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Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez (FGR) presented a poster at the “11th Australasian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference” held in Freemantle, Western Australia during November 11th and 13th 2013. The Poster, about the importance of Child Restraint Systems, was produced based on studies conducted by FGR and Fundación MAPFRE (available at: www.gonzalorodriguez.org). The Poster is available […]

During the International Women’s Day, ALINAGNON decided to draw women’s attention to the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle. A group a 40 women stood at some of the busiest intersections of Cotonou and went talking to the women about the danger of being on a motorcycle without a helmet More information

On November 17th occurred both the World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims and the African Day for Road Safety. ALINAGNON and its partners, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL and the National Center for Road Safety (CNSR) created several events in Cotonou to celebrate this special day. More information here

ALINAGNON and its partner Handicap International organized a special event to reward the 13 Road Safety Clubs settled in Cotonou. Two contests were launched. The first one was a road safety poem contest for primary school pupils. The poems were judged by a professional jury which chose the 3 best ones and granted their authors’

The 2nd African Night Without Accident took place on Saturday, October,19th 2013 in Benin and Cameroon. ALINAGNON organized the event in Beninin one of Cotonou’s most popular bars, «Onze National», next to the Amitié Stadium. ) Groups of ALINAGNON volunteers went and met customers to provide them information about the dangers of driving under the

Some figures on road traffic injuries(RTIs) in Iran shows that Iran has the third largest population in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) with about 13% of total population of EMR, greatest number of vehicles in EMR with about 20 657 627 (32% of total vehicles in the region, high percentage of 2-3 wheels vehicles. Reported road

More than 1.24 million people die and between 20 and 50 million people are injured on the world’s roads every year, with the largest portion of this burden carried by those in low and middle income countries. Improvement to road infrastructure is a key mechanism for improving safety in all countries. A variety of proven

NGO Avoid Accident in association of local Police launched a special drive “SEE ME SAVE ME” for the safety of non motor vehicles especially cycles in which we have fixed high quality reflective on more than 500 cycles to save them from the accidents during night and fog on roads as they are hard to

Social Research and Development Organization (SRDO) has showed serious concern over the loss of precious lives in a road accident in Salgiran, near Muree on 8th January 2014. According to reports, displayed and published in various newspapers and news channels, 15 people were died and a number of injured in a tragic bus accident. The

The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) is offering for the first time a free, online training certificate programme on Road Traffic Injury Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (RTIP). Comprised of seven multimedia educational modules, this comprehensive programme covers a wide range of topics, such as: Basics of road traffic injury