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11.9 Conclusions and Recommendations
Road safety research and development
Overall, research, development and knowledge transfer on road safety matters take place on an
ad-hoc basis in Morocco. A dedicated road safety research programme, backed by sustainable
funding sources and carried out by dedicated research staff is currently not apparent. The
feasibility of establishing a dedicated road safety research institute as an independent entity or
as part of a future road safety agency needs to be further explored.
Road safety management
It is recommended to improve the data exchange cooperation between the different
stakeholders (like DTRSR, CNEH, CNPAC, CNER, Police and Gendarme) to increase road safety.
In various processes it was observed that the flow of information between the different
institutions was complex or non-existent.
Road safety inspections or systematic assessments from a road safety engineering perspective
are not routine. Inspections are generally carried out as part of pavement management and
maintenance programs but do not include specific road safety elements. Target setting based on
(safety performance) indicators is not included as part of the overall road safety improvement
plan nor are these monitored.
In addition to these more general points following list of activities (not exhaustive) is
recommended:
 Develop a comprehensive strategy based on harder targets, both in terms of crashes and
intermediate outcomes.
 Develop a critical offences monitoring strategy and program.
 Initiate studies for checking the crash registration rates.
 Develop systems to link hospital data with crash data to control for under-registration and
validate severity.
 Set targets and programmes for addressing high risk locations.
 Identify and secure funds to address high risk locations.
 Develop an integrated quality control system for road design (audit guidelines; courses etc.).
 Practical driving examination can be improved by testing drivers on a random route
containing normal traffic conditions instead of on a fixed route.
Enforcement
Certain critical offences in Morocco are monitored although these do not appear to be
systematically reported. The following offences are monitored based at locations identified from
crash data to be high risk locations:
 Speeding
 Seat belt wearing
 Helmet wearing (motorcycles)
 Red light violations, and
 Stop and yield sign violations.