United Nations Road Safety Collaboration

This article, from a special issue on road safety, describes the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC), an informal network of more than 40 partners including UN agencies, government ministries of health and transport, nongovernmental organizations, private companies, and foundations. The UNRSC is a partnership whose members are committed to international road safety efforts by facilitating international cooperation and strengthening global and regional coordination in order to support individual countries' road safety policies and programs. The author describes some of the events that have come from the twice-yearly meetings of the group, including advocacy; the UN Global Road Safety Week (held in conjunction with the first World Youth Assembly for Road Safety, held in April 2007 in Geneva); the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims; the launch of a 5-year strategy to reduce injuries in Belize; the launches of collaboration best practice manuals in China and Ghana; a media campaign in Colombia; hosting of a seminar on road safety and first aid in Turkmenistan; and hosting of the Rally for Safer Roads by the Make Roads Safe campaign in the United Kingdom. Other areas in which the UNRSC has been involved are road safety regulations, the improvement of fleet safety, and dissemination of knowledge at international levels, particularly in the area of relevant road safety manuals covering drinking and driving, speed management, seatbelts, and child restraints. The article concludes with a list of the key partners in the UNRSC.

• Record URL:
  http://www.unece.org/trans/doc/2008/UNECE-Transport-Review-1-2008.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Krug, Etienne
• Publication Date: 2008-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 40-43
• Serial:
  • UNECE Transport Review
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: United Nations

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Developing countries; Highway safety; Intergovernmental partnerships; International compacts; International transportation; Partnerships; Safety campaigns; Safety education; Safety programs
• Identifier Terms: Global Road Safety Week; United Nations Road Safety Collaboration; World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
• Uncontrolled Terms: Instructional materials; Toolkits
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01119072
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 2009 2:06PM