The Global Road Safety Partnership is continuing its essential work in Asia and is actively supporting the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 both in the region...
Article Type 2: Contributed articles
Article Type 2: Contributed articles
Unless dramatic action is taken, it is projected that by 2030 road traffic injuries will become the fifth leading cause of death globally. Each day, around 3500 people are killed...
- Article Type 2: Contributed articlesThe International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) is a not-for-profit organisation that works in partnership with governments and non-government organisations in all parts of the world to make roads safe. The...
- Article Type 2: Contributed articlesIn addition to the established problem of road safety in developing countries such as Indonesia, the agencies responsible for road safety often lack personnel with professional training in road safety....
- Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papersChina is one of Asia’s many rapidly motorising nations and recent increases in private vehicle ownership have been coupled with an escalation in novice drivers. Several pieces of road safety...
- Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papersThe driver population is rapidly increasing in China and crash rates are expected to rise dramatically without effective preventative measures. The objective of this research was to develop a driver...
Road crashes are a significant problem in developing countries such as Pakistan. Attitudes are among the human factors that influence risky road use and receptiveness to interventions. Fatalism is a...
Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papers
This paper investigates the pattern of road fatalities in Brunei. Road fatalities reached a peak in 1993 when 79 people died on the roads. Various road safety initiatives were then...
Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papers
Speeding in school zones is a problem in both Malaysia and Australia. While there are differences between the countries in terms of school zone treatments and more generally, these differences...
- Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papersThe study set out to compare crash and injury patterns of Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) between a high- and a middle-income country to illustrate relative outcomes between such countries. Several...
- Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papersThis paper describes an investigation of helmet wearing and type of helmet worn amongst crash-involved and non-crash-involved riders. Participants who attended an outpatient oral and maxillofacial clinic for treatment took...
- Article Type 1: Peer-reviewed papersBangladesh faces significant road safety challenges. As many as 55 people are reportedly killed in traffic crashes each day. Like many low-income countries, vulnerable road users (including pedestrians, motorcyclists and...