News and Activities | Asia and Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO)

Video Message by Bambang Susantono - First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory

Video | 24 August 2020

Video Message by Bambang Susantono, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), during the First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory, 26 August 2020.

Multilateral Development Banks release Joint High Level Statement on Road Safety

News Release | 17 November 2020

Ten MDBs made a joint statement of commitment to to support the second decade of action on road safety on 16 November 2020.

Each signatory institution commits to appointing a high-level road safety champion and promoting a more ambitious, integrated, accountable and results-oriented approach in countries, with particular focus on safe infrastructure for all users.

Uzbekistan is undertaking measures to increase safety on its roads. Photo: ADB

Enhancing road safety with intelligent transport system technology

Blog | 24 January 2020

In recent years, particularly in many developing countries, road developers have failed to give sufficient consideration to road safety features in the design and construction of highways. As a result, these roads have become more deadly.

A roundabout at a dangerous intersection helped the Zhejiang road design achieve the desired 3-star rating.

Investing in star ratings pays off in road safety

Blog | 19 December 2017

Star ratings are an internationally recognized, evidence-based approach to guiding design and investment for safer road transport and are increasingly being used for road and infrastructure projects and policies throughout Asia and the Pacific.

Sign showing speed limit on a highway in Pakistan.

Wave a yellow flag to achieve SDG on road safety

Blog | 20 October 2016

If you knew that slowing down a little on your way home from work today might save your life or that of a loved one, would you do it? Please do so, and convince others to halve road deaths and injuries by 2020.

Safetipin maps safety in urban public spaces so women know where they can go without fear.

Using data to improve women's safety in cities, transport

Blog | 16 September 2016

The Safetipin app maps safe public areas for urban women so they can make safer decisions, and provides city stakeholders data to improve safety in public spaces and transport.

APRSO wins Prince Michael International Road Safety Award

| 3 February 2021

We are proud to announce that the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory, along with the African Road Safety Observatory, have been awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for their outstanding achievement and innovation in improving road safety in their respective regions.

This award recognizes the countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific that have decided to work together to improve the quality and availability of road safety data in their regions.

Prince Michael of Kent has sent along this short congratulatory message.

Global Meeting of Regional Road Safety Observatories

| 29 January 2021

Videos from the Global Meeting of Regional Road Safety Observatories are now available. Please follow the links below for the full videos on Youtube.

Video Message by Hartwig Schafer - First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory

| 24 August 2020

Video message by Hartwig Schafer, World Bank Vice President for South Asia, during the First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory, 26 August 2020.

Video Message by Young Tae Kim - First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory

| 24 August 2020

Video message by Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF), during the First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory, 26 August 2020.

Video Message by Jean Todt - First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory

| 23 August 2020

Video message by Jean Todt, President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), during the First Workshop on the Implementation of the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory, 26 August 2020.

Progress on development of Regional Road Safety Observatories

| 19 February 2020

This video documents keynotes and speeches from the Road Safety Benchmarking and Regional Road Safety Observatories High-level Meeting, a high-level meeting that explored the importance of reliable road safety data to develop sound road safety policies and the opportunites for road safety benchmarking to raise road safety on the political agenda.