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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.

  • Vulnerable Road Users on Rural Highways - A Malaysian Perspective

    Une personne meurt toutes les 30 secondes sur les routes à travers le monde et ce chiffre, donné par les statistiques mondiales d’accidentalité, s’alourdit. La Malaisie, où la motorisation et la population ont augmenté rapidement ces trente dernières années, est victime de ce triste scénario, à une moindre échelle toutefois. Si le pays ne redouble pas d’efforts pour enrayer la situation, les accidents de la route rejoindront le VIH/SIDA parmi les principales causes de mortalité [...]

  • Vulnerable Road Users on Rural Highways: A South African Perspective

    Available publications, guidelines and manuals on road safety tend to relate to Vulnerable Road Users in the context of high income or developed countries (HICs). However, the factors affecting road safety in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) does not always align with the experience in HICs. These factors may include the standard of road infrastructure, general maintenance practices, availability of different transport modes, law enforcement and general road user behaviour. This article highlights [...]

  • Road Safety Issues in Latin America - Interview

    Hilda Gómez, Head of road safety at the Latin American development bank (CAF), Colombia Associate member of Technical Committee C.1 National Road Safety Policies and Programs of the World Road Association

  • 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 [...]