Independent Evaluation Group2015-04-292015-04-292014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21821Every year, nearly 1.3 million people worldwide are killed in road crashes, which have become the leading cause of death among people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-nine. More than 90 percent of the world s road fatalities occur in developing countries, and half of the accident victims are pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Road accidents disproportionately affect the poor, making road safety an economic development issue. Many crash victims are of working age, and their death or serious injury too frequently leaves their dependents destitute. Governments in poorer countries have assumed they cannot act to reduce death rates until they are wealthier. However, many of today s road safety measures can be implemented relatively inexpensively to reduce death rates, if managed correctly. The United Nations (UN) invited the World Health Organization (WHO) to coordinate a drive to improve road safety globally. It also proclaimed a decade of action for road safety (2011 2020) to stabilize and then reduce the level of traffic fatalities and serious injuries around the world. More than 100 countries as well as multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, support the interventions. The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is aware of the rapidly worsening road safety situation in the developing world and efforts by the Bank's transport sector to encourage the use of best practices in road projects. This study, a pioneering learning product created by IEG in cooperation with transport operational staff and the Bank s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF), aims to provide useful knowledge to Bank operational staff involved with road safety, to support Bank and client countries in fine tuning their road safety strategies and practices, and to support the acceleration of the Bank s operational road safety agenda.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCELERATIONACCIDENT BLACK SPOTACCIDENT DATAACCIDENT DATA SYSTEMSACCIDENT RATEACCIDENT RATESACCIDENT REPORTINGACCIDENT SEVERITYACCIDENT STATISTICSAFFORDABLE TRANSPORTAIRAIRBAGSAMBULANCESASPHALTAUTOMOBILEAUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATIONSBITUMENBLACK SPOTSBRAKINGBRAKING SYSTEMSBRIDGEBUSBUSESCARCAR DRIVERSCAR MANUFACTURERSCARSCLIMATE CHANGECOLLISIONSCOMMUNITIESCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOST OF ROAD CRASHESCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCRASH BARRIERSCRASH CARECRASH PREVENTIONCRASH VICTIMSCRASHESCYCLISTSDESCRIPTIONDRIVING RATESDRUNK DRIVINGECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEMERGENCY RESPONSEEMERGENCY SERVICESEMERGENCY VEHICLESFATALITIESFATALITYFATALITY RATEFOOTBRIDGESFRAMEWORKGREENHOUSE GASHEAVY VEHICLEHEAVY VEHICLESHELMET USEHELMETSHIGHWAYHIGHWAY DESIGNHIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTHIGHWAY PROJECTHIGHWAY PROJECTSHIGHWAYSIMPACT TESTSIMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETYINCOMEINFRASTRUCTURE FUNDINGINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINJURYINJURY PREVENTIONINJURY RATESINSURANCE COMPANIESINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSINVESTMENT IN ROAD SAFETYLANESLENGTH OF ROADLOCAL AUTHORITIESMAIN ROADMINIBUSMOBILITYMOTOR VEHICLEMOTORCYCLESMOTORCYCLISTSMOTORIZED TRANSPORTNATIONAL ROAD SAFETYNATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGYNATIONAL TRAFFICPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN SAFETYPEDESTRIAN WALKWAYSPEDESTRIANSPOLICEPROMOTING ROAD SAFETYPUBLIC TRANSPORTRAILRATE OF RETURNROADROAD ACCIDENTROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIESROAD ACCIDENT VICTIMSROAD ACCIDENTSROAD BUILDINGROAD CASUALTIESROAD CRASHROAD CRASHESROAD DEATHSROAD DESIGNROAD ENGINEERINGROAD IMPROVEMENTROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD INJURY PREVENTIONROAD INVESTMENTROAD LENGTHROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD PROJECTSROAD REHABILITATIONROAD SAFETYROAD SAFETY ACTIONROAD SAFETY ACTION PLANROAD SAFETY ACTIONSROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIESROAD SAFETY ACTIVITYROAD SAFETY AGENCYROAD SAFETY CONFERENCEROAD SAFETY CRISISROAD SAFETY EDUCATIONROAD SAFETY ELEMENTSROAD SAFETY GUIDELINESROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTSROAD SAFETY INITIATIVESROAD SAFETY ISSUESROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENTROAD SAFETY MEASURESROAD SAFETY POLICYROAD SAFETY PROGRAMSROAD SAFETY PROJECTSROAD SAFETY SITUATIONROAD SAFETY SPECIALISTROAD SECTORROAD SYSTEMROAD TRAFFICROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIESROAD TRAFFIC FATALITYROAD TRAFFIC INJURIESROAD TRANSPORTROAD USERROAD USER EDUCATIONROAD USERSROADSROUTESRURAL ROADSSAFER ROADSSAFETY AUDITSSAFETY CAMPAIGNSSAFETY DATASAFETY ENGINEERINGSAFETY FEATURESSAFETY FUNDINGSAFETY IMPROVEMENTSSAFETY INITIATIVESSAFETY ISSUESSAFETY KNOWLEDGESAFETY OF TRANSPORTSAFETY OUTCOMESSAFETY PROBLEMSAFETY REQUIREMENTSSANITATIONSEAT BELTSEAT BELT USESEAT BELTSSHARINGSIDEWALKSSLOW TRAFFICSPEEDSPEED BUMPSSPEED CONTROLSPEED CONTROLSSPEEDSSTRUCTURESSURFACINGSUSTAINABLE MOBILITYSUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTTAXISTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRAFFIC CONTROLTRAFFIC CRASHESTRAFFIC DEATHSTRAFFIC ENFORCEMENTTRAFFIC FATALITIESTRAFFIC FATALITY RATETRAFFIC FATALITY RATESTRAFFIC INJURIESTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRAFFIC POLICETRAFFIC SAFETYTRAFFIC SIGNALSTRAFFIC SPEEDSTRAFFIC SYSTEMTRAFFIC VOLUMETRANSPORTTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT EVALUATIONTRANSPORT FACILITATIONTRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT PLANNINGTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT STRATEGYTRANSPORT STUDIESTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORT USERSTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION PROJECTSTRUETYPES OF TRAFFICURBAN ROADURBAN TRANSPORTVEHICLEVEHICLE ACCIDENTSVEHICLE INSPECTIONSVEHICLE REGULATIONSVEHICLE SAFETYVEHICLESVULNERABLE ROAD USERSWEALTHWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/21821