

    Considering that the objective of road safety policy centers on reducing road-based mortality and morbidity rates, policy success is contingent upon mobilizing both human and material resources. These resources remain relatively scarce, and authorities are required to make some hard choices. Not all projects can be backed by governments or agencies assigned to oversee road safety. This hurdle to action affects all countries, regardless of their level of economic development. Low and middle income [...]

  • Pedestrian Audits - A Checklist for Safety and Quality Inspections of Pedestrian Infrastructure

    The worldwide number of deadly road traffic accidents is in a critical range with 1.25 million incidents in 2013. In addition, it is particularly in low and middleincome countries (LMIC) that the motorization rate and thus the number of road traffic accidents will continue to increase (WHO 2015). It is to be assumed that a large part of road traffic accidents is also due to an insufficient foot traffic infrastructure. In addition, it can be assumed that the proportion of pedestrians will continue [...]

  • Implementation Status of Road Safety Audits and Inspections in Latin American Countries

    Road accidents are regarded as a serious economic and health problem on a global level due to the alarming numbers of deaths and injuries with permanent sequelae associated with them. In fact, around 3,400 people die every day as a result of a road accident. According to the most recent data from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 100,000 people die every year from road accidents in Latin America, making this a particularly serious issue in the region.

  • Road Infrastructure: A Key Building Block for a Safe System

    The interaction between road users is ultimately determined by the design of the road infrastructure. The road provides the foundation for transport and mobility and also provides the foundation for a Safe System if it is designed, built and maintained well. Fatalities and injuries are the outcome of the design of the system at the infrastructure level. Pedestrians and cyclists interacting with high speed vehicles; vehicles crossing each other at intersections; vehicles running off the road and [...]

  • Design and Operations of Safer Road Infrastructure

    Safe design and operation of road infrastructure covers a very broad scope. To get results delivered within the work cycle, PIARC Strategic Plan 2016-2019 has put forward 5 specific issues, and TC C.2 Design and Operation of Safer Road Infrastructure has been formed to look into these issues and deliver possible technical contents and materials that would enhance the PIARC Road Safety Manual (RSM). The issues pertinent to vulnerable road users, driver distraction and fatigue, and how human factors [...]