Road traffic safety (RTS) is a global concern. It is estimated that around 1,3 million people are killed and 20 million to 50 million are injured on roads around the world each year, and that this level is rising. The socio-economic and health impacts are substantial. This International Standard provides a tool to help organizations reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the incidence and risk of death and serious injury related to road traffic crashes. This focus can result in a more cost-effective use of the road traffic system. This International Standard identifies elements of good RTS management practice that will enable the organization to achieve its desired RTS results. This International Standard is applicable to public and private organizations that interact with the road traffic system. It can be used by internal and external parties, including certification bodies, to assess the organization's ability to meet the requirements. Experience from around the world has shown that large reductions in death and serious injury can be achieved through the adoption of a holistic Safe System approach to RTS. This involves a clear and unequivocal focus on RTS results and evidence-based actions, supported by appropriate organizational management capacity. Government cannot achieve these reductions alone. Organizations of all types and sizes, as well as individual road users, have a role to play. By adopting this International Standard, organizations should be able to achieve * RTS results at levels that exceed what can be achieved through compliance with laws and standards, and * their own objectives, and, at the same time, contribute to the achievement of societal goals The management system specified in this International Standard focuses the organization on its RTS objectives and RTS targets and guides the planning of activities that will realize these goals by using a Safe System approach to RTS. Annex B describes categories of RTS results, the Safe System approach and a framework for good practice RTS management, and shows how they can be aligned with this International Standard. Annex A provides some guidance on the implementation of this International Standard. The RTS management system can be integrated into, or made compatible with, other management systems (see also Annex C) and processes within the organization. This International Standard promotes the use of an iterative (plan, do, check, act) process approach that will guide the organization towards delivery of the RTS results. (Author/publisher)
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