Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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Figure 8: Assessing results focus at the interventions level
Source Bliss and Breen, 2009
Current international best practice in the field of road traffic safety is dictated by the concept of
the Safe System approach as outlined earlier. Specifically with respect road traffic safety
management as outlined by the Pillar A of the UN Decade of Action (UN, 2010) there are specific
requirements outlined by both the Country Guidelines and the international standard ISO 39001
on Road Traffic Management (RTM) Systems (ISO, 2012).
3.5 International Standard on Road Traffic Safety Management Systems
The ISO 39001 International Standard, ‘Road Traffic Safety (RTS) Management Systems -
Requirements with guidance for use’, specifies requirements for a management system for
specifically road traffic safety. It provides a framework for the responsible organisation to
develop and implement appropriate road traffic safety policy, objectives and action plans and
taking into account legal and other requirements. The sole purpose of the standard is to address
road traffic safety management within organisations that wish to:
 Improve road traffic safety in their organisation;
 Establish, implement, maintain and improve a road traffic safety management system;
 Assure itself of conformity with stated RTS policies; and
 Demonstrate conformity with this international standard.