The Road Safety Toolkit provides free information on the causes and prevention of road crashes that result in death and injury.

To support the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021 – 2030, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Regional Commissions have announced the launch of the new Road Safety Toolkit. 

First launched more than 10 years ago, the Road Safety Toolkit is an important online resource that provides free information on the causes and prevention of road crashes that result in death and injury. It will continue to be a freely available tool that provides practical, up-to-date knowledge of how treatments can be implemented.

Building on decades of road safety research, the Toolkit provides a one-stop road safety resource for engineers, road safety advocates, students and policymakers to help develop safety plans for pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists, car and heavy vehicle occupants and public transport users.

The most recent update to the Road Safety Toolkit was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies under their Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS 2020-2025) and was undertaken by the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF), with support from the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP).  The review included peer review and road safety stakeholders survey to identify how the Road Safety Toolkit could continue to reflect the latest evidence and research in engineering safety. Global road safety leaders including Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), the Towards Zero Foundation, Global NCAP, Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) and technical advisors provided invaluable support for the review.