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The Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum 2024 will be hosted by ADB in its headquarters in Manila, on 14 to 15 May, with capacity-development training events held on 16 and 17 May. This biennial event will focus on ADB as the climate bank, and how the transport sector can decarbonize as well as ensure climate resilience of transport infrastructure.

The important activities on building capacity of ADB and partners in road safety to prevent serious injuries and deaths were recognized as a recipient of the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award 2023.

The latest WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 shows that efforts to improve road safety are having an impact, and that significant reductions in road traffic deaths can be made if proven measures are applied. Despite this, the price paid for mobility remains too high. Road traffic injuries remain the leading killer of children and young people aged 5-29 years.

Registrations close on Tuesday, 21 November, for this in-person event to be held at ADB Headquarters, Manila.

See the updated agenda, line-up of speakers, and activities, and register at adb.eventsair.com/aprsomeeting-roadsafetyevent/.

Road traffic crashes cause approximately 1.3 million deaths globally each year: as a consequence, post-crash care has been included as one of five pillars in the safe system approach to road safety advocate.

Jean Todt, UN Special Envoy for Road Safety, will be delivering the keynote speech for our upcoming event in December.

See the line-up of speakers and register for the event here: https://adb.eventsair.com/aprsomeeting-roadsafetyevent

The Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory is pleased to announce its latest member to the Observatory. As of June 2023, Papua New Guinea joins the the APRSO, which now has 27 member countries.

The APRSO focal person for PNG is Mr. Roy H. Mumu, Secretary of the Department of Transport..

The Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory is pleased to announce its latest members to the Observatory. As of May 2023, Iran and Turkey are the two newest members of the APRSO, which now has 26 member countries.

The APRSO focal person for Iran is Mr. Hormoz Zakeri, General Director Assistance of the country's lead agency for road safety, the Ministry of Road and Urban Development. For Turkey, the focal is Tolga Hakan from the Traffic Department of the Ministry of Interior. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) commissioned a study, as part of its work with member countries in South Asia, to develop and test a way of assessing the maturity of national road safety management systems. This paper describes the theoretical and analytical foundations of the resulting maturity assessment framework, how the framework was developed and applied, and how it can be used to support ADB operations and road safety improvement in developing member countries.

Two country workshops on crash data investigation and analysis were conducted by the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC ) program in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) in March 2023, with the first one in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia last 6-7 March, and the second in Dushanbe on 13-14 March, Tajikistan. Over 60 participants attended the two workshops, coming from the traffic police, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Interior Affairs, and other organizations working on road safety.