Guidelines for Mainstreaming Road Safety in Regional Trade Road Corridors

The global crisis of road traffic injury is escalating in low-income and middle income countries to devastating effect; with road traffic crashes a leading cause of death. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.24 million people were killed on the world's roads in 2010 and between 20-50 million more suffer non-fatal injuries from road traffic collisions each year. Among young people aged 15-44 years, road traffic crashes are the second leading cause of death after HIV/AIDS. The guidelines presented here are an important contribution to addressing the challenge of road safety management in regional trade corridors. Developed jointly by the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Program (SSATP) and the World Bank, they are intended to serve as a guide for mainstreaming road safety in regional trade corridor investment programs in developing countries. The guidelines present a roadmap and set of tools with templates for terms of reference to assist in the identification, preparation and implementation of effective road safety projects in regional trade corridors, based on the lessons and global best practice experience. The publication outlines a systematic and logical process for directly addressing priority road safety needs on regional corridors in a streamlined and iterative manner, that will be relevant not only within Africa, but also to other developing regions of the world.

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Main Authors: Breen, Jeanne, Humphreys, Richard Martin, Melibaeva, Sevara
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-06
Subjects:ACCIDENT DATA, AIR, AVERAGE SPEEDS, AVERAGE TRAFFIC SPEEDS, BLACK SPOT, BLOOD ALCOHOL, BRAKING, BREATHALYZER, BRIDGES, BUS, BUS TRIPS, BUSES, CARS, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE, CORRIDOR INVESTMENT, CRASH CARE, CRASH COSTS, CRASH DATA, CRASH RISKS, CRASH TYPES, CRASH VICTIMS, CROSSING, CYCLIST, CYCLIST CRASHES, CYCLISTS, DESIGN SPEED, DRIVER LICENSING, DRIVER TRAINING, DRIVING, DRIVING STANDARDS, DRIVING TIME, DRUNK DRIVERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, ENGINE, ENGINEER, EUROPEAN ROAD, FATAL CRASHES, FATAL INJURIES, FATALITY, FOOTPATHS, FRAMEWORK, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, GRADE, GRADE SEPARATION, HEADLIGHTS, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, HEAVY VEHICLE, HELMET USE, HELMETS, HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY PATROL, HIGHWAY RESEARCH, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INHABITANTS, INJURIES TO PEDESTRIANS, INJURY, INJURY DATA, INJURY PREVENTION, INJURY RATES, INSPECTION, INTERLOCKS, INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC, INTERSECTION, INTERSECTION DESIGN, INTERSECTIONS, INTERURBAN ROADS, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENT IN ROAD SAFETY, ISO, JOURNEY, LANES, LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, LOADING, LONG-DISTANCE, MASS, MASS TRANSPORTATION, MIRRORS, MOBILITY, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORCYCLISTS, MOTORWAYS, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY, ONCOMING TRAFFIC, PASSENGER, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIANS, PROMOTION OF ROAD SAFETY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES, RADIO, RAIL, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL PLANNING, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ROAD, ROAD CLASSIFICATIONS, ROAD CRASH, ROAD CRASHES, ROAD DEATHS, ROAD DESIGNS, ROAD HAULAGE, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD LAYOUT, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SAFETY ACTION, ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIES, ROAD SAFETY AGENCY, ROAD SAFETY AUDIT, ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES, ROAD SAFETY ISSUES, ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT, ROAD SAFETY POLICIES, ROAD SAFETY POLICY, ROAD SAFETY PROBLEMS, ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY SPECIALIST, ROAD SAFETY SPECIALISTS, ROAD SURFACE, ROAD SURFACES, ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES, ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM, ROAD TYPE, ROAD TYPES, ROAD USER, ROADS, ROUTES, RUNNING LIGHTS, SAFETY AUDITS, SAFETY BELT, SAFETY BELTS, SAFETY BENEFITS, SAFETY DATA, SAFETY DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY ENGINEERING, SAFETY FUNDING, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY INITIATIVES, SAFETY INSPECTIONS, SAFETY ISSUES, SAFETY KNOWLEDGE, SAFETY OUTCOMES, SAFETY PERFORMANCE, SAFETY PRINCIPLES, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, SCHOOL BUS, SEAT BELT, SEAT BELT USE, SETTING OUT, SHARING, SINGLE CARRIAGEWAYS, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED LIMITS, SPEED ROADS, SPEEDS, STEEL, STREETS, STRUCTURES, SUSTAINABLE SAFETY, TACHOGRAPH, TAXI DRIVERS, TELEVISION, TOOLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, TRAFFIC CRASHES, TRAFFIC DEATHS, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC FLOWS, TRAFFIC INJURIES, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, TRAFFIC POLICE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC SYSTEM, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT NETWORKS, TRANSPORT OF GOODS, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT REGULATION, TRANSPORT SAFETY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRUCK, TRUCK TRAFFIC, TRUCKS, TUNNEL, TUNNEL SAFETY, TUNNELS, UNDERPINNING, VEHICLE, VEHICLE CRASH, VEHICLE CRASHES, VEHICLE DRIVERS, VEHICLE DRIVING, VEHICLE FLEET, VEHICLE OPERATORS, VEHICLE SAFETY, VEHICLE SPEED, VEHICLE SPEEDS, VEHICLE TYPES, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18127874/guidelines-mainstreaming-road-safety-regional-trade-road-corridors
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16281
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