NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre Fleet Safety Project Group UN Road Safety Collaboration Lori Mooren, Senior Research Fellow and Chair, Fleet Safety Project Group, UNRSC

IRMRC Overview of presentation Formation of the UN Road Safety Collaboration and the Fleet Safety Project Group Members Key Issues and Challenges Achievements Action Plan

IRMRC United Nations Road Safety Collaboration In April 2004, the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES58/289 on “Improving global road safety” invited WHO, working in close cooperation with the United Nations regional commissions, to act as coordinator on road safety issues across the United Nations system.

IRMRC First Meeting Decisions Vision Morbidity and mortality should not be the price of mobility. Goal To facilitate international cooperation (including at a regional level) among UN agencies and other international partners to implement UN General Assembly Resolution 58/289 and the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention and thereby support country programmes.

IRMRC OBJECTIVES: UNRSC Objectives 1. To assess the road safety problem /achievements of particular situations or locations 2. To develop guidance and support for effective road safety interventions 3. To provide capacity development on road safety issues 4. To advocate for and encourage demand for road safety 5. To strengthen global and regional coordination on road safety 6. To improve the safety of UN fleets (for all road users)

IRMRC Formation of Fleet Safety Project Group (FSPG) Fleet safety is one of six priorities for action by the UN Road Safety Collaboration Initially focused on UN Agencies, Fourth meeting agenda widened and Group formed Also Groups on: – Data Collection – Good Practice Guides – Infrastructure

IRMRC UN Fleet Safety Mandate Broadened “31 MARCH In the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, 31 March 2008, His Excellency, Ambassador Fuad Al-Hinai of the Sultanate of Oman introduced a new draft resolution entitled Improving Global Road Safety (A/62/L.43) … Fleet-owning organizations in both the private and public sectors are encouraged to develop and implement policies and practices that would reduce crash risks.”

IRMRC Members - FSPG Research – National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Injury Risk Management Research Centre (IRMRC) International – World Bank, WHO, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP), ISO, (UN) Fleet Forum, International Road Transport Union (IRU) Non-profit – Institute of Road Traffic Education ( IRTE), European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR), Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) Private Sector – Scania, Johnson & Johnson, Chevron, Michelin

IRMRC Key Issues and Challenges – Technical Considerations Science Professions Motivation Benchmarks Systems Lack of evidence based approaches Combines a sphere of disciplines and stakeholders Organisations are actively pursuing good practices Benchmarking initiatives growing Systems and tools are evolving and being tested

IRMRC Other Considerations Safe System framework Roles of government – as an employer, vehicle purchaser, regulator, industry support Need to recognise the need for a business case Differing needs and conditions by sectors, size, operating environments, resources Lack of involvement of low income countries

IRMRC Initiatives by Members Fleet Forum Tool Kit GRSP Good Practice Guide project gTKP funding for fleet safety web site development Formation of a Private Sector Road Safety Collaboration Road Safety at Work Conference, Feb, 2009 Agreed Action Plan

IRMRC Fleet Forum – Fleet Safety Tool Kit UN Agencies’ 80,000 humanitarian aid vehicles World Food Program host DANIDA funding TNT assistance GRSP guidance and editing Pilot project in Kenya Guide and Tool Kit

IRMRC GRSP Good Practice Fleet Safety Guide Development of the Fleet Safety Manual and Toolkit. Initial piloting Review draft manual Issue of manual Communication and dissemination globally Benchmarking review

IRMRC Fleet Safety Website - gTKP Identify and call for fleet safety policies, toolkits, processes etc. to consider for inclusion in the website Input and store raw content on a test site Fleet Forum web pages GRSP pilot fleet safety toolkit Generic Fleet Safety web pages – case studies – information

IRMRC Private Sector Road Safety Collaboration Initiated by WHO, Michelin, Scania and J&J Shanghai meeting (Michelin, 2007), Budapest Inaugural PSRSC Meeting (Johnson & Johnson, 2008) Next meeting: France (Michelin or Sanofi-Aventis, May, 2009) Objectives: – To improve private sector Road Safety actions – To raise Private Sector voice to influence Road Safety Policy Development – To leverage private sector funding effort for global Road Safety projects

IRMRC Road Safety at Work Conference and WORS Report - NIOSH Dr Will Murray and Stephanie Pratt review global actions in fleet safety

IRMRC Fleet Safety Project Group - Action Plan PSRSC linkage GRSP linkage Benchmarking platforms Tools & case studies Seek greater involvement by low income country representatives Share information Build knowledge and communication Collect and assess information on FS practices Consult scientific community Amass good practice tools and case studies Analysis of the problem and dimensions of the task Pilot test resources Develop and test “Green-cover” Manual Capacity building ISO standard ?

IRMRC Priority focus Need attention to: – work on metrics (in the pilot projects and beyond), – research, – evaluation and – possible audit processes Inputs from: – The Fleet Forum Manual, the work of the new Private Sector Road Safety Collaboration and the International Conference on Road Safety at Work will assist the Fleet Safety Project Group. Next meeting - 10th UN Road Safety Collaboration meeting hosted by ESCAP in Bangkok, 3-4 June 2009

IRMRC Your Input The FSPG welcomes contributions of knowledge and partnerships – Research? – Tools? – Case studies – examples of successful or unsuccessful attempts at improvements? – Data? – Ideas? Thank you!