Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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2 Methodological Approach
2.1 General Approach
The methodological approach for the study is built on two distinct phases, i.e. the data collection
and the synthesis phase, as presented i The data collection phase consists of literature
review, surveys and field visits and the synthesis phase consists of drafting conclusions and
recommendations and the presentation of results.
Figure 1: Methodological approach
 Inventory of relevant
documentation
 Review of relevant
documentation
 Analysis of results from data
collection
 Define conclusions and
recommendations for the five
main road safety categories
 Produce Final Report
Data collection phase Synthesis phase
T1: Literature Review T4: Conclusions and recommendations
 Development of online survey,
including questionnaire
 Implementation of online
survey and optimizing response
 Analysis of responses
 PowerPoint presentation
highlighting the project’s
conclusions and
recommendations
 Presentation during the 8 th
meeting at COMCEC
T2: Surveys T5: Presentation of results
 Development of interview
scripts for case studies
 Field visits to Bangladesh,
Cameroon and Morocco
T3: Field visits
Source: Ecorys
2.2 Literature Review
The literature review provides the ingredients for developing a framework for road safety,
based on international best practices, and a review of road safety performance of OIC member
countries compared to other countries. The review makes use of published reports and
documentation. Literature review entails a number of tasks, namely:
 A summary of international best practice regarding road safety management.
 Comparing road safety performance data of OIC member countries with the rest of the world
using reported fatality data, mortality rates and other data revealing the outcomes of road
safety efforts in those countries.
 An overview of the status of road safety in OIC member countries using the five road safety
pillars, as encouraged by the United Nations as a reference framework.