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Section 4: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
12 Conclusions and Recommendations
12.1 Introduction
This section presents conclusions from the previous sections, notably from the framework for
road safety (Section 1) on the one hand and the review of road safety in OIC member countries
(Section 2) and the three case studies (Section 3) on the other hand. These elements together
provide the basis for formulating recommendations, as illustrated i
Figure 19: Conclusions and recommendations
12.2 A framework for Road Safety Improvement
The WHO estimates that more than 1.2 million people die on the world’s roads annually. The
majority of these deaths occur on the roads of middle and low income countries and cost these
countries approximately 3% of GDP annually. Traffic crashes are preventable, yet they are still
one of leading causes of mortality in todays’ society.
The WHO (WHO, 2009) reveals that the annual number of fatalities worldwide seems to have
stabilised. However, this is primarily attributable to significant improvements in road safety
management in high income countries. Trends in middle and low income countries show a
different picture in which traffic mortality rates are disproportionately high and the number of
road traffic deaths are increasing. Low income countries have the highest traffic mortality rate
(24.1 deaths/100,000 inhabitants); almost three times that of high income countries (9.2
deaths/100,000 inhabitants).
 Safe systems approach
 Road safety management: five pillars and
road safety data
 Lead road safety agency
 Road safety development phases
Framework for road safety
 Road safety performance
 Assessment of road safety management
through desk and questionnaires
 Case studies: Bangladesh, Cameroon,
Morocco
Road safety in OIC member countries
 General conclusions
 Specific conclusions and recommendations
per groups of OIC member countries
Conclusions and recommendations