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Fleet Safety Project Group
UN Road Safety Collaboration
Lori Mooren,
Senior Research Fellow and
Chair, Fleet Safety Project
Group, UNRSC
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre
Overview of presentation
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Formation of the UN Road Safety Collaboration
and the Fleet Safety Project Group
Members
Key Issues and Challenges
Achievements
Action Plan
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.
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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.
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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)
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Formation of Fleet Safety Project
Group (FSPG)
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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:
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Data Collection
Good Practice Guides
Infrastructure
UN Fleet Safety Mandate Broadened
“31 MARCH 2008 - 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.”
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Members - FSPG
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Research – National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Injury Risk Management Research Centre
(IRMRC)
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International – World Bank, WHO, Global Road Safety
Partnership (GRSP), global Transport Knowledge Partnership
(gTKP), ISO, (UN) Fleet Forum, International Road Transport
Union (IRU)
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Non-profit – Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE),
European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR),
Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT)
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Private Sector – Scania, Johnson & Johnson, Chevron,
Michelin
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Key Issues and Challenges –
Technical Considerations
Science
Professions
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• Lack of evidence based
approaches
• Combines a sphere of
disciplines and stakeholders
Motivation
• Organisations are actively
pursuing good practices
Benchmarks
• Benchmarking initiatives
growing
Systems
• Systems and tools are
evolving and being tested
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
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Initiatives by Members
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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
Fleet Forum – Fleet Safety Tool Kit
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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
GRSP Good Practice Fleet Safety
Guide
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Development of the Fleet Safety Manual and
Toolkit.
Initial piloting
Review draft manual
Issue of manual
Communication and dissemination globally
Benchmarking review
Fleet Safety Website - gTKP
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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
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case studies
information
Private Sector Road Safety Collaboration
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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:
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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
Road Safety at Work Conference and
WORS Report - NIOSH
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Dr Will Murray and
Stephanie Pratt review
global actions in fleet
safety
Fleet Safety Project Group Action Plan
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PSRSC linkage
GRSP linkage
Benchmarking platforms
Tools & case studies
Seek greater involvement
by low income country
representatives
• Share information
Build knowledge
and communication
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Develop and test
• 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
• “Green-cover”
Manual
• Capacity building
• ISO standard
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Priority focus
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Need attention to:
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work on metrics (in the pilot projects and beyond),
research,
evaluation and
possible audit processes
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
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Your Input
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The FSPG welcomes contributions of
knowledge and partnerships
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Research?
Tools?
Case studies – examples of successful or
unsuccessful attempts at improvements?
Data?
Ideas?
Thank you!
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