Pedestrian Safety Manual
Evidence-based manual on systematic interventions to reduce pedestrian fatalities using the Safe System Approach.
Overview
Pedestrians account for nearly one in five road deaths globally, with rates disproportionately higher in India. This evidence-based manual provides policymakers, engineers and enforcers with systematic interventions using the Safe System Approach to reduce pedestrian fatalities through infrastructure design, speed management and coordinated response.
What's inside
- Safe System approach
- Speed management
- Crossing design
- Enforcement
Why it matters
A self-contained handbook for any city that wants to take pedestrian deaths from inevitable to unacceptable.
Take this evidence into your work.
Open the original publication from WHO, FIA Foundation, GRSP, World Bank and share it with the teams making decisions on India's roads.
Related resources
View all- Research Report
Justice Unserved: Post-Crash Compensation in India
Mapping what really happens to crash victims navigating India's compensation systems — delays, gaps and inequities.
View - Guidebook
Helmet Standards Technical Guide (GRSP, 2025)
Technical playbook for LMIC governments to develop and enforce effective motorcycle helmet standards.
View - Toolkit
WHO Road Safety Data App
A mobile tool offering country and regional road safety insights compiled from WHO's global dataset.
View - Dataset
India Road Accidents Open Data Portal (Data.gov.in)
India's official repository of state, district and cause-wise road accident statistics.
View