Introducing pedestrian management plans to curb the unacceptable high incidence of pedestrian fatalities on the African continent.

This paper addresses an approach to pedestrian management plans, the development of such plans and the strategies for the implementation. The training of practitioners to actively participate in the process is also dealt with. Presently there is no person with a diploma in Traffic Safety Management in South Africa. In the paper, arguments for such an education are provided together with suggestions for what such an education could contain. A Traffic Safety Manager should, among other plans, develop pedestrian management plans. These plans could then be implemented in several other African countries.