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Global Burden of Road Traffic Injury: Opportunities and Strategies for Prevention
and Control, Roles of Civil Society
Association for Safe International Road Travel
CUGH8 April 2017
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Anatomy of a Crash
•Driver
•Road
•Vehicle
•Hazards
• Time and Conditions
• Emergency Medical Response
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Aron Sobel 1969 - 1995
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ASIRT is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing road crash injuries and fatalities
through education, advocacy and sustainable road safety programs and partnerships
Association for Safe International Road Travel
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Civil Society – A Force for Change
• Independent commitment• Political will• Flexible and collaborative• Personal narrative • First-hand knowledge • Grassroots, national and global • Champions, media, and publicity• Public responsibility for safe road use• Data into action
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Strategies
•Recognize as public health issue
• Interact with international organizations, multilateral institutions
•Participate in global events
•Build networks and coalitions
•Understand political process, climate, constraints
•Utilize social media
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ASIRT and the United Nations
•Member of WHO UN Road Safety Collaboration
•Global Alliance of Road Safety NGOs
•Global Road Safety Weeks
•UN Resolutions
•World Health Report on road traffic injury prevention
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Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety
Networking and Sharing
Advocacy
Capacity building
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Decade of Action for Global Road Safety2011-2020
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Montgomery County World
Day of Rebrance
World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims and their Families
U.N. Resolution A760/5
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RS 10: Road Safety in 10 CountriesU.N. Resolution A760/5
BrazilCambodia
ChinaEgyptIndia
KenyaMexico
Russian FederationTurkey
Viet Nam
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Policy Makers
•Officials of U.S. Department of State
•U.S. Members of Congress
•Ambassadors to Washington, DC
•U.S. Ambassadors in host countries
•Government representatives in target countries
• Local governmental officials
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Role of Civil Society in Influencing U.S. Government
• Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety (2004)
• Congressional briefings
• Statements in Congressional Record
• Vigils, Remembrance Days
• Congressional correspondence
• Media, publicity, high profile events
• Champion recognition
• Lobbying, days on Capitol Hill
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Briefings on the Hill
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U.S. State Department Initiatives
• Better inform Americans of road conditions abroad
• Expand road safety information in Consular Information Sheets, briefings and website
• Partner American civil society with host country NGOs
• Collect country road fatality data of Americans (since Sept 30, 2002)
• Assume increasingly greater role in global road safety
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Road crashes are the single greatest risk for
healthy Americans traveling abroad.
-- U.S. Department of State
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The Faces Behind the Figures
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Embassy of France Hosts Debate on Road Safety
Ambassadors’ Initiative
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ASIRT in Turkey, Egypt
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ASIRT-Kenya
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Informing the Traveling Public
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Challenges for Civil Society
• Insufficient funding, capacity, resources
• Limited effectiveness when acting alone
• Political revolving doors
• Competing needs and demands on governments
• Back burner syndrome
• Political instability, wavering commitment
• Insufficient, inaccurate data
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Embracing the World