Strategic directions for the post 2011-2020 decade of action for road safety & African road safety action plan for the decade 2021-2030

Abstract

The main goal is to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50 per cent from 2021 to 2030 in line with the objective of the Second UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. The post-2020 African Road Safety Strategy provides broad guidelines to address challenges that have persistently hampered the improvement of road safety on the continent. The strategy is evidence-based and rooted in the findings of the studies on the implementation of the 2011-2020 African Road Safety Action Plan undertaken by ECA and AUC in 2015 and 2018. It also draws from road safety performance reviews undertaken by the UN Special Envoy for Road Safety and ECA in Uganda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe; and the work of the Road Safety Cluster established under the Africa-EU Task Force on Transport and Connectivity. In addition, it was informed by emerging global consensus on effective approaches in road safety management and practice.