Addressing the needs of Vulnerable Road Users
Vulnerable road users account for up to 70% of all road related fatalities and serious injuries. Yet infrastructure is often not designed and built to cater for their needs. The IRF and Qatar Traffic Transport and Traffic Safety Centre conducted ...
Low income countries account for only 3% of global road networks – A constraint for economic growth
The IRF World Road Statistics (WRS) includes up-to-date information on the road and transport sector for over 200 countries and covers nine important road topics, one of which is road networks. An analysis of the road network data reveals that ...
SaferAfrica Webinar Series: Road Safety Data Practices in Africa on 20 December
As a member of the SaferAfrica consortium, IRF took the lead and presented the first two of a series of webinars intended for anyone involved in African Road safety management, research and education. The third webinar will be staged on ...
IRF at the International Traffic Safety Conference in Qatar
Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani, the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior for the State of Qatar, Qatar University and the Ministry of Interior Qatar together with IRF (Geneva) organized the International Traffic Safety Conference ...
An IRF Africa Board to foster collaboration and coordination on the continent
The International Road Federation is pleased to announce the creation of an IRF Africa Board, whose first meeting occurred on the afternoon of 12th November 2018 in Marrakesh, Morocco. The meeting took place with the backdrop of the events surrounding ...
IRF at the 2nd UN Working Party on Public-Private Partnerships
The International Road Federation was among the key stakeholders invited to attend the 2nd UN Working Party on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), chaired by the United Nations Commission of Europe (UNECE), which took place at the UN Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, ...
Safe Roads, Safe Kids! Project presented at the FIA Foundation GA
Every year 186 300 children die from road traffic crashes around the world. That’s more than 500 children every day. Road traffic injury ranks among the top four causes of death for all children over the age of five years ...
PM Modi delivers his vision for the Future of Mobility in India
Under the leadership of Niti Aayog, India hosted in Delhi its first Global Mobility Summit on 7 & 8 September 2018. Addressing an impressive line-up of CEOs from all over the world, the Prime Minister of India, Mr Modi shared ...
Safe Roads Safe Kids Project: delivering a safe journey to school
Every year 186 300 children die from road traffic crashes around the world. That’s more than 500 children every day. Road traffic injury ranks among the top four causes of death for all children over the age of five years ...
IRF data 2018: Europe sees a decrease in road expenditure and road maintenance expenditure
The IRF World Road Statistics (WRS) 2018 edition has just been released. First analysis of the data on road expenditure and road maintenance expenditure in Europe shows a decrease of 11% and 8%, respectively, for the period of 2011 to ...