Activities of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme (formerly RS10) in Russia: promising results from a sub-national project

Slyunkina, E; Kliavin, Vladimir; Gritsenko, E. A.; Petruhin, Alexandr B.; Zambon, Francesco; He, Huan; Hyder, Adnan A.

doi:10.1016/s0020-1383(13)70215-8

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“…The social marketing activities were coupled with enhanced enforcement campaigns led by traffic police. Details of our speed measurement protocols are described elsewhere 9. Briefly, we have conducted 20 rounds of speed measurements in Lipetskaya (11 rounds; 354 409 vehicles) and Ivanovskaya (9 rounds; 297 658 vehicles) oblasts since July 2011.…”

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Rapid assessment of road safety policy change: relaxation of the national speed enforcement law in Russia leads to large increases in the prevalence of speeding

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Reducing vehicle speed is among the most effective road safety strategies. We assess how a new policy in Russia that eliminates fines for driving up to 20 km/h above the speed limit has affected the prevalence of speeding. We measured speeds periodically in 13 districts of two Russian regions during 2011-2013 and analysed the effect of the policy using difference-in-differences to control for seasonality. We find that the prevalence of speeding was declining steadily but half of the gains since mid-2011 were lost immediately after the new policy. Overall speeding increased significantly by 13 percentage points ( pp, 95% CI 4 to 19). Speeding more than 10 km/h above the limit increased significantly by 10 pp (95% CI 2 to 12), and extreme speeding increased but not significantly (1.7 pp, 95% CI −1.1 to 4.5). Road traffic injuries will likely increase in Russia unless speeding fines are reinstated.

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Rapid assessment of road safety policy change: relaxation of the national speed enforcement law in Russia leads to large increases in the prevalence of speeding

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“…Determining the type of injury, the vehicle involved, and the risk group through the system by collecting information may be valuable key elements not identifying and assessing preventive actions. Those measures have critical clinical implications concerning these patients' care prevent traffic fatalities in middle or low-income countries 1,24,25 . In Ecuador, according to the National Traffic Agency (NTA), the annual record of misfortunes has been decreased in the last four years, but for Manabí Province, this number was increased 26,27 .…”

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Injury patterns among road traffic accidents: a hospital-based study in Ecuador

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Traffic accidents are serious public health problems, account for profound economic costs to individuals, families, and societies. The social impacts range from physiological to economic causes, which could be a serious negative effect, especially in undeveloped countries. To further elucidate this problem, the prevalence of injuries caused by traffic accidents in a Santa Ana Health Centre, Portoviejo, Ecuador, was studied. This registry-based retrospective study analyzed data on Santa Ana, from Enero 2016 to Diciembre 2019, and the medical records of patients who had been admitted were extracted and analyzed. Passengers cars, motorcycles, and bicycles involved in collisions were included, and the information collected was relating to sex, age, and type of injuries. In total, 75%±6.34 patients victims of road traffic injuries were males, and their mean age was 20 and 49 years. There was a cooperative agreement between total injury occurrence (%) and type of vehicle. Bus and car accidents had lower relation (R2 = 0.44, 078) (p = 0.063, 0.005) with total occurrence. The highest relation was found in motorbikes (R2 = 0.98 p = 2e-05), since it's the primary or most popular means of transportation in the city. The best of our knowledge is the first study to reporting data on road traffic injuries in the Province of Manabí, the third-largest province in extension in Ecuador. Additional studies with larger populations are thus necessary to construct a robust data system in undeveloped countries that can facilitate the flow of reliable information about road traffic injuries.

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“…The remit of this commitment was to (1) strengthen road safety legislation; (2) implement life-saving interventions that increased seatbelt, child-restraint, and helmet use and reduced speeding and drunk driving; (3) survey road networks and recommend infrastructure improvements; (4) build sustainable transport alternatives; and (5) improve the collection of data to evaluate project effectiveness and better target interventions [ 10 , 11 ]. Extensive effort during this time was undertaken to create baseline datasets for local road crash fatalities and risk factors in Brazil [ 12 , 13 ], Cambodia [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ], China [ 18 , 19 , 20 ], Egypt [ 21 , 22 , 23 ], India [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ], Kenya [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ], Mexico [ 23 , 33 , 34 ], Russia [ 23 , 35 , 36 ], Turkey [ 23 , 37 , 38 ], and Vietnam [ 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ]. These datasets have fed into subsequent global status reports [ 1 , 43 ].…”

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“…In order to assess the benefits of these interventions, a range of observational site-based evaluations have also been funded under the program. Evaluation has shown reductions in risk factors in speeding and increased seatbelt and child-restraint use in regions of Russia [ 36 , 46 ]; an increase in helmet use in provinces of Viet Nam [ 42 ]; and an increase in seatbelt use but uneven improvements in speeding in the provinces of Turkey [ 47 ]. Evaluations at the city level have shown a decrease in the prevalence of drink driving and speeding in China [ 19 ].…”

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Lives Saved in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Road Safety Initiatives Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Implemented by Their Partners between 2007–2018

Hendrie

Lyle

Cameron

2021

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Over the past 12 years, Bloomberg Philanthropies (BP) and its partner organisations have implemented a global road safety program in low- and middle-income countries. The program was implemented to address the historically increasing number of road fatalities and the inadequate funding to reduce them. This study evaluates the performance of the program by estimating lives saved from road safety interventions implemented during the program period (2007–2018) through to 2030. We estimated that 311,758 lives will have been saved by 2030, with 97,148 lives saved up until 2018 when the evaluation was conducted and a further 214,608 lives projected to be saved if these changes are sustained until 2030. Legislative changes alone accounted for 75% of lives saved. Concurrent activities related to reducing drink driving, implementing legislative changes, and social marketing campaigns run in conjunction with police enforcement and other road safety activities accounted for 57% of the total estimated lives saved. Saving 311,758 lives with funding of USD $259 million indicates a cost-effectiveness ratio of USD $831 per life saved. The potential health gains achieved through the number of lives saved from the road safety initiatives funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies represent a considerable return on investment. This study demonstrates the extent to which successful, cost-effective road safety initiatives can reduce road fatalities in low- and middle-income countries.

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Activities of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme (formerly RS10) in Russia: promising results from a sub-national project

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Rapid assessment of road safety policy change: relaxation of the national speed enforcement law in Russia leads to large increases in the prevalence of speeding

Rapid assessment of road safety policy change: relaxation of the national speed enforcement law in Russia leads to large increases in the prevalence of speeding

Injury patterns among road traffic accidents: a hospital-based study in Ecuador

Lives Saved in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Road Safety Initiatives Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Implemented by Their Partners between 2007–2018

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