Improving Road Safety
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Specific recommendations: linked to road safety development phase
Each OIC member country can position itself in one of the road safety development phases. The
economic development of a country, measured in income per capacity, can be used as a starting
point for this. The typical road safety characterises, as defined i can be used as an
additional means for positioning. The identified road safety development phase helps to define
relevant policy measures. It should be mentioned that countries can be in different phases per
road safety pillar. In this case it is recommended to focus on the policy measures that are linked
to the relevant development phase.
Below, policy measures are presented for OIC member countries in the establishment and the
growth phase16 dentifies policy measures per road safety pillar (as well as road safety
data) for the OIC member countries that are in the establishment phase.
Table 29: Policy measures for OIC member countries in the establishment phase
Road Safety Pillar Measures
Road safety
management
 Garner political support for road safety
 Improvement of poor to medium quality road safety information systems
 Development of co-ordination structures
 Assigning lead agency responsible for road safety management
 Development of coordination structures
 Development of policy review procedures
 Setting of short term targets and long term initiatives
 Develop and maintain specific delivery partnerships between
government, NGO, community and business at the central, regional and
local levels
Safer roads and
mobility
 Develop road network categorisation plans
 Develop appropriate functional and operational characteristics for road
types
 Setting of appropriate speed limits
 Encourages public transportation use
 Develops strategies and plans for vulnerable road users
 Secures funding for development projects
Safer vehicles  Establish vehicle registration registers
 Develop minimum standards for entry of vehicles on public roads
 Develop roadworthiness criteria and monitoring systems
 Develop enforcement strategies
 Set standards and regulations regarding the use of vehicles
16 No policy measures are included for the growth phase, as it was concluded that no OIC member countries
have advanced to the maturity phase. However, in case a country has advanced to the maturity level at a
pillar level, or if interested in measures at maturity level, one id kindly referred t