RESULTS OF SURVEYS
100%
100% of respondents would be interested in receiving more information on United
Nations road safety-related legal instruments
General Road Safety Survey
As part of efforts to measure progress on the goals of the United Nations Decade of Action for
Road Safety, leaders of the road safety agencies in 19 African countries were surveyed in the
second half of 2014. The survey was developed in collaboration with the UNECE, the UNECA and
consulting firm smartmove.
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Countries included:
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Angola
Botswana
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Mozambique
Malawi
Namibia
Sierra Leone
Swaziland
South Africa
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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56%
Results of survey:
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33%
42%
10 countries are Contracting Parties to any United
Nations road safety-related legal instruments
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Out of 19 countries
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44%
58%
15 countries have lead road safety agencies: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia,
Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland,
South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Four countries do not have such agencies: Liberia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda
17 countries responded that they collected road traffic crash data: Angola,
Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi,
Namibia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
and Zimbabwe
Two countries indicated that they did not: Liberia and South Sudan
44% of respondents believe that “alcohol-related road crashes frequently
involve pedestrians who have been drinking”
56% do not
33% of respondents thought drinking and driving laws were not strongly
enforced by traffic police;
33% felt that laws were enforced somewhat;
33% felt that laws were strongly enforced
58% of respondents said that they were not aware of “United Nations legal
instruments related to driving times and rest periods for commercial
vehicle drivers,”
42% said that they were aware
Of those 10:
Six could not name what the United Nations road
safety-related legal instruments are
Three also answered “the Decade of Action
for Road Safety,” which is not a United Nations
legal instrument
26%
74%
26% of countries reported having “a policy to regulate fatigue among commercial
vehicle drivers”
74% of countries reported no such policy
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