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 [...]

From the UN Road Safety Resolution to the World Road Association's Action

It is known worldwide that according to UN estimates, road accidents result in 1.25 million fatalities per year and up to 50 million injured people all over the world. Over 90% of deaths are registered in low and middle-income countries. The awareness about this kind of problem led Member States represented in the United Nations General Assembly to opt for a Decade of Action for road safety (2011-2020), the declared aim of which is stabilizing and then reducing road traffic fatalities and injuries [...]

Road safety: Policies, Strategies and Action Campaigns

The internationalization of the road safety issue is no longer open to debate. Roadrelated risks must now be addressed across all continents, although the extent of risk mitigation varies tremendously. Should the numbers of victims be expressed per capita or should analyses actually segment by victims, major variations can indeed be observed. Such discrepancies are known to decision-makers, as underscored by Roberto Arditi, in his introduction on low and middle-income countries.