Development of a Road Safety Action Plan for Liberia

Creation of the Action Plan involved the following steps: Identifying which areas of road safety fell within the mandate of each Ministry; Through co-ordination with the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health identified any areas of overlap between Ministries; and Production of a costed Action Plan of specific road safety initiatives to tackle the elements of road safety that fall within each Ministry’s responsibilities.

This included elements such as: Driver sensitisation programmes and community events; Creation of a monitoring framework for road safety; Development of a dedicated Police Accident Monitoring Unit; Safety assessment of the existing road infrastructure using appropriate tools, e.g. iRAP; Development of a National Network for road worthiness testing; and Creation of a road safety educational programme for schools.

In the creation of the Action Plan, stakeholders were engaged and consulted.