Guide for Road Safety Interventions : Evidence of What Works and What Does Not Work
This guide provides advice on 'What Works and What Does Not Work' in road safety, with a focus on interventions that can be used by those working in low- and middle-come countries (LMICs). While the intended audience is primarily those wo...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206691614060311799/Guide-for-Road-Safety-Interventions-Evidence-of-What-Works-and-What-Does-Not-Work http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35176 |
| Summary: | This guide provides advice on 'What
Works and What Does Not Work' in road safety, with a
focus on interventions that can be used by those working in
low- and middle-come countries (LMICs). While the intended
audience is primarily those working in LMICs, it is likely
that the information will be of relevance in all countries.
The contents will be valuable to those working on road
safety at the policy or practitioner level, including World
Bank Technical Team Leaders and those in client countries
seeking to establish or expand road safety programs. The
guide introduces the topic of road safety interventions, a
summary of findings, and references for more detailed
information. The document sets knowledge within a ‘Safe
System’ context and highlights the need for an
evidence-based approach across Safe System components. At
the core of this guide is a summary table with an overview
of beneficial and nonbeneficial interventions. This is
supported in an appendix with more detailed information,
including case studies and reference to the evidence base to
support the summary. In this guide, effective interventions
are defined as those that reduce fatal and serious injuries.
The most effective interventions are those that
substantially reduce or eliminate these injuries.
Ineffective interventions therefore are those interventions
that do not reduce these injuries. The focus of the guide is
on intervention effectiveness in terms of this fatal and
serious injury reduction, and not on issues such as cost,
public acceptability, period of benefit (treatment or
service life), or related issues. Although intervention
effectiveness should be a main driving force when selecting
road safety solutions, these other issues also need to be
considered. For example, an economic analysis comparing the
costs for interventions and their likely benefits (or
savings in crash costs) is important to ensure that
interventions are cost-effective and that limited resources
are invested in the most beneficial solutions. Information
has not been provided on this aspect of effectiveness in
this guide as this analysis is context specific (for
instance, the cost of interventions may vary substantially
between countries or even different road environments within
a country). |
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