PIARC Road Safety Manual

Blair Turner, Australian Road Research Board

The World Road Association (PIARC)

Established in 1909
Aim has been to promote international cooperation on issues
related to roads and road transport
Brings together the road administrations of 120 governments
Members in over 140 countries
Two-thirds of these members are LMICs
Strategic Theme 3 (ST 3) - Safety
TC 3.1 National Road Safety Policies and Programs
TC 3.2 Design and Operations of Safer Road Infrastructure

Recent outputs
Road safety inspection guidelines for safety checks of existing
roads
Road accident investigation guidelines for road engineers
Human factors guidelines for safer road infrastructure
Comparison of national road safety
policies and plans
Best practices for road safety campaigns
Routes/roads magazine

Review of Existing Road Safety Manual

Review of the existing manual
(2003) was completed
Need for significant changes,
updates, and upgrades
Need for a new manual that
promotes the latest safety
knowledge, policies, and
notable international practices

New Manual
Authoritative global safety resource on road safety
infrastructure
Support the UN Decade of Action
Policy makers, middle management, and practitioners
Countries in different stages of development focus on low
and middle income countries
Major tool to aid with capacity building

Task Force

Mike Griffith, USA (chair)

Tawai Addo-Ashong, World Bank
Matts-Ake Belin, Sweden
Girma Bezabeh, African Development Bank
Randall Cable, South Africa
Obio Chinyere, Zimbabwe
Veronique Feypell, OECD
Mike Greenhalgh, England
Jamilah Mohd. Marjan, Malaysia
George Mavroyeni, Australia
Alberto Mendoza, Mexico
Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah, Malaysia
Margie Peden, World Health Organization
Mario Leiderman, Argentina
Hans-Joachim Vollpracht, Germany

Overview Table of contents

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Scope of road safety problem
Chapter 2: Key developments in road safety
PART 2: ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Chapter 3:
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Chapter 6:

The Road Safety Management System

The Safe System approach
Effective management and use of safety data
Road safety targets, policies and plans

Table of Contents (Cont.)

PART 3: SAFE PLANNING, DESIGN, OPERATION AND USE OF THE ROAD
NETWORK

Chapter 7:
Chapter 8:
Chapter 9:
Chapter 10:
Chapter 11:
Chapter 12:

Roles, responsibilities and management capacity

Policies, standards, guidelines, and tools
Design for road user characteristics and compliance
Assessing potential risks and identifying issues
Intervention selection and prioritisation
Monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of action

Technical Appendices

Next steps
Case studies being finalised
Good / best practice
Problems / issues
Low and middle income countries

Manual available later this year / early next year

Web-based publication - www.piarc.org

Further information

mike.griffith@dot.gov
blair.turner@arrb.com.au