To support the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021 – 2030, we are pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Road Safety Toolkit.
First launched 10 years ago, the Road Safety Toolkit is an important online resource that provides free information on the causes and prevention of road crashes that result in death and injury. It will continue to be a freely available tool that provides practical, up-to date knowledge of how treatments can be implemented.
Basándose en décadas de investigación sobre seguridad vial, el Kit de Herramientas de Seguridad Vial proporciona un recurso integral sobre seguridad vial para ingenieros, defensores de la seguridad vial, estudiantes y responsables políticos, con el fin de ayudar a desarrollar planes de seguridad para peatones, motociclistas, ciclistas, ocupantes de automóviles y vehículos pesados, y usuarios del transporte público.
La actualización del Kit de herramientas de seguridad vial fue financiada por Bloomberg Philanthropies, en el marco de su Iniciativa para la Seguridad Vial Mundial (BIGRS 2020-2025), y fue emprendido por el Fondo Mundial para la Seguridad Vial (GRSF) del Banco Mundial, con el apoyo de la International Road Assessment Program (iRAP)La revisión incluyó una revisión por pares y una encuesta a las partes interesadas en la seguridad vial para identificar cómo el conjunto de herramientas de seguridad vial podría seguir reflejando la evidencia y la investigación más recientes en seguridad de ingeniería. Líderes mundiales en seguridad vial, incluidos los Alianza Mundial para la Seguridad Vial (GRSP), el Hacia la Fundación Cero, NCAP global, Alianza Oriental para un Transporte Seguro y Sostenible (EASST) y los asesores técnicos brindaron un apoyo invaluable para la revisión.
iRAP’s Global Programme Director Greg Smith said “The Decade of Action for Road Safety calls for a halving of death and debilitating road trauma by 2030. The Toolkit helps every country on their journey to reach that target by making reliable, evidence based knowledge on road safety and practical case studies freely available.”
Said Dahdah, the Head of the Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) and Global Lead Road Safety for the World Bank said “The World Bank and the Global Road Safety Facility through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety are pleased to continue supporting the iRAP Road Safety Toolkit which was initially launched over 10 years ago with GRSF support. We hope this latest update will provide even more useful information to users, especially those in low- and middle-income countries where road safety needs are greatest.
This public tool provides easily accessible information on different road safety interventions, including their likely effectiveness and implementation issues. Thousands of visitors are accessing this Tool every month which will help road safety practitioners especially in low and middle income countries.”
The new Road Safety Toolkit (https://toolkit.irap.org/) has been updated to ensure it reflects contemporary knowledge, with revision to content such as:
- Road safety plans to reflect the recently published Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
- Bicyclists, to be better capture the range of bicycles and light mobility used and context.
- Speed management and traffic calming to capture a larger range of treatments and make linkages to contemporary information such as the GRSF Speed Management Hub.
- Vehicle safety devices to include content on ABS for motorcycles and AEB for vehicles.
- Larger focus on vulnerable road users.
There have also been significant improvements in usability and functionality including;
- Reflection of the new Global Plan and UN Global Road Safety Performance Targets
- Over 90 topics covered and reflection of all road users.
- Over 600 current images available, with the improved ability for the road safety community to access and submit images.
- Available in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese and Hindi.
- Over 110 case studies now available.
- More than 100 references included and searchable.
- Mobile device friendly compatibility.
- User friendly URLs and shareable content for the online road safety community.
Overall the refreshed Road Safety Toolkit will encourage a more dynamic platform where the road safety engineering community can contribute through submissions of case studies and images.
The Road Safety Toolkit is originally the result of collaboration between the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), el Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP) and the World Bank’s Mecanismo Mundial de Seguridad Vial (GRSF). Austroads y ARRB provided expert advice during the Toolkit’s development.
To access the Road Safety Toolkit visit toolkit.irap.org
To find out more information on other RAP Infrastructure Safety Management Tools available visit irap.org/rap-tools/
