‘Safe Roads for Development’ highlights the vital importance of designing, building and managing road infrastructure safely as part of a Safe Systems approach to road safety. This guide, developed by leading organisations in the field, signposts good practice in safe road infrastructure.
Release date: May 2010
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The UN will launch a Decade of Action for road safety in 2011. This booklet explains what is at stake and why the international community must move from words to practical action.
Release date: April 2010
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This new report by UN development expert Dr Kevin Watkins launched in Moscow by the Make Roads Safe campaign describes road crashes as “a one way ticket into poverty” for many in the developing world. The report shows how the mounting toll of death and injury is also placing an intolerable burden on health systems.
Release date: November 2009
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The Review 2009 details some of the recent activities of the FIA Foundation, including the latest developments in the Make Roads Safe campaign and the Foundation's environmental projects.
Release date: October 2009 Price: Free of charge
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This progress report from the Commission for Global Road Safety outlines the main developments and achievements since the Commission’s first report Make Roads Safe: a new priority for sustainable development was launched in June 2006.
Release date: November 2008 Price: Free of charge
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Our new Make Roads Safe report calls for a UN Decade of Action for Road Safety.
Release date: May 2009
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With the world’s car fleet expected to triple by 2050, and 80% of the growth in rapidly developing economies we have to find ways to reconcile legitimate aspirations for mobility with a reduction in CO2 and improvement in fuel economy across the global car fleet. This report outlines the 50 by 50 challenge, calling for a 50% fuel economy improvement worldwide by 2050.
Release date: March 2009
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‘Seat Belts & Child Restraints’ is a practical guide to implementing, enforcing and evaluating seat belt programmes, published by the FIA Foundation as one of a series of good practice manuals produced by the UN Road Safety Collaboration.
Release date: February 2009
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"Helmets" provides practical advice to road safety practitioners on how to achieve a much higher proportion of users of two-wheeled vehicles wearing helmets.
The manual is for use in countries that want to improve the rates of helmets use among users of two-wheelers, locally or at national level. It is targeted at governments, nongovernmental organizations and road safety practitioners.
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The good practice manual Drinking and driving, a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, proposes simple, effective and low-cost solutions to prevent drinking and driving that can be implemented on a national or local level. It targets governments, non-governmental organizations and road safety practitioners, particularly those in low and middle-income countries.
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This speed management manual proposes simple, effective and low-cost solutions to excessive and inappropriate speed that can be implemented on a national or local level. It targets governments, non-governmental organizations and road safety practitioners, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries. The manual is based on a modular structure that provides evidence, examples, case studies and practical steps on how to manage vehicle speed.
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This brochure sets out the aims of the FIA Foundation’s ‘50by50’ vehicle fuel economy policy initiative, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme, International Energy Agency and the International Transport Forum.
Release date: December 2008 Price: Free of charge
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The Review 2008 details some of the recent activities of the FIA Foundation, including the latest developments in the Make Roads Safe campaign and the Foundation's environmental projects.
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The Review 2007 showcases some of the recent activities of the FIA Foundation, including: the Make Roads Safe campaign, EcoTest, iRAP, ChooseESC!, and supporting environmental projects.
Release date: October 2007 Price: Free of charge
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Desmond Tutu, Michael Schumacher, Stephen Lewis on why road safety must become a priority.
Release date: October 2007 Price: £5
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The Review 2006 showcases some of the recent activities of the FIA Foundation, including: promoting road safety, the Make Roads Safe campaign, and supporting environmental projects.
Release date: October 2006 Price: Free of charge
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Read the Make Roads Safe report demanding urgent G8 action to tackle global road deaths.
Release date: June 2006 Price: £10
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This report summarises the findings of the second phase of a study of transport and social exclusion in the G7 countries, commissioned by the FIA Foundation.
Release date: October 2006 Price: £10
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This report examines road safety policy in France, where road fatalities have fallen by 20% in recent years due to Government prioritisation and new levels of enforcement.
Release date: May 2006 Price: Free of charge
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This report evaluates the ‘Por Amor – Use el Cinturon’ Costa Rica seat belt campaign and draws recommendations for future campaigining.
Release date: November 2005 Price: £10
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The Review 2005 showcases some of the recent activities of the FIA Foundation, including: promoting road safety, the Think Before You Drive campaign, and supporting environmental projects.
Release date: November 2005 Price: Free of charge
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A report on the successful efforts to promote road safety at the United Nations, resulting in the first General Assembly debate and substantive resolution, has been published by the Global Road Safety Steering Committee.
Release date: October 2004 Price: £15
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The seat belt campaign toolkit manual provides advice on enforcement, awareness raising and legislating for seat belt use, which is intended primarily for countries with low seat belt compliance.
Release date: May 2004 Price: Free of charge
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Access to a car is essential for full participation in work and leisure activities in modern society, says a new report published by the FIA Foundation.
Release date: February 2004 Price: £10
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The FIA Foundation has published a major new report examining the role of the car in modern industrialised nations.
Release date: September 2003 Price: £50
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Proceedings of the FIA Foundation's high level conference on global traffic injury prevention, "Sharing Responsibility for Safer Roads".
Release date: April 2003 Price: £20
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Europe’s roads must be made safer for pedestrians, a new FIA Foundation backed study has shown.
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Europe’s roads must be made safer for pedestrians, a new FIA Foundation backed study has shown.