1.
Global Road Safety Initiative of the
Multilateral Development Banks
Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
20 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tyrrell Duncan
Director and Practice Leader, Asian Development Bank

2.
The Regional Multilateral Development Banks’
Global Activity

3.
Road Safety Hotspots Around the World
High Low
Death Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants Per Year

4.
NGO Global Road Safety Activity

5.
MDB initiative…
MDBs join forces to support the Decade of Action:
• 2010 – ADB , AfDB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, IsDB, WB
• 2012 – CAF
Ministerial
meeting on road Launch of
safety in Russia MDBs initiative
2010 2012
2009 2011 2013
UNRSC Development of 6
Decade of Action focus areas

6.
A shared approach to…
• Strengthening road safety management
capacity
• Implementation of safety approaches in
the planning, design, construction,
operation and maintenance of road
infrastructure projects
• Improvement of safety performance
measures
• Mobilization of resources for road safety

7.
AfDB: African Development Bank
Road safety has been mainstreamed in transport operations
since 2011
• Strengthen internal capacity, conduct regional and country studies, incorporate
road safety in road infrastructure projects, scale-up road safety support for
Regional Member Countries, build technical and managerial capacity in Africa,
and collaborate with international, regional and country stakeholders
Road Safety Pilot and Stand-Alone Projects
• with large multi-sector interventions executed in
sufficient duration to achieve rapid measureable
targets
• Dar es Salaam Morogoro Road Safety Pilot Project
Road Safety in Road Projects
• involves road safety audit, monitoring and
inspection, awareness raising and capacity building,
and documentation of lessons.

8.
ADB: Asian Development Bank
• Road Safety Action Plan – approved in January 2012, it
serves as a guide in mainstreaming road safety in ADB’s
transport operations. It is available at:
www.adb.org/documents/road-safety-action-plan
• ADB is scaling up lending in support of road safety with ongoing and
future ADB-supported road safety projects
• Sustainable Transport Appraisal –
economic evaluation of environmental,
economic, and social impacts,
including road safety
• Road Safety Audit Training – promote
better management of the overall road
safety audit process required for ADB
road projects

9.
CAF: Development Bank of Latin America
Road Safety Action Plan
Pillar 1:
• CAF´s Corporate Road Safety Plan
• With Road Agencies
• With National Governments
Pillar 2:
• All road projects have a Road Safety Audit
• Identify and treatment of black spots, or hazardous locations and sections on
exiting networks
• Promote low cost engineering solutions
• Finance road safety infrastructure research
Pillar 3:
• Promote safe vehicles legislation
Pillar 4:
• Promote knowledge transfer
• Finance safety programmes for vulnerable users
Pillar 5:
• Promote appropriate and adequate attention after crash
SPECIAL PROJECT
- Pilot motorcycles road safety programmes in three cities

10.
EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
Preparations to launch road safety activities
• Pilot road safety activities – for approval in late April 2012
• Road Safety Expert
• MoU with iRAP – planned for May 2012
• Public sector outreach - ministries and highway agencies of
Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and Moldova
• Private sector outreach - car manufacturers in the region
• Mainstreaming road safety audits in road projects
• Public awareness campaigns on anti-drunk driving, use of seat-
belts, school-level educational programmes, and defensive driving
techniques.
Project level discussions
• Moldova - existing tranche facility
• Serbia - road rehabilitation project

11.
EIB: European Investment Bank
Road safety investments in stand-alone and road projects
 EUR200 million (loans) and EUR1.5 million (grants)
Guidelines on Road Safety Infrastructure
Basis
• Revised EIB Transport Lending Policy - “….all road projects are to be subject to
Road Safety Audits in line with the principles of the EU Directive …”.
Covers
• Operational guidelines for Road Safety Directive, Road Safety Audits (RSA’s)
and Road Safety Inspections (RSI’s)
•Technical Assistance on Road Safety issues
• Beyond Engineering infrastructure, and includes Enforcement and Education
Type of Network / Region EU Outside EU
TEN-T network in EU or Main Core Compulsory. Compulsory. Apply Directive
Network outside EU Apply Directive 2008/96/EC. 2008/96/EC as best practice.
Other National-Regional Roads not Recommend application of Recommend application of
included in the TENs in the EU or Main Directive 2008/96/EC. Directive 2008/96/EC as best
Core Network outside EU practice.

12.
IDB: Inter-American Development Bank
2010-2015 Action Plan
Road Safety Strategy
Private Sector Division
• Road Safety Principles for best practices in private operated roads
• Deliver sustainable Road Safety activities by creating effective and sustainable partnerships,
including strengthening of non-infrastructure road safety components (Road Safety educational
support, awareness campaigns and knowledge sharing – “The Mesoamerica Pacific Corridor”)
Public Sector Division
• Road Transport Operations
• Guidelines on Implementing Road Safety Projects
• Strengthening of Institutional Capacity
• Knowledge Sharing, Strengthening of Technical Capacity and Public
Awareness (through “ The Road Safety Weeks”)
• Vehicle Regulation
• Evaluation Tools and Studies (such as monetizing the “Costs of Road
Injuries”)
• Working in partnership with other MDBs in the implementation of
regional Road Safety Interventions

13.
IsDB: Islamic Development Bank
Road Safety Actions
•Building internal capacity and financing of related projects and programs.
Road Safety Activities
• Expert Group Meeting on Financing Transport Infrastructure Projects and Road
Safety in the ESCWA Region
• 3rd IRU-LAS-AULT Seminar on International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by
Road
• Technical Assistance Grant to the Arab Union of Land Transport

14.
WB: World Bank
• Launch of Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) in 2005
• GRSF projects in 2011 leveraged US$400 million in new road
safety investments
• Launch of Safe, Clean and Affordable Transport Business
Strategy in 2007
• Country Guidelines for the Conduct of Road Safety
Management Capacity Reviews and the Specification of Lead
Agency Reforms, Investment Strategies and Safety System
Projects
• Staff safety Rule
• Certification Program
• Enabling the environment: LAC Road Safety
Observatory/IRTAD; RoadPOL; safety rating surveys;
NGOs/Civil Society engagement

15.
Six Focus Areas for MDB Joint Activity
• Measures
• Training
• Pilot projects
• Economics of global health
• Regional policy dialogue
• Marketing and outreach

16.
Leveraging MDB support through
donor funding…
MDBs, individually in their respective regions and
collectively through the shared approach, are scaling up
their investments in road safety and transfer of road
safety knowledge to developing and emerging countries
But the goal of reducing road traffic
fatalities that are forecast to rise
from nearly 1.3 million deaths
// each year to more than 1.9 million
by 2020 remains an enormous
challenge!

17.
To fully scale up road safety, there is an urgent need for
capacity building, demo projects & research on…
Road safety Safer roads Safer
management and mobility vehicles
Safer road Post-crash
users response
This requires substantial grant financing
Donors can assist by establishing a Global Road Safety
Incentive Fund to be managed jointly by the MDBs

18.
Required road safety infrastructure investments of low
and middle income developing countries…
$315 billion*
Estimated country support packages under MDB road
safety initiative…
$900 million
Initial start-up program over a 3-year period…
$70 million
Economic benefits…
$1.5 trillion*
* International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) estimates

19.
Thank you!
Tyrrell Duncan
Director, East Asia Transport Division concurrently
Practice Leader (Transport)
Asian Development Bank
Photos courtesy of: Joanna Abaño, Handicap International, Ko Sakamoto, Lloyd Wright, and others