Partnership for Road Safety Foundation

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Georgia Alliance for Safe Roads

• Partnership for Road Safety Foundation
• Eka Laliashvili
• Deputy Director

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Georgia Alliance for Safe Roads

• USAID, BP, Ministry of Education and Science,
  Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in
  Georgia, Embassy of U.S. in Georgia and others
• Under the patronage of the Georgias First Lady
• Seat Belt Promotion
• Public Awareness Campaigns
• Changes in Legislation
• Youth Road Safety Education
• 80 schools of Georgia

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Scope of the Problem

• Growth of registered vehicles in Georgia over the
  period 2004-2008 is 91.
• In 2008, 867 were killed and 9063 injured or
  disabled in car accidents.
• 48 of road deaths and 68 of injuries occur in
  urban areas

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Registered Vehicles
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Road Traffic Incidence
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Seat Belt Promotion

• Reduced the risk of injury by 40-60
• Does not allow to fall out from the car
• Spreads the impact on the whole body
• Most effective on low speeds
• Strengthens road safety culture in general

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Seat Belt Users Coalition

• Institute the seat belt wearing policy as part of
  the Code of Conduct in the organization
• To encourage wearing seat belts during the
  working hours on all roads
• Distributing booklets and posting stickers on
  their cars and in their offices.

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