Proactive Partnership Strategy - Global Road Safety Partnership

3.2 Integrated Actions - Design and Implementation
There are many solutions to road safety problems.
A “systems approach” to road safety is essential to tackling the problem. This
approach addresses the traffic system as a whole and looks at the interactions
between infrastructure, vehicles, people and the emergency services to
identify solutions.
Keeping in mind the available data and the measures and targets set,
the PPS Team identifies and prioritizes the road safety problems that can be
implemented and measured for change in the community. The PPS Team then
determines what overall actions (Integrated Road Safety Actions or Proactive
Partnership Process) are practical and effective to achieve the targets.
Having reliable data assists in identifying the problem and makes it easier for
the PPS team to prioritize actions.
The list of interventions could include (but not be constrained to):
• Speed compliance on different types of roads and at different times
• Helmet use and correct helmet use
• Seat belt use for all passengers and the driver
• Drug and alcohol free driving
• Safe vehicles
• Safe road environments - removal of hazards
• Improved emergency services response
• Increased quality of signage
• Legal compliance when using the system - required legislation.
The PPS teams also determines:
• What Programmes, Projects and Systems will be established
• What will take place at the macro level and micro levels
• Where the interventions will take place - at specific Programme level (such
as Speeding), or at a specific Project level (such as at x intersection) or
at a System level, (such as with Taxi or School Bus Drivers)
• Which partners will be involved
- Transport, Education, Health
- Which private sector
- Which community members
• Who will be the lead organization
Each action also needs to include performance indicators to allow for
monitoring and evaluation.
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