The Africa Road Safety Seminar 2024, held on October 8 and 9 in Nairobi, was a great success. Organized by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), in association with our partners at the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), the event saw the presence of over 200 participants from…
A coalition of leading academics, health professionals, and road safety experts from New Zealand and around the world have issued an urgent open letter (READ HERE) to the Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, voicing serious concerns about the draft Speed Rule, which proposes widespread speed limit increases across many New Zealand roads. The letter,…
GRSP wishes to acknowledge the sad passing of David Silcock, who was a former GRSP CEO and much respected member of the road safety community. David had rich road safety experience that he brought when he first joined a GRSP project team in February 2000 and went on to become its first CEO in April…
The outcome of increased speed limits in New Zealand will be far greater numbers needlessly killed and seriously injured in preventable crashes. To implement policies that directly contradict ‘safe system’ principles undermines ongoing commitments to UN Political Declarations and Resolutions that were unanimously agreed at the UN General Assembly. Well done to Mava Moayyed &…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), a global road safety international organisation based in Switzerland that has been leading road safety work internationally for over 25 years has expressed its grave concerns about the increase in road trauma that will occur if the draft Speed Rule is approved and speeds increase. The GRSP, in their…
The Limpopo Road Safety Programme (LRSP), in collaboration with the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), Road Safety Partnership South Africa (RSPSA) and the South African Red Cross, has provided VIA training to 21 road safety facilitators who will facilitate road safety education in 22 selected schools across the Musina and Blouberg Municipalities. The VIA training,…
Road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, causing approximately 1.19 million deaths annually and between 20-50 million non-fatal injuries. International SOS global assistance data from 2021 to 2024 reveals car, bus and truck crashes as the leading cause of road crashes assistance requests, accounting for nearly 38% of all cases….
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury. Read our…
As of 2024, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) is thrilled to welcome four new member organizations: Stalker Radar, Muller Automotive, QatarEnergy, and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC). This increase in membership underscores the imperative need for continued private sector involvement in advancing global road safety initiatives. “Stalker and the GRSP have the same…
We are excited to bring to you this month’s Global Road Policing Network (GRPN) Newsletter! The objectives of this quarterly newsletter are to bring together people within the road policing space and to spread useful information regarding road safety around the world. The GRPN team hopes you find the material engaging and beneficial. Read this…
In 1998, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recognised, in its World Disasters Report, road crash deaths and injuries as a human-made health crisis. The following year the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) was formed with a clear mission of working in partnership towards a sustainable reduction of road crash…
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury. Read our…
Between 5 and 7 December 2023, the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), together with the Asian Development Bank and the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory, convened a regional Asia-Pacific road safety seminar at the ADB headquarters in Manila, the Philippines. This flagship event on the road safety calendar reached out to a diverse body of stakeholders…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), and the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO), has won a 2023 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, for their joint Road Safety Capacity Building Programme (RSCBP). This innovative capacity-building programme focuses on building road safety…
We are excited to bring to you this month’s Global Road Policing Network (GRPN) Newsletter! The objectives of this quarterly newsletter are to bring together people within the road policing space and to spread useful information regarding road safety around the world. The GRPN team hopes you find the material engaging and beneficial. Read this…
