Report on Road Safety Status and Recommendations for Myanmar
Given the rapid motorization that is occurring in Myanmar and the resulting increase in fatalities and injuries, there is an immediate and critical need to address the road safety situation in the country. Only if effective actions are taken, will the number of people killed and injured be reduced, along with the related human, social, and economic costs as well as the burden on the health sector.
Further to an invitation by the government of Myanmar, the FIA High Level Panel for Road Safety committed to sending a road safety mission of international experts to Myanmar in order to assess the current road safety situation and propose measures to reduce road casualties in the country.
This mission was undertaken as a joint initiative of the FIA High Level Panel for Road Safety and the Suu Foundation, with support from the Myanmar Government. The task of this mission was to carry out a scoping study: a study that takes a wide perspective for an assessment of road safety in Myanmar and based on that, coming to recommendations to improve road safety in Myanmar.
The results of the mission could be used to design a road safety strategy and to identify actions and interventions. The results can be used also by those (nationally and internationally, public and private) that have an interest to invest in improving road safety in Myanmar.