Crosscutting and Emerging Issues target 11.2 of Goal 11: “Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons”
Some of the crosscutting and emerging issues are:
- Digitalisation and Road Safety in Africa. Access to internet offers opportunities for expansion of IT services in the area of road safety. Countries should scale-up use new technology and decision-support systems in managing road safety on the continent
- Specificities of road safety in urban, rural areas and along major transport corridors. Complying with the Road Safety related SDGs, particularly target 11.2 of Goal 11. Road Safety along major transport corridors
- Responsibility of insurance companies, car importers and manufacturers is recongnised.
- Implementation of a Safe system Approach
- Operationalising the African Road Safety Observatory
- Appointing Road Safety Champions at the regional and continental
- Establishing Regional Centre of Excellence for Road Safety
- Shared responsibility: implication of Private sector and Civil Society, creation of a community
- Nominate road safety Regional Champions
Africa Road Safety Action Plan for the Decade
| Pillar | Expected Accomplishments | Performance Target | Activties |
| Pillar 1 (Action Area):
Road Safety Management (Crosscutting) |
1. Sustainable Funding
2. Fully empowered Lead Road Safety Agencies 3. National Road Safety Strategy Adopted 4. Effective data management |
Target 1: By 2020, all countries establish a comprehensive multi-sectoral national road safety action plan with time-bound targets
Target 2: By 2030, all countries accede to one or more of the core road safety-related UN legal instruments |
29 |
| Pillar 2 (Action Area):
Safer Roads and Mobility |
1.Mandatory risk assessment of road infrastructure | Target 3: By 2030, all new roads achieve technical standards for all road users that take into account road safety, or meet a three-star rating or better
Target 4: By 2030, more than 75% of travel on existing roads is on roads that meet technical standards for all road users that take into account road safety |
6 |
| Pillar 3 (Action Area):
Safer Vehicles |
1.Mandatory technical control of vehicles | Target 5: By 2030, 100% of new (defined as produced, sold or imported) and used vehicles meet high quality safety standards, such as the recommended priority UN Regulations, Global Technical Regulations, or equivalent recognized national performance requirements | 4 |
| Pillar 4:
Safer Road Users |
1.Effective road safety regulatory environment
2.Empowered road users |
Target 6: By 2030, halve the proportion of vehicles travelling over the posted speed limit and achieve a reduction in speed-related injuries and fatalities
Target 7: By 2030, increase the proportion of motorcycle riders correctly using standard helmets to close to 100% Target 8: By 2030, increase the proportion of motor vehicle occupants using safety belts or standard child restraint systems to close to 100% Target 9: By 2030, halve the number of road traffic injuries and fatalities related to drivers using alcohol, and/or achieve a reduction in those related to other psychoactive substance Target 10: By 2030, all countries have national laws to restrict or prohibit the use of mobile phones while driving Target 11: By 2030, all countries to enact regulation for driving time and rest periods for professional drivers, and/or accede to international/regional regulation in this area |
7 |
| Pillar 5
(Action Area): Post Crash Response |
1.Improved post-crash care | Target 12 | 5 |
| Crosscutting Issues | 1.Improved awareness of road safety
2.Strengthened capacity of road safety stakeholders at the national and regional levels 3.Crowding-in private sector participation in road safety 4.Digitalisation of road safety management 5.Effective monitoring and evaluation of road safety 6.Rural road safety 7.Urban road safety 8. Safety of regional corridor |
15 | |
Requirements for Implementation
- Actions should be based on evidence and, where possible, implementation research should be used to guide local adaptation of proven measures.
- Finance: Long term, sustainable investment is required for the development of safe road infrastructure as well as for interventions that can improve road safety
- Legal framework: United Nations (UN) road safety conventions and tools and the African Road Safety Charter provide a strong foundation for countries to build domestic legal frameworks and systems that contribute to road safety and facilitate international road traffic. Transpose them into contextualized national legislation and systems and thereafter be enforced through traffic police and inspection bodies.
- Speed management: Effective integration of fragmented efforts (road engineering measures; cost-effective vehicle interventions; automated enforcement, effective judicial and administrative systems) through a national policy for instance.
- Capacity development: accreditation of road safety as a field of study within institutions of higher learning and professional development; Short-term courses and continuing education activities; training for professionals…
- Ensuring a gender perspective in transport planning
- Adapting technologies to the Safe System
