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Key Findings Key Findings Progress in Africa Toward the Goals of Progress in Africa Toward the Goals of the Decade of Action for Road Safety: the Decade of Action for Road Safety: Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Surveys of Road Safety

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Key Findings Progress in Africa Toward the Goals of the Decade of Action for Road Safety: Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Key Findings Progress in Africa Toward the Goals of the Decade of Action for Road Safety: Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads

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Key Findings Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Participating Countries

Of the initial 21 target countries, we were able to

  • btain responses from 19 countries:
  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Cameroon
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Mozambique
  • Malawi

No response from Nigeria and the Gambia

  • Namibia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Swaziland
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
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Key Findings Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Survey Questions

Mix of:

  • Quantitative DoA questions
  • Qualitative opinion questions
  • Questions about UN legal instruments

Survey Limitations

  • Not all respondents were able to access

information in order to answer all the questions.

  • Due to the phrasing of several questions,

respondents may have offered what they thought was the “correct“ answer.

  • The surveys and follow up were conducted

in English.

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Key Findings Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Key Findings – Aggregated

  • Of the country respondents that answered

the question, “Is your country a Contracting Party to any United Nations road safety-related legal instruments?” 10

  • f 19 answered yes. Of those 10 only two

could name them.

  • 100% of respondents answered yes to the

question, “Would you/your country be interested in receiving more information

  • n United Nations road safety-related

legal instruments?”

  • All but four respondents reported that

their countries have lead road safety

  • agencies. The countries reporting no lead

agency were Liberia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Key Findings Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Key Findings – Aggregated

  • 15 of 19 countries said that their countries

have national road safety strategies. 7 submitted them:

  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Namibia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • 26% of countries reported having “a policy

to regulate fatigue among commercial vehicle drivers.”

  • 1/3 felt that drink driving laws were not

strongly enforced, 1/3 felt that laws were enforced somewhat, and 1/3 felt that laws were strongly enforced.

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Key Findings Surveys of Road Safety Agency Heads Key Findings – Country-by-Country

Common responses to open-ended questions:

  • Reduce drinking and driving
  • Strong, well-funded lead agency
  • Political “buy in” and will
  • High-level coordination in government
  • Funding for RS in general
  • Training and capacity building
  • Research & monitoring
  • Legislation
  • Well-trained and non-corrupt Traffic Police

enforcing by risk factor

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Thank You!