PROPOSAL TITLE               APPLICANT                             PROJECT OBJECTIVES
                                                     To improve the accuracy and reporting rates of crash data in the target
Bangladesh, Mongolia, Tajikistan,                    countries. It will assess the barriers to correctly identifying
                                                     contributing crash factors, high crash locations, vehicle and road
Uzbekistan, and Papua New                  ADB
                                                     factors. The research outcomes are critical to understanding the
Guinea: Crash Investigation and        (WITH GRSP)
                                                     drivers of road trauma and will be disseminated directly to the
Reporting Assessment                                 Governments to improve the crash investigation and reporting systems
                                                     through which informed countermeasure investments can be based.

Nigeria: Improving Road Traffic                      To improve child safety in road traffic in Nigeria, including making
                                           WB
Child Safety                                         children’s journey to schools safe.

                                                     The objectives of this proposed regional research study are (i) based on
                                                     historical and current accident data to estimate the social-economic
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan:
                                                     costs of road accidents, (ii) to fill a related knowledge and capacity gap
Social and Economic Impacts of             WB
                                                     in the countries, and (iii) by disclosing the results, to draw attention of
Road Traffic Injuries                                public, governments and policy-makers to the importance of
                                                     continuous focus on road safety actions.

Bangladesh: Feasibility of
                                                     The overall goal of this study is to help reduce the morbidity and
implementing RTI Registry and
                                                     mortality from RTIs in Bangladesh by improving the quality of hospital-
TQIP in district hospitals with high       WB
                                                     based trauma care. This research study will be conducted in Dhaka and
RTI burden and improvement in                        four districts which have a significant RTI burden.
hospital based post-crash care.

                                                     The objectives are: (i) support the Government of Uganda in deploying
                                                     a pilot for through positive incentives address unsafe behavior in boda-
Uganda: Leveraging big data,                         boda drivers; (ii) generate evidence based global knowledge on the use
mobile technology and ridesharing                    of digital technology for road safety when it comes to motorcycle
                                           WB
platforms for tackling the                           ridesharing. Ridesharing companies are key players in the
motorcycle road safety challenge                     transportation ecosystem, and in the case of Uganda in which they rely
                                                     mostly on motorcycles there is an opportunity to bring them on board
                                                     as partners for road safety.

                                                     The proposed research activity is aimed at creating the knowledge
Africa: Mobilizing Private Financing
                                                     base for an adequate design of social and social impact investment
for Road Safety in LICs in Africa          WB
                                                     instruments and vehicles for road safety. Ultimately, the goal is to
through Social and Impact Investing                  increase private investment in road safety.
Tanzania: Impact Evaluation of the
UNRSF Ten Step Plan for Safer Road              The research project will provide a comprehensive evaluation of the
Infrastructure in improving the          IRAP   impact of the first global deployment of the UN supported Ten Step
safety performance of World Bank                Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure in Tanzania.
projects in Tanzania

Global: Research and evaluation of              The aim of the project will be to understand progress toward, and
recent road projects and progress               barriers to, achieving UN Global Road Safety Performance Target 3;
in meeting the Global Road Safety        IRAP   that by 2030, all new roads achieve technical standards for all road
Performance Target 3 in eligible                users that take into account road safety, or meet a three star rating or
LMICs                                           better.


Africa: Motorcycle Safety by Design             To provide evidence-based recommendations for improving roadway
                                                infrastructure design and operations in cities in Low- and Middle-
in African Countries: Effects of Built
                                                Income Countries in Africa. The results will directly assist the target
environment and infrastructure on        WRI
                                                audience in improving motorcycle safety, while simultaneously
the Frequency of Motorcycle-                    accounting for the safety of other road users based on Safe Systems
Involved Collisions                             principles, through informed actions and empirically proven solutions.