NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre

Fleet Safety Project Group UN Road Safety Collaboration

Lori Mooren,

Senior Research Fellow and Chair, Fleet Safety Project

Group, UNRSC

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Overview of presentation

Formation of the UN Road Safety Collaboration and the Fleet Safety Project Group

Members Key Issues and Challenges Achievements Action Plan

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United Nations Road Safety Collaboration

In April 2004, the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES58/289 on “Improving global road safety” invited WHO, working in close cooperation with the United Nations regional commissions, to act as coordinator on road safety issues across the United Nations system.

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First Meeting Decisions

Vision Morbidity and mortality should not be the price

of mobility.

Goal To facilitate international cooperation (including

at a regional level) among UN agencies and other international partners to implement UN General Assembly Resolution 58/289 and the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention and thereby support country programmes.

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OBJECTIVES: UNRSC Objectives 1. To assess the road safety problem /achievements of

particular situations or locations

2. To develop guidance and support for effective road safety interventions

3. To provide capacity development on road safety issues

4. To advocate for and encourage demand for road safety

5. To strengthen global and regional coordination on road safety

6. To improve the safety of UN fleets (for all road users)

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Formation of Fleet Safety Project Group (FSPG) Fleet safety is one of six priorities for action

by the UN Road Safety Collaboration Initially focused on UN Agencies, Fourth

meeting agenda widened and Group formed Also Groups on:

– Data Collection– Good Practice Guides– Infrastructure

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UN Fleet Safety Mandate Broadened

“31 MARCH 2008 - In the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, 31 March 2008, His Excellency, Ambassador Fuad Al-Hinai of the Sultanate of Oman introduced a new draft resolution entitled Improving Global Road Safety (A/62/L.43) … Fleet-owning organizations in both the private and public sectors are encouraged to develop and implement policies and practices that would reduce crash risks.”

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Members - FSPG

Research – National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC)

International – World Bank, WHO, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP), ISO, (UN) Fleet Forum, International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Non-profit – Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR), Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT)

Private Sector – Scania, Johnson & Johnson, Chevron, Michelin

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Key Issues and Challenges – Technical Considerations

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Other Considerations

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Initiatives by Members

Fleet Forum Tool Kit GRSP Good Practice Guide project gTKP funding for fleet safety web site

development Formation of a Private Sector Road Safety

Collaboration Road Safety at Work Conference, Feb, 2009 Agreed Action Plan

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Fleet Forum – Fleet Safety Tool Kit

UN Agencies’ 80,000 humanitarian aid vehicles World Food Program host DANIDA funding TNT assistance GRSP guidance and editing Pilot project in Kenya Guide and Tool Kit

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GRSP Good Practice Fleet Safety Guide Development of the Fleet Safety Manual and

Toolkit. Initial piloting Review draft manual Issue of manual Communication and dissemination globally Benchmarking review

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Fleet Safety Website - gTKP

Identify and call for fleet safety policies, toolkits, processes etc. to consider for inclusion in the website

Input and store raw content on a test site Fleet Forum web pages GRSP pilot fleet safety toolkit Generic Fleet Safety web pages

– case studies– information

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Private Sector Road Safety Collaboration Initiated by WHO, Michelin, Scania and J&J Shanghai meeting (Michelin, 2007), Budapest Inaugural

PSRSC Meeting (Johnson & Johnson, 2008) Next meeting: France (Michelin or Sanofi-Aventis, May, 2009)

Objectives:– To improve private sector Road Safety actions – To raise Private Sector voice to influence Road Safety Policy

Development – To leverage private sector funding effort for global Road Safety

projects

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Road Safety at Work Conference and WORS Report - NIOSH

Dr Will Murray and Stephanie Pratt review global actions in fleet safety

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Fleet Safety Project Group - Action Plan

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Priority focus Need attention to:

– work on metrics (in the pilot projects and beyond),– research, – evaluation and – possible audit processes

Inputs from:– The Fleet Forum Manual, the work of the new

Private Sector Road Safety Collaboration and the International Conference on Road Safety at Work will assist the Fleet Safety Project Group.

Next meeting - 10th UN Road Safety Collaboration meeting hosted by ESCAP in Bangkok, 3-4 June 2009

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Your Input

The FSPG welcomes contributions of knowledge and partnerships– Research?– Tools?– Case studies – examples of successful or

unsuccessful attempts at improvements?– Data?– Ideas?

Thank you!