Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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 LICs could benefit from focus on simple infrastructural measures, e.g. by improving
pedestrian safety.
Specific recommendations: linked to road safety development phase
Each OIC member country can position itself in one of the road safety development phases. 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 phase, as this applies to most OIC member countries. The next table identifies policy
measures per road safety pillar (as well as road safety data) for the OIC member countries that
are in the establishment phase.
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