The Road Safety Toolkit

provides free information on the causes and
prevention of road crashes that result in death and injury.

The Road Safety Toolkit provides free information on the causes and prevention of road crashes that result in death and injury.

Building on decades of road safety research, the Toolkit has helped policy makers, planners, engineers and practitioners develop safety plans for car occupants, motorcyclists, pedestrians, bicyclists, heavy vehicle occupants and public transport users.

The Toolkit supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, the Global Plan, and the Global Road Safety Performance Targets.

The Road Safety Toolkit is originally the result of collaboration between the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), the Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP) and the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF). Austroads and NTRO (formerly ARRB) provided expert advice during the Toolkit’s development. The Toolkit benefited from reviews and updates in 2021 funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and undertaken by the GRSF with support from iRAP, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), the Towards Zero Foundation, Global NCAP, Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) and technical advisors.

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Delineation

Delineation Centre and edge delineation treatments help drivers judge their position on the road, and provide advice about conditions ahead. Delineation treatments are particularly helpful where visibility can become poor

Speed Management and Traffic Calming

Search Speed Management and Traffic Calming Road related speed management involves ensuring that drivers and riders adopt safe speeds through engineering and speed limits. Regulating traffic speed to levels commensurate

Skid Resistance

Skid Resistance Loss of control through skidding can be a significant factor in many crashes (especially when the road is wet). Particular attention should be paid to the skidding resistance

Roadside Safety – Barriers

Roadside Safety – Barriers Safety barriers are used to stop ‘out of control’ vehicles from: leaving the road and hitting roadside hazards, including slopes (roadside barriers) crossing into the path

Road Users - Pedestrians

Road related speed management involves ensuring that drivers and riders adopt safe speeds through engineering and speed limits. Regulating traffic speed to levels commensurate with the road environment is crucial to the delivery of forgiving roads.

Crash Types - Intersections

Intersection crashes are one of the most common types of crash problem, particularly in urban areas. In rural areas, or where vehicle speeds are high, the consequence of collisions at intersections can be particularly severe.

Road Types - Streets

Streets (or local sometimes called local roads) have the function of providing access rather than serving as a through road for traffic. Streets may be divided or undivided, typically have design speeds ranging from 30km/h to 50km/h, and connect to the surrounding road network with signalised and unsignalised intersections and roundabouts.

Safer Roads - Speed Management and Traffic Calming

Road related speed management involves ensuring that drivers and riders adopt safe speeds through engineering and speed limits. Regulating traffic speed to levels commensurate with the road environment is crucial to the delivery of forgiving roads.

Management - Safe System Approach

The Safe System approach underpins all aspects of an effective road safety management system. The approach is built on the premise that no one should be killed or seriously injured while using the road network.

Road Users - Car Occupants

Car use is growing rapidly in many countries. The resultant increase in interaction between cars, heavy vehicles (such as trucks or buses) and vulnerable road users often leads to conflicts and more crashes.

Crash Types - Bicyclist and Light Mobility

Road safety is a critical issue which needs to be addressed to ensure that bicycling and light mobility options can continue to support new and greener mobility choices. Bicycles and light mobility vehicles do not have the same in-built protection large vehicles have. Therefore, safe infrastructure is critical.

Road Types - Highways

Highways are divided or undivided roads that typically have design speeds ranging from 70km/h to 100km/h and typically connect to surrounding road networks with unsignalised and signalised intersections and roundabouts.

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Safer Roads - Skid Resistance

Loss of control through skidding can be a significant factor in many crashes (especially when the road is wet). Particular attention should be paid to the skidding resistance properties of the carriageway surface at areas where braking commonly occurs such as on the approaches to intersections, roundabouts, pedestrian crossings and on bends or steep grades.

Management - Safer Roads Resource Sharing

Working together and sharing resources will be essential to achieving of the global target of a 50% reduction in road traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. The following resources are sources of knowledge that can support road safety stakeholders and enhance coordination of efforts to eliminate high-risk roads and countries worldwide.

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