EASST – Eastern Alliance for

Safe and Sustainable Transport

Emma MacLennan

Director General

About EASST

EASST is a partnership of active local road safety

organisations currently working in fourteen countries:

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• Kyrgyzstan

• Latvia

• Moldova

• Mongolia

• Russia

• Tajikistan

• Ukraine

• Albania

• Armenia

• Azerbaijan

• Belarus

• Georgia

• Greece

• Kazakhstan

With core support from the FIA Foundation.

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Sharing best

practice

• Mentoring

• Evidence-based projects

• Evaluation and reporting

• Follow-through with

advocacy

• Continued local stakeholder

and political engagement

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Pedestrian Safety

• Data from Bishkek Police

• Identification of risk times & black spots

• At 5 high-risk crossings, pedestrian

counts

• Surveys

• Full analysis with recommendations –

engineering, enforcement, parking,

public transport, etc.

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PM Saper Isakov

Translating work into public

policy

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Fleet Safety Working Party

• Supported by EBRD - Training for key

fleet managers in Chisinau

• Establishment of local Working Party

• Reductions in collisions (33%),

casualties (38%) in four years

• Financial savings & other benefits

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“(T)he project was a good example of

sound sustained achievement over

several years producing a strong

programme with demonstrated results in

both injury prevention and costs

avoided.”

December 2017

Prince Michael

International

Road Safety

Award

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Seat Belts

• CAREC Regional Road Safety Strategy

• Seat Belt survey found:

• Of 5,150 observations – 12.9% seat belt use

• Most were drivers

• No truck drivers/passengers belted

• Only 36% of belts in cars were working

• Just 5% of drivers were women

• Focus groups and stakeholder meetings

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• Media campaign

• High levels of

awareness

• Working with police to

improve enforcement

• Change in legislation

achieved

• Final surveys and results

reported May 2018

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Surveys and advocacy in Moldova, Belarus,

Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan to date

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In

Moldova –

46% of

children

found it

difficult to

get to

school

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Thank you for your attention

emma@easst.co.uk

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