Overview
Every year 1.35 million people lose their lives on the road, 90 percent of them in developing countries. Improving road safety is central to poverty reduction.
With the development of innovative pioneering knowledge products, the World Bank Road Safety Team is improving the Bank’s internal processes by supporting operational teams with vital contributions: The Good Practice Note (GPN) on Road Safety provides guidance to World Bank staff on how to support the Borrowers’ efforts to improve road safety on World Bank supported projects to meet the requirements of the respective World Bank Environmental and Social Standard – ESS4.
The GPN articulates a holistic systematic approach to road safety, embodying in the ‘Safe System’ approach with practical directions. It delivers practical steps towards the innovative approach broadly derived from Vision Zero that sets a long-term vision for road systems to be free of deaths and debilitating injuries.
Road safety is not only for transport projects: Any project that directly or indirectly changes traffic patterns (including for
pedestrians and cyclists) needs to address road safety from the design phase to implementation and post-completion.
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Note Details
Good Practice Note: Environment & Social Framework for IPF Operations Road Safety
Did you know?
82% of Road Crash Fatalities and Injuries in the economically productive age groups (15 - 64 years.)
82% of Road Crash Fatalities and Injuries in the economically productive age groups (15 - 64 years.)
