Strengthening road safety legislation: a practice resource manual for countries

Strengthening road safety legislation: a practice resource manual for countries describes methods and provides resources that practitioners and decision-makers can use for enacting new laws or amending existing ones as part of a comprehensive road safety strategy. In particular, it recommends a stepwise approach to assessing and improving legislation relating to five specific risk factors for road-traffic injuries, as well as post-crash care.

The manual can be used to:

• develop an understanding of the framework of legislation and relevant processes that are applicable in a country;
• review current national legislation and regulations and identify barriers to the implementation and enforcement of effective road safety measures;
• identify available resources, such as international agreements, and evidence-based guidance and recommendations on effective measures, to improve legislation;
• prepare action plans to strengthen national legislation and regulations for the five main risk factors and for post-crash care, including advocating for improvement.