Assessing progress of road safety legislation globally: criteria, methodology and evolution 2015-2023.

ABSTRACT: WHO has set minimum, evidence-based criteria to evaluate the quality of behavioural risk factors laws and reports country progress in global status reports on road safety (GSRRS). We describe criteria evolution and country progress. We analyse laws on speed, drink driving, helmets, seatbelts and child restraint. Global status reports 2009 and 2013 are based on countries' responses. In Report 2015, the collection of legislation and assessment by WHO based on criteria began. Criteria were refined based on the evolving scientific evidence and practice. Report 2018 is the first year in which criteria are comparable with GSRRS 2023. Criteria are consistently applied using standardised interpretation criteria. Based on 2021-2030 Decade of Action for Road Safety framework, Report 2023 includes ad

SUBMITTER: Murphy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12772587 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature