To launch the second Decade of Action in February 2020, Sweden hosted the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. This conference marked the first  clear convergence of road safety and the broader Sustainable Development  Goals. In preparation for the Stockholm conference, the Swedish Transport  Administration convened an international Academic Expert Group (AEG) to propose recommendations for advancing global road safety. These recommendations  were directed to all parts of society, low- and middle-income nations as well as high-income countries, and towards all the cornerstones of a safe road transport  system. They were built around the potential of integrating road safety with  the full sustainability agenda including climate, health, and equity. 

In the run-up for the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, the Swedish Transport Administration again convened the Academic Expert Group (AEG2) to develop a new set of recommendations to further accelerate progress. Building on the broad ideas introduced in the first AEG report, the new recommendations more explicitly point out specific sectors, actors, roles, and actions that can result in near-term change in road safety globally. These recommendations build on  the outcomes of the conference in Stockholm, and aim to make a tangible  contribution to achieving the target of a 50 percent reduction in global road  fatalities and injuries by 2030. 

This report describes how organisations, both public and private, can reduce their safety footprint and stimulate others within their sphere of influence to  follow their lead. In particular, the report highlights the right to safe workplaces, and how occupational health and safety obligations can motivate organisations  to take on road safety as part of their efforts to demonstrate compliance and assure customers, investors, and business partners of their control of the leading cause of work-related injury deaths. About one-third of global road deaths are work-related and occupational health and safety obligations clearly cover worker safety whether on an employer’s premises or on public roads.