In some LMICs, like Vietnam, less than 50% of children wearing helmet while traveling on a motorcycle with their parents/adults. Lack of proper helmet for kids, low perception of parents/caretakers on helmet for children are main reason of this issues. Watch the social marketing media on child helmet from Vietnam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M567l7A6D2U
Child helmet needed. Read More »
TEN REASONS TO ACT ON ROAD DEATHS Nearly 1.3 million people are killed on the world’s roads each year. Up to 50 million people are injured, and many remain disabled for life. 90% of casualties from road deaths occur in developing countries. Annual road traffic deaths are forecast to rise to 1.9 million people by
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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
Decade of action for road safety in the Islamic Republic of Iran- May 2014 Read More »
On the statistics of the last 10 years in Chile, those who died in crashes involving bicycles rank third of all fatal victims of road traffic injuries This, added to studies by the World Bank, indicate that the number of cyclists in the city of Santiago are growing annually between 15% and 18% and currently
CARRS–Q student and recent RTIRN partner Mr. George Jia wins Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Post Graduate Award to undertake research into Drink Driving. CARRS-Q will lend its considerable expertise to China to try to determine why the nation has so many drink driving related road crashes. CARRS-Q Researcher George Jia said while China owned just
RTIRN PARTNER WINS THE PRIME MINISTER’S AUSTRALIA ASIA POST GRADUATE AWARD Read More »
The NGO ALINAGNON, carrying placards and banners that read various requirements of road safety, join the infamous “crossroads of life” formerly called “crossroads of death” because of the horrifying number of traffic accidents that occur every year. Fatal irony of fate, two hours before the arrival of the cortege at the place of the celebration,
WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS CELEBRATED IN COTONOU (BENIN) Read More »
A one-day Regional Workshop on motorcycle injuries in low- and middle-income countries was held at The Sarova Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 23, 2009 – sponsored by the Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) and hosted by Maseno University. Over 60 multisectoral stakeholders that included doctors, nurses, lecturers, senior government officials from the
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2006 January board meeting was held in Kandy , Sri Lanka 2006 January board meeting was held in Kandy , Sri Lanka adjoining the launching Ceremony of the secretariat. Prof. Robyn Norton(Board Chair), Dr.Adnan Hyder(Board Vice Chair) ,Prof.Wilson Odero, Dr.Abdul Ghaffar and Dr.Samath D. Dharmaratne (new Secretary) attended the meeting.
2006 January board meeting was held in Kandy Read More »
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
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Because of the great contributions we have received over the last three years, we believe that is important to acknowledge the effort and time invested from our RTIRN community on our newsletter. This is why we will start rewarding the best contributions of the year. Here are the nominees for the best contributions of 2012:
Best Contribution Award 2012!!!! Read More »
