This note summarises the outcomes of an interim review of the the private company funded, US$ 10 million, 5 year road safety programme known as the Global Road Safety Initiative. The review was prepared by Richard Scurfield and Kate McMahon, between July and November 2008. The review team concluded that GRSI is an important, well focused, effective, and efficient programme within the worldwide road safety alliance. GRSI activities in ASEAN are also well targeted, have established solid foundations for future success, and are attracting support from other development partners. In China, GRSI is addressing key road safety issues in a complex and difficult institutional framework. The programme in Brazil is noteworthy because of its originality, and its emphasis on building local partnerships. Specifically, the reviewers noted that GRSI is making a very direct and important contribution to the implementation of the recommendations of the World Report for Road Injury Prevention, in particular the promotion of the Good Practice Manuals (GPMs) for the four key risk factors—seat belts, helmets, speed and drink-driving. No other organization as focused on this particular objective or is providing as much finance to support this key component of the worldwide road safety campaign. (Author/publisher)
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