Data and Knowledge

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ADB has initiated the Asian Transport Outlook (ATO) to strengthen the knowledge base on transport in the Asia-Pacific region. The ATO is developed in support of the planning and delivery of ADB Transport Sector Assistance. At the same time, the ATO supports ADB's Developing Member Countries in transport policy development and delivery.

Strategies to Tackle the Issue of Impaired Driving for Road Safety in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implementation Framework

Studies | 31 December 2019

The findings from the study indicate that many ESCAP member countries could make progress in reducing drink-driving related deaths, but more work needs to be carried out to make a significant impact.

Strategies to Tackle the Issue of Speed for Road Safety in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implementation Framework

Reports | 31 December 2019

For this report, a study was conducted to examine speed management in ESCAP member States in order to identify ways in which they can improve speed management. The study revealed that travel speeds on roads in those States are not controlled effectively through survivable speed limits, speeding enforcement, engineering interventions or vehicle safety measures.

Road Safety in the Asia-Pacific Region

Reports | 19 December 2019

This report summarizes the analyses of the road safety data from the ESCAP member countries fall under the road safety management pillar of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011- 2020). This study considered analyzed data involving different pillars and areas of the The United Nations Global Framewor Plan of Action 2018. The pillars and areas under the framewor are shown in Figure 5 of the Appendix 2 of this report.

Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific 89: Improving Road Safety

Journals | 22 November 2019

The current issue of the Bulletin focuses on the theme of “Improving Road Safety”. Each of the six papers contribute different interesting aspects of the theme, and include various approaches in improving road safety in a particular context.

Assessing the Impacts of Vehicle Emissions and Safety Regulations - Discussion Paper

Papers | 13 November 2019

This paper discusses how regulations can determine environmental and safety outcomes in transport systems. It explores the relationships between regulations and direct and indirect costs, and between regulations and benefits. It also discusses the ethical issues, such as the fact that cost-benefit analysis evaluates welfare effects but tends to ignore equity issues.

Glossary for Transport Statistics: 5th Edition

Glossaries | 4 November 2019

The present fifth edition of the Glossary is the result of the valuable cooperation between Eurostat, UNECE and ITF (International Transport Forum) which put an effort into harmonising transport statistics at European and international level.

Road Safety Annual Report 2019

Reports | 7 October 2019

The IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2019 provides an overview of road safety performance for 41 countries. The report outlines the most recent road safety developments there and provides comparative data for the main road safety indicators.

Developing a Locally Owned and Led National or State iRAP Programme

Brochures | 11 September 2019

This brochure is designed to help countries develop their own locally owned and led national or state programmes and develop and deliver projects that save lives.

New Directions for Data-Driven Transport Safety

Reports | 23 May 2019

This report explores how seamless data collection, analysis and sharing can unlock innovations in transport safety. Most interventions to improve transport safety are reactions to incidents.

Road Safety in European Cities: Performance Indicators and Governance Solutions

Reports | 11 April 2019

This reports benchmarks road safety performance for 72 urban areas, mostly in Europe, and illustrates governance solutions to improve urban road safety with case studies conducted in Lisbon (Portugal) and Riga (Latvia).

Partner Websites

iRAP Big Data Tool

The Big Data Tool summarises star rating and investment plan data – over 400 million data points – based on 358,000km of roads across 54 countries covering over 700 billion vehicle kilometres of travel every year.

iRAP Road Safety Toolkit

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

iRAP Specification, Manuals and User Manuals

These documents provide information and knowledge for partners so that they can lead, undertake and implement iRAP assessments.

iRAP Vaccines for Roads

Maximising travel on roads that are 3-star or better will save lives and reduce injuries. Applying the global standard and ensuring all new roads are built to at least a 3-star standard for all road users and existing roads are upgraded to achieve >75% of travel on 3-star or better roads is the vaccine we need.

United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Publications

These select publications have been developed jointly by multiple partner agencies of the UN Road Safety Collaboration or in some cases by individual partner agencies.