Good Practice Manuals
The UN Road Safety Collaboration has strongly supported the development of a series of good practice manuals which address the recommendations of the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (2004). Eight manuals have been produced to date:
Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (2013)
Each year, more than 270 000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads. Many leave their homes as they would on any given day never to return. Globally, pedestrians constitute 22% of all road traffic fatalities.
Helmets: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (2023)
A large proportion of the deaths of people injured or killed while riding two-wheelers result from injuries to the head.
Drink driving: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (2022)
Drinking and driving is one of the main causes of road crashes worldwide. This revised manual provides advice that, if implemented accordingly, will reduce the prevalence of drink driving and associated road trauma.
Speed management: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (2023)
Speed has been identified as a key risk factor in road traffic injuries, influencing both the risk of crash as well as the severity of the injuries.
Occupant Restraints (2022)
The purpose of this manual is to provide evidence and advice that will lead to increased use of occupant restraints. The manual draws on experience from countries that have succeeded in achieving and maintaining high levels of restraint use.
Data systems: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (2010)
This manual provides practical guidance for establishing data systems that will improve measurement of a country’s road traffic injury problem, facilitate selection of evidence-based interventions, and allow for better evaluation of progress.
Powered two- and-three-wheeler safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners (2022)
Powered two-and-three-wheeler safety’ is a practical guide to implementing, enforcing and evaluating 2-and-3-wheeler safety programmes.
Cyclist Safety: an information resource for decision-makers and practitioners (2020)
Every year about 41 000 cyclists are killed on the road. This represents 3% of global road traffic deaths.
