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iRAP is proud to support the launch of the International Transport Forum (ITF)’s new Ferramenta de Sistema Seguro, an innovative framework designed to guide countries, municipalities, companies, and other road safety stakeholders in implementing the Safe System Approach to road safety.
The user-friendly tool will help road safety professionals worldwide proactively evaluate, develop, and monitor road safety projects, strategies, and plans with the goal of reducing fatalities and serious injuries on the roads.
A Sistema Seguro approach operates under the critical belief that there is no acceptable level of road deaths or serious injuries. It takes into account human error, which is inevitable on the road, but focuses on proactive and systemic measures to prevent serious crashes before they occur.
Ao combinar intervenções que otimizem a segurança rodoviária em todas as facetas do sistema de transporte rodoviário – Segurança rodoviária 5 estrelas, em veículos 5 estrelas em estradas 5 estrelas, viajando a velocidades seguras – o Sistema Seguro busca criar um sistema tolerante a falhas que oferece proteção mesmo quando uma parte falha.
A Ferramenta do Sistema Seguro, desenvolvida pelo Grupo de Trabalho da ITF (do qual faz parte James Bradford, diretor técnico global da iRAP), foi concebida para ser universalmente aplicável e eficaz ao abordar todos os modos de transporte rodoviário.
It links the six road safety pillars (safe roads, safe vehicles, safe speeds, safe road-user behaviour, post-crash care, and road safety management) to the five key components of a Safe System (institutional governance, shared responsibility, pillar strengthening, prevention of exposure to large forces, and supporting safe behaviour).
It also provides a roadmap with three stages of Safe System development:
- Emerging: Awareness exists, but interventions are not yet systematic.
- Developing: Policies and interventions are linked, and road safety social norms are beginning to form.
- Mature: Advanced technical and policy interventions are in place, and a culture of safety is well-established.
Speaking from the launch of the tool during the 4ª Conferência Ministerial Global sobre Segurança Viária in Marrakech in February, ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim said, “Our roads will become safe only through collective effort. The Safe System Tool fosters the kind of coordinated action from all groups with a stake in safety and health that will drive down the unacceptably high number of traffic victims.”
With a vision for a world free of high-risk roads, iRAP is supporting governments, mobility clubs, development banks, research organisations, industry and road safety NGOs with the free ferramentas, treinamento and support to improve road safety within the infrastructure pillar of the Safe System.
For more information on how to begin, and to use the Tool
Download the above Safe System infographic for your use
To request an online demonstration of the tool, email contact@ITF-OECD.org