External Links

While we hope that that the sites below are of interest, the World Bank is not responsible for the content of external Web sites.

(sites are listed alphabetically)

• Asian Development Bank
  www.adb.org
  ADB gives high priority to road safety and transport sustainability in its efforts to promote poverty reduction and socioeconomic development in developing member countries (DMCs).
• Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
  www.atsb.gov.au
  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is an operationally independent body within the Australian Government Department of Transport and Regional Services and is Australia’s prime agency for transport safety investigations.
• German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt)
  www.bast.de/htdocs_engl
  BASt is a technical and scientific institute responsible to the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBW).
• Global Road Safety 
  www.globalroadsafety.org
  The mission of the Global Road Steering Committee is to raise political will and encourage swift action to stop the epidemic of road traffic injuries.
• Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)
  www.grsproadsafety.org
  The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) brings together governments and governmental agencies, the private sector and civil society organisations to address road safety issues in low and middle income countries. GRSP is a hosted programme of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), based in Geneva.
• Hellenic Institute of Transport
  www.hit.certh.gr
  The Hellenic Institute of Transport is part of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) which is a legal, non-profit entity organized under private law, under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), of the Greek Ministry of Development.
• Injury Research Centre
  www.mcw.edu/injuryresearchcenter.htm
  The mission of the centre is to apply a public health approach to the identification, prevention and control of injuries. The centre’s vision is to reduce the occurrence, severity and consequences of injuries through evidence-based practice.
• Institute for Transport Sciences KTI
  www.kti.hu
  By research KTI wants to achieve improvement in technical, economic and social knowledge with regard to transport, improvements in transport safety and environmental protection.
• Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
  www.toi.no
  TØI wants to carry out applied research on issues related to transport and to promote the application of research results by advising authorities, the transport industry and the public at large. TØI's activities cover most current issues in road, rail, sea and air transport, including road safety.
• Institution of Highway and Transportations
  www.iht.org/
  Originally established in 1930 as the Institution of Highway Engineers before changing its name in 1987 in recognition of sector developments. The IHT is the foremost learned society in the UK concerned specifically with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of sustainable transport systems and infrastructure. It aims to provide a forum for the exchange of technical information and views on highways and transport policy; to produce practical technical publications; to provide specialist advice to government and other bodies; to make roads safer for the travelling public; and to encourage training and professional development to meet today's requirements.
• International Road Transport Union (IRU) 
  www.iru.org
  IRU seeks to reduce the frequency and severity of road collisions involving buses, coaches, lorries and taxis by promoting the sytematic integration of road safety practices in everyday activity of transport enterprises and by providing high-level training to road transport operators and their staff.
• Land Transport Safety Authority
  www.ltsa.govt.nz
  New Zealand’s Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) is a Crown Entity charged with promoting land transport safety at reasonable cost. The LTSA works closely with several road safety partners at a national, regional and local levels. Road safety activities undertaken by the Police, the LTSA, community groups and regional and local authorities are planned and funded primarily through the New Zealand Road Safety Programme (NRSP), which is prepared and managed by the LTSA.
• Liikenneturva
  www.liikenneturva.fi
  Liikenneturva's task is to improve traffic safety by influencing people's traffic behaviour and values and attituted concerning traffic throughout society. The means for achieving this are publicity and education. The goal is to reduce the number of dangerous situations, risk factors and accidents in traffic and to alleviate their consequences.
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  www.nhtsa.dot.gov
  NHTSA want to reduce death, injury an associated costs attributable to motor vehicle crashes. It aims to reduce the traffic fatality rate to 1 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled by 2008 and the national rate of impaired driving related traffic fatalities to 0.53 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled by 2005. Besides these objectives, it wants to increase the national safety belt usage to 80-85% by 2005.
• National Road Authority
  www.nra.ie
  The Authority's primary function is 'to secure the provision of a safe and efficient network of national roads'. For this purpose, it has overall responsibility for planning and supervision of construction and maintenance works on these roads.
• National Safety Council
  www.nsc.ie
  The National Safety Council (NSC) promotes Road Safety and Fire Safety in Ireland. The NSC implements education programmes, media campaigns and community activities to positively influence public attitude and behaviour in relation to Road and Fire Safety issues.
• National Society for Road Safety NTF
  www.ntf.se
  The National Society for Road Safety is a non-governmental organization that works to improve road safety. NTF rouses public opinion of everyone’s right to safe road traffic in which fatalities and serious injuries are considered unacceptable. It increases both people's will to call for and their ability to contribute to safe road traffic. NTF promotes awareness of the importance of road safety to public health.
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / European Conference of Ministers of Transport (OECD/ECMT)
  www.oecd.org
  The ECMT is an intergovernmental organization established by a protocol signed in Brussels on 17 October 1953. It comprises the Ministers of Transport of 43 member countries.
  Establishing a joint OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre has reinforced the activities in the transport sector. The mandate of the Centre is to promote economic development and contribute to structural improvements of ECD and ECMT economies by co-operative research programmes addressing all modes of inland.
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
  www.rospa.co.uk
  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in the United Kingdom has a website on child car restraints which has been created with funding from the British Government . The website provides: *Advice on choosing, fitting and using child car restraints *The legal requirements for using child restraints
• Swedish National Road Administration SNRA
  www.vv.se
  The SNRA is the national authority assigned the overall sectoral responsibility for the entire road transport system. The SNRA is also responsible for drawing up and applying road transport regulations. In addition, the SNRA is responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the state roads.
• SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research
  www.swov.nl/UK/index.htm
  SWOV wants to make a contribution to promoting road safety by means of knowledge from scientific research. SWOV is an independent, scientific institute. SWOV's knowledge is public information and is made available to anyone who wants it, and is professionally involved in traffic and road safety in the Netherlands. SWOV is a leading institute, both in the Netherlands and abroad, thanks to its knowledge and it's high quality research.
• Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
  www.vtt.fi
  VTT Communities and Infrastructure is one of the nine research institutes of VTT, the Technical Research Centre of Finland. The business idea of VTT Communities and Infrastructure is to provide information on communities and physical infrastructures for the needs of industry and commerce as well as public authorities.
• Traffic Injury Research Foundation TIRF 
  www.trafficinjuryresearch.com
  Traffic Injury Research Foundation is a Canadian, independent road safety institute. The mission of TIRF is to reduce traffic related deaths and injuries. It achieves its mission by designing, promoting and implementing effective programs and policies, based on sound research.
• Transit New Zealand
  www.transit.govt.nz
  Transit New Zealand’s vision is to be: "A world leader in roading solutions". Five goals have been adopted to realize Transit’s vision: Goal 1: To operate a safe and efficient state highway system Goal 2: To improve the level of customer satisfaction Goal 3: To develop and sustain a center of excellence in roading solutions Goal 4: To offer services to other road controlling authorities Goal 5: To be recognized in the international market place.
• Transport Accidents Commission
  www.tac.vic.gov.au
  The TAC is unique among personal injury insurers, in that in addition to its core activity of paying accident compensation, it actively seeks to help change attitudes and behaviours towards road safety. By changing road user behavour the TAC aims to reduce the incidence and cost of road accident trauma to premium payers and the Victorian community in general.
• Transport Canada, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate
  www.tc.gc.ca
  Transport Canada's mandate is to reduce fatalities, injuries and property damage associated with the use of motor vehicles. Transport Canada regulates the safety of new vehicles, tyres and child restraints. It also promotes the safety of road users through education and enforcement
• Transport Research Laboratory
  www.trl.co.uk
  TRL is an independent, internationally recognised centre of excellence in surface transport issues. The organisation provides research based technical help which enables customers to obtain improved value for money, generate competitive advantage and a better understanding of transport problems. TRL employs around 500 staff with a wide range of professional disciplines, among them mathematicians, physicists, psychologists, engineers, geologists, computer experts and statisticians. Facilities include a state of the art driving simulator, a new indoor impact test facility, a 3.8 km test track, a separate self-contained road network, a structures hall. extensive library and conference centre.
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) 
  www.unescap.org
  UNESCAP promotes more effective policies and programmes by governments, civil society and the private sector to enhance transport logistics and public-private partnerships in transport, and the social and environmental aspect of transport.
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)
  www.unescwa.org
  UNESCWA aims to assess and improve the road safety situation in member countries. In particular, it is planning to prepare a comprehensive study on the status of road crashes in the region. The study team will assess the situation of road safety in member countries, hold discussions with concerned parties and develops with relevant recommendations.
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
  www.cepal.cl
  The overall objective of UNECLAC is to contribute to the socioeconomic development of Latin America and the Carribean, as well as to promote integration both between member countries and between them and the outside world. Activities in the field of road safety should be seen in this general context. Road crashes retard socioeconomic development and have serious consequences in terms of human suffering.
  VTI Swedisch National Road and Transport Research Institute
  www.vti.se
  VTI conducts applied research, commissioned by the transport sector, in the fields of infrastructure, traffic and transport. Our expertise covers traffic engineering, traffic safety, economics of transport, environmental aspects of transport systems, railway engineering, road user behaviour, vehicle engineering, human factor, collision safety and the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operations of higways and railways.
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_traffic/en/
  WHO aims to integrate road safety into public health programmes around the world in order to reduce the unacceptably high levels of road traffic injuries. A public health approach is used, combining epidemiology, prevention and advocacy. Special emphasis is given to low- and middle income countries.
• World Road Association (PIARC)
  www.piarc.org
  For many years, the Road Safety Committee of the World Road Association (PIARC) has been working on collision prevention in the areas of road safety engineering, road safety politics, road users' behaviour. The issues to be tackled are defined by an executive committee of the heads of road administrations, comprising about 110 national governments.