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Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners Introduction Introduction Implementation of good practices in road safety The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) have been collaborating on a project over the past six years to produce a series of good practice manuals covering key issues identified in the World report on road traffic injury prevention (1). The project arose out of the numerous requests made to WHO and the World Bank by road safety practitioners around the world, especially those working in low- and middle-income countries, asking for information to assist with implementing the report’s six recommendations. Recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention 1. Identify a lead agency in government to guide the national road traffic safety effort. 2. Assess the problem, policies, institutional settings and capacity relating to road traffic injury. 3. Prepare a national road safety strategy and plan of action. 4. Allocate financial and human resources to address the problem. 5. Implement specific actions to prevent road traffic crashes, minimize injuries and their consequences, and evaluate the impact of these actions. 6. Support the development of national capacity and international cooperation. This collaboration has so far produced good practice manuals on helmets, seat-belts and child restraints, speed, drinking and driving, and data systems. These manuals are available on the website of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC). 1 In addition to specific risk factors that have formed the content of the manuals so far, research shows the need to address several risk factors facing specific road users, such as pedestrians. The current manual is a response to this need, which exists in many countries around the world. 1 United Nations Road Safety Collaboration: http://www.who.int/roadsafety xiii
Introduction Pedestrian safety manual Why was the manual developed? Studies show a disproportionate involvement of pedestrians, cyclists and motorized two-wheelers in road traffic injuries. For instance, the first Global status report on road safety revealed that nearly half (46%) of those killed in road traffic crashes are pedestrians, cyclists or users of motorized two wheelers (2). More recently, the second Global status report on road safety 2013: supporting a decade of action examined pedestrians independently from other vulnerable road users, and showed that 22% of those killed on the world’s roads are pedestrians (3). As shown in both the Global status report on road safety (2,3) and World report on road traffic injury prevention (1), there are regional and national differences in the distribution of road-user mortality. Countries must address the problem of pedestrian safety by implementing effective measures. There are several recommendations that call on governments to take into consideration the needs of all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, when making decisions about road design and infrastructure, land-use planning and transport services (3). This manual supports countries in achieving this objective with a specific focus on pedestrians. Who is the manual for? This manual will benefit a variety of users, but the primary target audiences are engineers, planners, enforcement professionals, public health professionals and educators and other such people who have responsibility to improve pedestrian safety at the local and sub-national levels. Though the application of this manual can be at the national level, the settings envisaged are sub-national geographical and administrative units such as provinces or states, districts, cities, towns, neighbourhoods and communities. A secondary target audience are decision-makers and leaders in government and nongovernmental organizations, who provide overall policy support on road safety, transport and land-use planning. What does the manual cover? The manual provides information to use in designing and implementing interventions that can improve pedestrian safety in local and sub-national settings around the world. A summary of the content of each module is presented below: Module 1 stresses the need to promote pedestrian safety in transport planning and presents data on the magnitude of pedestrian fatalities and risk factors. Module 2 examines the extent of pedestrian consideration and inclusion in land-use, transport and public space planning. Module 3 outlines steps for prioritizing interventions and preparing a pedestrian safety plan of action. xiv
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