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Europe-Asia Road Safety Forum and Working Party on Road Traffic Safety 4-6 December 2013 New Delhi, India Jens Hügel Head – Sustainable Development (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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Europe-Asia Road Safety Forum and

Working Party on Road Traffic Safety

4-6 December 2013 New Delhi, India

Jens Hügel Head – Sustainable Development

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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This is the IRU

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Evolution of IRU Membership

1948: eight founder countries

2012: 170 Members in 73 countries

2012: 22 CRIPA Members

2012: 170 Members in 73 countries

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Road Safety - Highest Priority for

the Road Transport Industry

UN Decade of Action for Road Safety

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Road Safety – Specific Strategy

The IRU supports all measures that improve road safety

if they effectively target the main causes

of accidents involving commercial vehicles

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Scientific Accident Analysis Presented to WP.1

Main Cause:

The Human Factor

Key Recommandation: Training – Training – Training!

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Success factor! Adhere to and implement key UN

trade/facilitation/safety instruments

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IRU Driver’s Safety Cards - available in 25 languages

- over 1 mio. distributed

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… and now available in Hindi!

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www.iru.org

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013