Plan to Prevent More Than 5,500 Deaths and Injuries in Serbia

Publication date: 12 June 2009

iRAP Serbia has published a 4.3 billion Dinar (US$ 64 million) plan that can prevent more than 5,500 deaths and injuries on the nation’s roads.

For each Dinar invested in the plan, there would be a saving of eight Dinars in terms of crash costs avoided. The plan found that by constructing just 174km of sealed shoulders for example, almost 1,000 deaths and serious injuries could be prevented over 20 years.

Speaking at the launch of the report in Belgrade, AMSS Secretary General and iRAP Serbia Steering Committee President, Miodrag Minic said “We are delighted with the results of this ground-breaking effort to prevent road crashes on Serbian roads, which currently kill almost 1,000 people each year and seriously injure many more.”

Director of the Department of Strategy, Design and Development, Biljana Vuksanovic said "We expect in the forthcoming period to start implementing the recommended engineering solutions, in order to fully complete the last stage of this international project."

iRAP Serbia is supported by the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility.

Source: WrapUp