Global road safety in focus
This section, reporting on global road safety, is supported with funding by the
Road Safety Fund. The Guardian maintains editorial independence
Karnataka leads the way as India's good samaritan law takes aim at road deaths
Helping a road accident victim in India can cause legal hassles, police questioning and long hospital waits. A supreme court ruling could bring much needed change
Bumps stop bruises as safety project cuts accidents on deadly Bangladesh highway
Low-cost pilot of basic safety measures on deadly Dhaka-Sylhet N2 shows how simple infrastructure could save hundreds of lives each year
Summer of carnage on Nepal's roads: 'There was a big blast, then silence'
Lalik Lama was one of hundreds of Nepalese involved in road accidents this summer alone, in a country where travel is becoming ever more deadly
Cambodia launches campaign to cut carnage on its roads
Cambodian government needs to rigorously enforce new law aimed at cutting number of death caused by accidents, which have doubled in a decade
Green machine: Dar es Salaam backs low-carbon buses to beat traffic jams
Tanzania's largest city to tackle effects of growing urbanisation by introducing high-capacity, low-carbon commuter buses
Uganda puts pedestrian and cyclist safety first in drive to improve its roads
After devising policies to protect non-motorised traffic, Uganda will become a pioneer in road safety in sub-Saharan Africa
Cambodians board Phnom Penh's first public buses in more than a decade
Authorities hope road users will swap motorbikes taxis for buses to ease congestion on city's traffic-clogged roads
Tata Nano safety under scrutiny after dire crash test results
Tata Nano falls short of global crash test standards – video
Latin America struggling to meet 2020 road deaths target
Despite efforts to tackle road safety, fatality rates remain three times higher in Latin America than in parts of Europe
Mali road safety exhibition highlights perils of motorbike culture
Caricaturist uses artwork to urge thousands of motorcyclists in Bamako to stay safe on the city's hazardous roads
Utility vehicle hopes to reduce India's road deaths among rural population
Esha Chhabra: Replacing the makeshift vehicles used for transport in rural areas with a better-designed and safer alternative could save lives
Europe's hazardous highways: mapping the continent's most dangerous roads
Ambitious €1.5m scheme is charting more than 14,000km of roads across 14 countries in attempt to drive down accidents, reports Harriet Salem
Liberia's motorbike taxi ban cuts accidents, but revs up other problems
Liberia bans motorcycle taxis in Monrovia – in pictures
Dealing with road deaths: global safety projects that are saving lives
To mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims we highlight schemes making a big impact. Share your stories
Kolkata cycle ban puts squeeze on health and livelihoods at risk
Plan to ease congestion in one of India's most crowded and polluted cities will hit the poor hardest
Walk this way: pedestrian road safety must be stepped up worldwide
More than 270,000 pedestrians are killed on the roads each year. Transport policy should pay more attention to their needs
Should Britain make its driving test harder?
The British government wants to raise the driving age to 18 and impose a curfew on new drivers. But how does our test compare with other countries, such as South Africa, China and Pakistan?
Minibus taxi regulation can drive down road deaths, says UN
Transport policy must push safety to the fore, says report, amid concern over rising human and economic cost of accidents
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