International awards
The Award scheme is developing outside Britain and similar schemes based on the PMIRSA model have been established in other countries. Where schemes have been endorsed by PMIRSA they use the same evaluation criteria applied by local judging panels. Where a nomination demonstrates an example of 'best practice' which could be applied outside its country of origin it may be considered for an 'International Award'.
Consideration will be given for an international award where a nomination demonstrates an example of safety improvement or best practice designed/implemented in a cross border operation or one that could be easily adapted for use outside its country of origin.
Johnson & Johnson recognised for commitment to Fleet Safety
The Johnson & Johnson global SAFE Fleet program, which educates and trains employees about safe driving techniques and injury prevention strategies, has led to significant reductions in fleet crashes and injury rates. Since SAFE Fleet was first introduced in 1994, the company’s crashes per million miles driven (CPMM) rate has decreased by 37% globally.
Johnson & Johnson has an enduring commitment to improving people’s health, and places a strong emphasis on continually improving the health and safety of its employees. This year, Johnson & Johnson celebrates its 125th anniversary, reflecting on how its products, services and innovations have been powered by generations of employees inspired to make a difference in the lives of others. SAFE Fleet is just one of many programs designed to protect employees, families, customers and communities. Johnson & Johnson has set new internal performance targets for SAFE Fleet as part of its five-year sustainability goals, which will be announced later this year.
FedEx Safe Kids Walk This Way
Against a background where in excess of 700 children die across the globe from road traffic crashes every day, the Safe Kids this Way programme is being rolled out globally by Safe Kids Worldwide with strong commercial support from FedEx.
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death and disability to children ages 1 to 14. 18 member countries and more than 600 coalitions and chapters across the U.S. bring together health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, governments and volunteers to educate and protect families.
“The ‘Safe Kids Walk This Way’ program is already proving to be an important contribution to making roads safer in the developing world,” said Prince Michael; “I congratulate FedEx for its substantial support for the program through an investment worth millions of dollars. It is an outstanding example of how major corporations can make a real contribution to saving lives.”
FedEx and Safe Kids Worldwide influence traffic legislation through public policy initiatives to help children,” said John Formisano, president and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide, who received the award from The Prince in London. “In addition, together we help change unsafe behaviors in children through education on how to safely travel to and from school, equip teachers and parents with tools to keep kids safe, and create safer environments through infrastructure improvements such as improved crosswalks, signs and sidewalks.”
The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network
A partnership of almost 500 individuals and institutions - from 62 countries that collaborate to further research on the impact and causes of road traffic injuries (RTI) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to identify appropriate interventions to the problem.
Presenting the Award to the founding director Adnan Hyder of John Hopkins University, and Margie Peden of WHO, Prince Michael said: “The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network is a remarkable innovation which brings together more than five hundred institutions and experts to share knowledge on road injury solutions from across the world. It has already proved its worth in helping to make the case for a Decade of Action for Road Safety. Now it is poised to grow even further.”
During the past decade, the RTIRN has developed strategic activities to contribute significantly for both capacity development and research promotion in the field of road traffic injuries. RTIRN has trained over 750 individuals, given out over 27 grants of all sizes, directly helped over a dozen institutions, grown 500% in 5 years (from less than 100 partners in 2005 to 500 in 2010), and worked in the developing regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America using innovative methods for training, capacity development and research promotion.
International Award, 2010
National Road Safety Council of Armenia
The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) had its first meeting as a small new NGO in 2005. As a result of its efforts, Armenia's dormant seat belt law was enforced for the first time last year, resulting in a 20% reduction in road fatalities and 12% decline in casualties in just one year. In March 2010, just five years after the NGO's first meeting, a decree by the Armenian Prime Minister formally established the NRSC as the secretariat of a new Road Safety Council of Armenia. This new body is responsible for overseeing and developing the country's National Road Safety Strategy and Five Year Action Plan for 2010-2015. Council meetings are chaired by the Prime Minister, and membership includes key government ministers, along with active civil society road safety campaigners.
The achievement is particularly significant given the origins of the NRSC. The NRSC's Founder/Director, Poghos Shahinyan, was in 2004 the first FIA Foundation Road Safety Scholar while working as an advocacy specialist. In 2005 Poghos established the NRSC as a fledgling NGO with sponsorship from the Foundation.
Awards in Moscow
On the eve of the historic First Global Transport Ministers Conference in Moscow in November, Prince Michael Presented special international awards to a number of organisations which had already received recognition to underline their outstanding initiative, foresight and leadership and to recognise these as significant 'milestones' on the road to Moscow over the previous five years.
Special International Award for Road Safety Advocacy: recognising outstanding effort to promote road safety on the global policy agenda
WHO and the World Bank – Launched in April 2004 to mark World Health Day, The World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention drew public attention to the Global public health crisis in which 1.2 million people were killed in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured. Projections indicated that these figures would increase by about 65% over the next 20 years unless there was new commitment to prevention.
The Government of Oman – for its leading role in proposing a number of UN General Assembly Resolutions to improve Global road safety
The Russian Feredation Road Traffic Inspectorate - responsible for the establishment in 2006 of a new Inter-ministerial Commission on Road Safety which prepared a new Special Purpose Programme 'Improving Road Safety 2006 to 2012' and new legislative proposals to update the nation's road traffic laws. The Inspectorate was the leading institution in arranging the 2009 Global Ministerial Meeting on Road Safety
Special International Award for Road Injury Prevention: recognising outstanding achievement in designing and implementing innovative road safety programmes
Costa Rica Seat Belt Campaign which formed the basis of the New Global Seat Belt and Child Restraint 'How To' Manual - a practical guide for policymakers published by the FIA Foundation, the Global Road Safety Partnership, the World Bank and the World Health Organization to provide advice to public authorities on introducing laws and improving seat belt compliance. The technical advice manual 'Seat Belts and Child Restraints' is one of series including advice on motorcycle helmets, speed management and combating drink driving published in the context of the UN Road Safety Collaboration. The new seat belt manual was officially launched at an event in Costa Rica with the country's Transport Minister Karla Gonzalez, Michael Schumacher and Make Roads Safe campaign ambassador Michelle Yeoh. Costa Rica ran a major national seat belt campaign in 2003-4, introducing new seat belt legislation, and launching a major awareness campaign backed up with police enforcement which received a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in 2006 for leading her country's 'Por Amor' (For Love) seat belt campaign.
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation for its outstanding campaigning work in Vietnam and across Asia to increase the wearing of helmets by motorcyclists.
EuroRAP – a campaign to provide a safety rating for roads across Europe through consumer information for the public and to give road engineers and planners vital benchmarking information.
EuroNCAP The European New Car Assessment Programme – Given that there had been no significant change in car safety legislation for almost 20 years the UK Government encouraged the establishment of Euro NCAP in 1997 to provide motoring consumers with an independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe. Based on similar programmes already running in America and Australia, this independent consumer led programme is now backed by five European Governments, the European Commission and motoring and consumer organisations in every EU country.
