United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund 

Objectives

Fund scope and strategic results framework

Fund scope

By applying holistic and integrated approaches that recognize Safe Systems principles, the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF) promotes cost-efficient solutions that transform and improve mobility and transport systems around the world. This UN pooled fund helps countries develop road safety-related policies, and strengthen institutional and regulatory frameworks. 

Activities implemented with UNRSTF support help Member States substantially curb the number of fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes, and reduce economic loss that results from road accidents. To achieve reduction targets, projects are implemented under one or several of the outcome areas outlined in the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety: 

• Outcome 1: Strengthened road safety management capacities 
• Outcome 2: Improved safety of road infrastructure and transport networks 
• Outcome 3: Enhanced safety of vehicles 
• Outcome 4: Improved behaviour of road users 
• Outcome 5: Improved post-crash care

All projects promote the SDGs and make gains towards road safety-related SDG targets 3.6 and 11.2. Although the Fund does not directly finance road infrastructure and facilities projects, it encourages cooperation between countries and organizations to implement initiatives in a sustainable manner. 

Strategic and results framework

The UNRSTF supports the achievement of strengthening road safety management capacities at national and local levels, and unlocking sustainable sources of domestic road safety financing in low and middle-income countries. By mobilizing global financial and technical resources, the Trust Fund can support road safety programmes at national and local levels across the five pillars of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety. 

Five pilot projects currently address road safety in Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, the Philippines, Paraguay, South Africa, Egypt and Pakistan. Initiatives focus on improving safe street design, addressing speed management, strengthening legal frameworks, improving data collection, and the provision of child-responsive urban planning.

Participating institutions and organizations are encouraged to, and assisted in, secure complementary channels of assistance for road safety and sustainable transport initiatives that harmonize existing efforts and maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the SDGs.
 

Governance

Governance arrangements

Advisory Board

Meets on an annual basis and provides strategic direction to the Trust Fund. The Advisory Board counsels on criteria for proposals, monitoring and evaluation, funding priorities, organizational structure and consultations. The broad membership of the Trust Funds ensures that strategic guidance provided to the Steering Committee reflects a consensus among stakeholders. The Chair of the Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety currently presides over the Trust Fund—a position that is elected and rotates on a biannual basis. 

Steering Committee 

Implements strategic direction as recommended by the Advisory Board, including the approval of projects for funding. It is chaired by the head of a participating United Nations organization and comprised of members from the private sector, civil society, the Multilateral Development Bank Working Group on Road Safety, United Nations Regional Commissions, various United Nations organizations, and donor countries.

Secretariat

The Secretariat provides logistical and operational support to the Advisory Board and the Steering Committee. Secretariat costs are covered by the Fund and is hosted by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). 

Administrative Agent

Funds are routed by way of a pass-through mechanism. Participating Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Participating Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors. 

Participating Organizations

Implementation of interventions is the responsibility of Participating Organizations. Each organization is programmatically and financially responsible for resources received.
 

Projects

United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund

United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund

Results

Impact and results

The Trust Fund supports holistic, cost-efficient, and integrated approaches that transform mobility and transport systems around the world. Country-led initiatives include the development of road safety-related policies and implementation of institutional and regulatory frameworks in order to curb the number of road-related fatalities and injuries, and reduce the economic loss that results from road accidents. 

In this section you will find the latest editions of reports that detail Fund performance and results. In most cases, results are presented according to SDG contributions, signature indicators, management procedures, and Fund outcomes.
 

Contacts

Points of contact