Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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Based on the literature review, the results of the survey are categorised into high/middle income
countries and low income countries, which allows for validation of the findings of the literature
review. Due to the limited number of high income countries in the survey, high and middle
income countries are combined in this section.
It should be noted that not all respondents completed the entire questionnaires; eight
respondents fully completed the Stage 1 survey questionnaire and 11 respondents fully
completed the Stage 2 survey questionnaire. Some of the questions in the Stage 2 survey were
not mandatory. It should also be noted that some countries are represented by more than one
respondent in the Stage 2 survey. The section below summarises the main findings of the
surveys.
8.2 Survey Results
Road safety is considered to be a high priority issue in all of the countries that participated in
the survey.
Road Safety Management
Most of the countries have a national strategy. Most respondents indicated that if a country had
a road safety lead agency, the responsibilities of the agency were limited to road safety policy
development and implementation and legislation. Road safety funding was not a core function
of the lead agency. Not all lead agencies in the low income countries have a specific and
dedicated budget allocated for road safety and most of the lead agencies are considered to have
insufficient resources means to perform their tasks.
High and medium income countries mostly coordinate responsibilities on road safety policy
between the different government agencies and departments, while low income countries
mostly coordinate responsibilities on education & training and vehicle legislation & standards.
Road safety in the high and middle income countries is generally well-coordinated, while it is
less well-coordinated in the low income countries.
The participating low income countries reported not to have performance targets, while most
of the high and middle income countries reported to have such targets. Based on the survey
results, R&D tasks are similar in high, middle and low income countries. High andmiddle income
countries have more road safety instruments and tools to ensure higher road safety, such as
road safety audits and inspections. Expansion of the road network and improving maintenance
have a high priority in all of the countries.
Roads and mobility
Road design standards for national roads are considered to be of good quality in high, middle
and low income OIC member countries. For regional roads, standards are generally better in
high and middle income countries than in low income countries. Local road design standards
are considered to be average to good in high and middle income countries, while mostly
considered to be poor in low income countries.