Evidence is central to Amend’s approach to road safety in sub-Saharan Africa. We measure the impact of our interventions and publish what we learn, so that governments, funders and implementation partners can base their decisions on rigorous evidence.
Browse our peer-reviewed publications and reports below.
Evidence is central to Amend’s approach to road safety in sub-Saharan Africa. We measure the impact of our interventions and publish what we learn, so that governments, funders and implementation partners can base their decisions on rigorous evidence.
Browse our peer-reviewed publications and reports below.
Can a child's voice change a driver's habits? Amend's new peer-reviewed study of 412 drivers in Dar es Salaam found its Kids' Court programme cut repeat traffic offenses by 17% and extended time to reoffend from 127 to 154 days - proving that face-to-face encounters with schoolchildren are a powerful, low-cost road safety tool.
Children are some of the most at risk road users, as Amend's research in Tanzania demonstrates. Surveying 6,563 children, the study found 24.1 road traffic injuries per 1,000 children, with 23% classed as major injuries. The evidence underscores the urgent need to improve road safety and increase use of
safety equipment in low resource settings.
Do interventions work and can they be made more effective? At an Accra school zone, targeted road improvements, including speed humps, crossings and a 30km/h limit, cut pedestrian-vehicle conflicts from 21.5 to 16.7 per 1,000 vehicles, demonstrating how Amend's data-driven approach can create safer streets and protect children.
This study of nearly 13,000 schoolchildren in Dar es Salaam found that Amend's SARSAI programme cut road traffic injuries by 27% around the schools it reached, while injuries rose in comparison areas. At around US$18,000 per school, it shows that effective, data-driven road safety is affordable and achievable in resource-limited settings.
Can a child's voice change a driver's habits? Amend's new peer-reviewed study of 412 drivers in Dar es Salaam found its Kids' Court programme cut repeat traffic offenses by 17% and extended time to reoffend from 127 to 154 days - proving that face-to-face encounters with schoolchildren are a powerful, low-cost road safety tool.
Children are some of the most at risk road users, as Amend's research in Tanzania demonstrates. Surveying 6,563 children, the study found 24.1 road traffic injuries per 1,000 children, with 23% classed as major injuries. The evidence underscores the urgent need to improve road safety and increase use of
safety equipment in low resource settings.
Do interventions work and can they be made more effective? At an Accra school zone, targeted road improvements, including speed humps, crossings and a 30km/h limit, cut pedestrian-vehicle conflicts from 21.5 to 16.7 per 1,000 vehicles, demonstrating how Amend's data-driven approach can create safer streets and protect children.
This study of nearly 13,000 schoolchildren in Dar es Salaam found that Amend's SARSAI programme cut road traffic injuries by 27% around the schools it reached, while injuries rose in comparison areas. At around US$18,000 per school, it shows that effective, data-driven road safety is affordable and achievable in resource-limited settings.
Sub-Saharan Africa now has an estimated 27 million motorcycles, up from under 5 million in 2010. Co-authored by Amend and drawing on surveys in nine cities, this FIA Foundation report weighs the jobs and access they provide against rising deaths, pollution and crime, and sets out an action agenda on helmets, rider training, ABS and road design.
Walking is an integral form of transport for many, and yet pedestrian road safety is often not prioritised. As a partner in Accra, Ghana's Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, Amend is supporting safer streets, school zones and crossings, targeting a city where 69% of road deaths are pedestrians and over 70% of daily journeys involve walking.
Simple, low-cost measures can make school journeys safer: at one Dar es Salaam school, speed humps and zebra crossings cut average vehicle speeds from 41 to 17 km/h. But who should build safe streets? In this essay, Amend's Ayikai Poswayo argues that NGOs can prove what works, but it is up to governments to take responsibility and scale it up.
Children in sub-Saharan Africa are twice as likely to die in a road crash as children elsewhere, and most walk to school with no footpath or safe crossing. This joint Amend and FIA Foundation report calls on governments and donors to prioritise simple, low-cost measures: a footpath on every street, safe crossings and slower traffic around schools.
Sub-Saharan Africa now has an estimated 27 million motorcycles, up from under 5 million in 2010. Co-authored by Amend and drawing on surveys in nine cities, this FIA Foundation report weighs the jobs and access they provide against rising deaths, pollution and crime, and sets out an action agenda on helmets, rider training, ABS and road design.
Walking is an integral form of transport for many, and yet pedestrian road safety is often not prioritised. As a partner in Accra, Ghana's Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, Amend is supporting safer streets, school zones and crossings, targeting a city where 69% of road deaths are pedestrians and over 70% of daily journeys involve walking.
Simple, low-cost measures can make school journeys safer: at one Dar es Salaam school, speed humps and zebra crossings cut average vehicle speeds from 41 to 17 km/h. But who should build safe streets? In this essay, Amend's Ayikai Poswayo argues that NGOs can prove what works, but it is up to governments to take responsibility and scale it up.
Children in sub-Saharan Africa are twice as likely to die in a road crash as children elsewhere, and most walk to school with no footpath or safe crossing. This joint Amend and FIA Foundation report calls on governments and donors to prioritise simple, low-cost measures: a footpath on every street, safe crossings and slower traffic around schools.
