IRU Commission on Road Safety (CSR)

Reduce the number of accidents involving commercial vehicles to:

• Decrease the physical and mental suffering caused to accident victims and their families;
• Improve the image of road transport in order to obtain the support of political decision-makers and avoid political measures costly to the industry;
• Improve the productivity of road transport.

Working Programme

• Based on reliable data, promote effective measures that help reducing truck accidents.
• Promote the training and education of all actors in the road transport industry and all road users by means of training and educational programmes, meeting up to internationally recognised standards, such as those of the IRU Academy.
• Organise or participate in campaigns in favour of road safety launched at the international, national and industry levels.
• Cooperate in the work of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Road Safety Collaboration.
• Participate in the work of the Global Road Safety Partnership and promote implementation of its programmes by IRU Member Associations with the assistance of national governments.
• Participate in the work of the UNECE Working Party on Road Traffic Safety.