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GRSP Launches a Technical Guide assisting the development and implementation of motorcycle helmet standards during the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Marrakech.

17.02.2025

Motorcycle helmets for riders and passengers are a critical component of improving road safety in every country. Research clearly shows that wearing a properly fastened, certified motorcycle helmet meeting robust international safety standards can reduce the risk of death by more than six times and reduce the risk of brain injury by up to 74%…

Bridgestone awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its Bridgestone Road Safety Program

16.12.2024

In early December, the GRSP member and partner, Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) won the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its Bridgestone Road Safety Program (BSRP). The BSRP has been a long journey that GRSP and Bridgestone have undertaken in partnership some five years ago. This integrated strategy aligns road safety interventions with best practices for…

Auckland Transport Wins Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for Safe Speeds Programme

10.12.2024

10 December 2024 – London, UK — Auckland Transport has been honoured with a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in London, recognising its outstanding achievements in road safety through the implementation of its Safe Speeds Programme. This award, endorsed by an international panel of judges, highlights Auckland Transport’s significant contribution to aligning speed…

Successful Africa Road Safety Seminar 2024 comes to an end

11.10.2024

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…

Open Letter to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Minister of Transport: Grave Concerns over Proposed Speed Increases

16.09.2024

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,…

In memory of David Silcock (1945 – 2024), former GRSP CEO

10.09.2024

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…

Increasing speed limits increases road trauma

09.09.2024

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 &…

Global Road Safety Partnership deeply concerned at the New Zealand draft Speed Rule

05.07.2024

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…

Road Safety Initiative Empowers 21 Facilitators with Expertise to Deliver Road Safety Education Across 22 Schools in Musina and Blouberg

22.04.2024

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,…

Empower Your Global Mobility Strategy: International SOS Unveils Enhanced Road Safety eLearning

19.04.2024

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….

Improving Cycling Safety and GRSP’s Regional Road Safety Seminar (April 2024 Signpost)

17.04.2024

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…

GRSP Welcomes Four New Member Organizations!

11.04.2024

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…

Road Policing Capacity Building Team to Operate in Mexico and Brazil (February 2024 GRPN Newsletter)

29.02.2024

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…

GRSP is Celebrating 25 Years

15.02.2024

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…

These are GRSP’s end-of-year developments (December 2023 Signpost)

21.12.2023

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…