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3.5.6 Performance evaluation
The standard stipulates that the organisation shall determine what needs to be monitored, how
that monitoring will take place (measured, analysed and evaluated), when monitoring will take
place, when results are analysed and evaluated and reported.
The standard also requires that the organisation develop procedures and process to record and
document road traffic (fatal and serious injury) crashes and incidents in which the organisation
itself is involved in. These are to be analysed and underlying causes identified, remedied and
opportunities identified to implement preventative strategies.
Top management shall periodically review the performance of the organisational goals and
strategies and targets. Thesemanagement reviews shall consider status of actions fromprevious
reviews, changes in the internal and external environments, information on the RTS
performance including trends in non-conformance and corrective actions, monitoring and
evaluation, meeting of targets and goals, etc. identify opportunities for continual improvement
(specifically chances for technology), relevant communications with stakeholders and other
parties (including complaints) and data relating to crashes and investigations.
3.5.7 Improvement
In the event of non-conformity to the requirements of the RTS management system the
organisation is expected to implement corrective action plans and to deal with the consequences
of the event. The organisation must evaluate the case and develop countermeasures to ensure it
does not occur again or that risk is minimised. If remedial steps are implemented these must be
monitored and the effectiveness evaluated and documented.
Finally the organisation is expected to have a programme aimed at the continual improvement
of the RTS management system.
3.6 The United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety
Based on the 2009 recommendations of the Commission for Global Road Safety, the United
Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/255 (United Nations, 2011) decreed the period 2011-
2020 as the decade for action for road safety. The resolution requested the United Nations
Regional Committees and the World Health Organisation to prepare a Plan of Action which
would support the implementation of its objectives. This culminated in what is today known as
the Global Plan for the Decade of Action and which presented a framework to coordinate
activities on regional and global levels. The Global Plan is intended for not only the road
authorities but the road safety community at large, including private companies and civil society.
The document encourages accelerated investment in road safety in low and middle income
countries, supported by sustainable road safety strategies and programmes. It highlights the
need for increased political support and resource investment.
The plan relies on the underlying Safe Systems principles as adopted in the Decade of Action.
The approach aims at developing a road transport system that accounts for human error and