Safe Roads, Safe Kids!
Children below the age of 14 represent 15% of all the deaths on Moroccan roads and are typically pedestrians. Many of them are young kids on their way to or from school. Against this background, the International Road Federation and Motoring Club Morocco (MCM) joined hands and initiated the project “Safe Roads, Safe Kids!”, made possible by the support of the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme.
“Safe Roads, Safe Kids!” aimed to build an evidence-based case that can be replicated in the rest of Morocco and exported to other Francophone countries. In its first phase, the initiative was targeting some of the poorest schools in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city, where children confront severe risks on their daily journeys. Children can face traffic speeding at over 60km/h on their journey to and from school. They are typically exposed and unprotected as pedestrians, walking from their homes to school.
The IRF, MCM and their partners used iRAP’s ‘Star Rating for Schools’ methodology to assess the safety of road networks by presenting a 1-5 star rating. The partners also worked with AMEND’s methodology to identify which countermeasures – such as safe sidewalks, road humps, and crossings – should be implemented to reduce risk and improve safety.
The project was selected by the FIA Foundation to be presented at its General Assembly hosted in St. Petersburg on 6th December 2018.
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