PIARC Road Safety ManualBlair Turner, Australian Road Research Board

The World Road Association (PIARC)

• Established in 1909• Aim has been to promote international cooperation on issues

related to roads and road transport• Brings together the road administrations of 120 governments• Members in over 140 countries• Two-thirds of these members are LMICs• Strategic Theme 3 (ST 3) - Safety

– TC 3.1 National Road Safety Policies and Programs– TC 3.2 Design and Operations of Safer Road Infrastructure

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Recent outputs

• Road safety inspection guidelines for safety checks of existingroads

• Road accident investigation guidelines for road engineers• Human factors guidelines for safer road infrastructure• Comparison of national road safety

policies and plans• Best practices for road safety campaigns• Routes/roads magazine

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Review of Existing Road Safety Manual

• Review of the existing manual(2003) was completed

• Need for significant changes,updates, and upgrades

• Need for a new manual thatpromotes the latest safetyknowledge, policies, andnotable international practices

New Manual

• Authoritative global safety resource on road safetyinfrastructure

• Support the UN Decade of Action• Policy makers, middle management, and practitioners• Countries in different stages of development – focus on low

and middle income countries• Major tool to aid with capacity building

Task Force

• Mike Griffith, USA (chair)• Tawai Addo-Ashong, World Bank• Matts-Ake Belin, Sweden• Girma Bezabeh, African Development Bank• Randall Cable, South Africa• Obio Chinyere, Zimbabwe• Veronique Feypell, OECD• Mike Greenhalgh, England• Jamilah Mohd. Marjan, Malaysia• George Mavroyeni, Australia• Alberto Mendoza, Mexico• Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah, Malaysia• Margie Peden, World Health Organization• Mario Leiderman, Argentina• Hans-Joachim Vollpracht, Germany

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Overview – Table of contentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION

• Chapter 1: Scope of road safety problem• Chapter 2: Key developments in road safety

PART 2: ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT

• Chapter 3: The Road Safety Management System• Chapter 4: The Safe System approach• Chapter 5: Effective management and use of safety data• Chapter 6: Road safety targets, policies and plans

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Table of Contents (Cont.)

PART 3: SAFE PLANNING, DESIGN, OPERATION AND USE OF THE ROADNETWORK

• Chapter 7: Roles, responsibilities and management capacity• Chapter 8: Policies, standards, guidelines, and tools• Chapter 9: Design for road user characteristics and compliance• Chapter 10: Assessing potential risks and identifying issues• Chapter 11: Intervention selection and prioritisation• Chapter 12: Monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of action

Technical Appendices

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Next steps

• Case studies being finalised– Good / best practice– Problems / issues– Low and middle income countries

• Manual available later this year / early next year• Web-based publication - www.piarc.org

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Further information

• mike.griffith@dot.gov• blair.turner@arrb.com.au