Overview

The UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) was established in 2004 following the UN General Assembly (GA) resolution 58/289 inviting WHO, working in close cooperation with the UN regional commissions, to act as coordinator on road safety issues across the UN system.

The UNRSC is an informal consultative mechanism whose goal is to facilitate international cooperation and strengthen global and regional coordination among UN agencies and other international partners to implement UN General Assembly Resolutions on road safety.

The UNRSC brings together representatives from Members States, UN agencies, Development Banks, and other global road safety stakeholders from NGOs, academia, philanthropic foundations and private sector.

Members of the UNRSC convene several times a year in plenary meetings and as appropriate in project groups to share information and coordinate activities. 

Objectives

The UNRSC objectives are to:                        

  • Strengthen global and regional coordination on road safety through information exchange and multisectoral cooperation.
  • Advocate and encourage demand and additional resources for road safety, including through major advocacy events.
  • Support assessments of the magnitude of the road safety problem, harmonized data collection and research on risk factors implemented by its members along their own work programmes and mandates, in a coordinated manner.
  • Coordinate and support dissemination of documentation of good practices in prevention and road traffic injury reduction efforts in regions and countries developed by its members.
  • Coordinate and support further development of guidelines for effective road safety interventions, in the areas of prevention, risk management, limitation of consequences of crashes, sustainable management of road infrastructure and safety equipment, and appropriate legislative models, elaborated by its members.
  • Coordinate and support further development of guidelines for appropriate legal and medical response to crashes and injuries.
  • Coordinate promotion of individual and institutional capacity development on road safety implemented by its members.
  • Coordinate efforts within the UN system and to encourage a culture of road safety within these organizations.