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2. Transparent review of
the national road
safety strategy and its
performance
 Conducts regular reviews of the progress of the national road safety
strategy in achieving results;
 Establishes transparent independent peer reviews of road safety
management capacity in terms of results, interventions and
institutional management functions;
 Establishes a road traffic inspectorate to monitor the rate and quality
of implementation of its road safety strategy;
 Reports road safety results and progress made and make interactive
crash data systems available on the Internet.
3. Making any necessary
adjustments to
achieve the desired
results
 Ensures that the results of monitoring and evaluation are presented
and discussed at all levels of the road safety strategy coordination
hierarchy to improve the focus on achieving results (see Results
Focus section).
Source: adapted from Bliss and Breen, 2009
4.2.6 Research and development and technology transfer
This is an integral and essential component of any road safety management system and relates
to the timely identification of changes in the system, the development of new techniques and
methods, the application of new knowledge and the transfer and application of knowledge to
continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the system in order to keep meeting the
desired results.
In terms of R&D and technology transfer the Country Guidelines identify six primary tasks which
the leading agency has a predominant role in and these are listed i
Table 8: Lead Agency role in the research and development and technology transfer
Tasks Lead Agency Role
1. Developing capacity
for multi-disciplinary
research and
knowledge transfer
 Ensures in-house capacity for road safety research and management
as well as contracting out to road safety research organisations as
road safety activity increases;
 Supports and develops key partnerships with independent road
safety research organisations for a range of road safety management
functions.
2. Creating a national
road safety research
strategy and annual
programme
 Establishes with its partners a national road safety research program
to address the needs of the road safety strategy with annual review of
needs and consultation with external experts.
3. Securing sources of
sustainable funding
for road safety
research
 Assigns specific annual budgets for road safety research for in-house
and external research;
 Establishes levies on motor vehicle insurance premiums in support of
road safety research;
 Encourages business sponsorship for public sector research.