Road Safety

Safety as an ​overarching priority​

• Accidents cause more than 3,500 casualties on the world’s roads every day.* ​
• Road safety has always been, and will remain, the top priority of the road transport industry. ​
• In addition to human lives, accidents also affect transport operations. Disrupted transport supply chains, immobilised vehicles, higher insurance premiums and the cost of repairs all impact transport services.​
• Safety drives all aspects of IRU's work, to help make roads safer everywhere, for all, in alignment with the UN’s Decade of Action for Road Safety.​

People are at the centre of commercial road transport operations

For all approaches to safety, including “Vision Zero” and the “Safe System Approach”, a focus on the human factor should be the priority.

The main cause of accidents is the human factor (Source: ETAC).

Leading road safety solutions​

IRU supports all measures that improve road safety, in effectively targeting the main causes of accidents involving professional vehicles.

We support governments, public sector authorities and the industry through:

• Road Safety advocacy and technical assistance
• Institutional qualification management solutions

Our road safety solutions are designed to equip the road transport industry with:

• Training for safer transport operations​
• Certification to strengthen safety culture​
• Technology to manage safety

IRU actions for safe road transport

* Source: WHO, Road traffic injuries 2016