Fatality Trends 1980 – 1995

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Peter Elsenaar GRSP Senior Advisor

Former Road Safety Director NL Member of the PIARC Committee

Road Safety Chairman Dutch Road Victims

Association

pelsenaar@cs.com

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Fatality Trends 1980 – 1995

Scope of the ProblemScope of the Problem

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A new, broader approach to A new, broader approach to road safetyroad safety

Business Government

Civil Society

GRSP

Improved

Road Safety

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Principal activities 2006

• 12 Focus Country programmes

• Global advocacy

• Developing good practice and Knowledge-sharing

• 45 Members, see annual report

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Seat belt campaignSeat belt campaign

Costa Rica & Hungary, Romania, Russia

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Disco program

15 largest cities in Poland

Most popular disco in these cities

July – September 2004

9000 participants

““A” Degree Driver, PolandA” Degree Driver, Poland

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AdvocacyConferences (PIARC) and

exhibitions

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UN Collaboration, WHO

Good Practice Guides•Helmets – WHO•Seat belts – FIA-F, with GRSP •Alcohol – GRSP•Management/lead agency –

World Bank•Data systems – WHO•Speed Management - GRSP

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Road Safety Management in UN-ESCWA Countries

Guide to the Good Practices  

Authors:Samar Abouraad, GRSP advisor

Peter Elsenaar, GRSP senior advisor 

Egypt December 2006,

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Transfer of GRSP knowledge recently:

•SSATP cooperation•PIARC Togo Western Africa Road safety Conference Nov 2006

•PIARC Chile Road Safety Conference April 2007 (planned)

•Evaluate a new Latin American Focus country: Argentina? Chile?

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Road Safety on Four Continents Conference

October 2005 WarsawNovember 14-17 2007 in Bangkok, call for papers untill 1-5-2007

Vti.se/RS4CCo-sponsor TRB

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Road deaths /100,000 population 2005

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TRB 2007• Poland evaluation session 469

• Proposed: RS4C midterm activity at TRB, in combination with the Sunday RS Workshop

• Existing Sunday half day workshop: first world discussing third world’s safety

• Proposal: add third world adressing to first world about their good practise

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Thank you

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