Acronyms

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W

A

AAA

Australian Automobile Association

AADT

Average Annual Daily Traffic

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

AFDB

African Development Bank

ANRAM

Australian National Risk Assessment Model

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

AUC

African Union Commission

B

BCR

Benefit Cost Ratio

C

CBA

Cost-Benefit Analysis

CEA

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

CEC

Commission of the European Communities

CEDR

Conference of European Directors of Roads 

CER

Cost-Effectiveness Ratio 

CGRS

Commission for Global Road Safety

CMFs

Crash Modification Factors 

CQSI

Checklist for Quality and Safety Inspections 

D

DaCoTA

Data Collection Transfer and Analysis

DALYS

Disability Adjusted Life Years

DFT

Department for Transport 

DGH

Directorate General of Highways 

DHV

Design Hourly Volume

DoT

Department of Transport 

E

EC

European Commission

EPDO

Equivalent Property Damage Only

ERR

Economic Rate of Return 

ERSO

European Road Safety Observatory 

ESC

Electronic Stability Control

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

ESL

Environmental Speed Limits 

ESP

Electronic Stability Programme 

ETSC

European Transport Safety Council

EU

European Union 

F

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration 

FIA

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

FYRR

First Year Rate of Return

G

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GNI

Gross National Income

GNP

Gross National Product

GPS

Global Positioning Systems 

GRSF

World Bank's Global Road Safety Facility

GRSP

Global Road Safety Partnership 

H

HC

Human capital 

HEATCO

Harmonised European Approaches for Transport Costing and Project Assessment

HFGRS

Human Factors Principles of Spatial Perception 

HICS

High-Income Countries

HICs

High-Income Countries

HSM

Highway Safety Manual 

I

IBCR

incremental benefit-cost ratio 

IFRC

International Federation of Red Cross

IHME

Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation

IHSDM

Interactive Highway Safety Design Model 

IMF

International Monetary Fund 

iRAP

International Road Assessment Programme

IRF

International Road Federation

IRI

International Roughness Index

IRR

Internal Rate of Return

IRTAD

International Road Traffic and Accident Database 

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISR

inspection de sécurité routière

IST

Intelligent System Transfer

ITF

International Transport Forum

ITS

Intelligent Transportation System 

K

KPIs

Key Performance Indicators 

KRGMP

Key Roads for Growth Maintenance Project 

L

LICs

Low-Income Countries

LiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LMICs

Low and Middle Income Countries

LTSA

Land Transport Safety Authority

M

MCC

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

MDB

Multilateral Development Banks

MDGS

Millennium Development Goals

N

NCAP

New car assessment program

NCHRP

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

NDD

Normal Design Domain 

NGOs

Non Governmental Organizations

NPV

Net Present Value

NWA

Network Wide Road Safety Assessment 

NZTA

New Zealand Transport Agency 

O

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ONISR

Observatoire National Interministériel de Sécurité Routière

ORSA

Own Risk and Solvency Assessment

P

PBPD

Performance-based practical design

PDO

Property-Damage-Only 

PIARC

World Road Association

PQN

Pedestrian Quality Needs  

PRE

pays à revenu élevé

PRFI

pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

PVB

Present value of benefits

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride

Q

QALYs

Quality Adjusted Life Years 

R

R4L

Roads-for-Life 

RAC

rapport avantages-coût

RISM

Road Infrastructure Safety Management

RoadPOL

Road Policing Organization

ROSEBUD

Road Safety and Environmental Benefit-Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Use in Decision-Making

RoSPA

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

RSA

Road Safety Audits 

RSI

Road Safety Inspections 

RSIA

Road Safety Impact Assessment 

RSM

Road Safety Manual

S

SaaS

Software as a Service 

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals 

SPIs

Safety Performance Indicators 

SR4D

Star Rating For Design 

SSATP

Africa transport policy program

STC-TTIIE

Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, and Energy 

SWOV

Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid

T

TAC

Transport Accident Commission

TII

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

TRL

Transport Research Laboratory

TZD

Toward Zero Deaths 

U

UK

United kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNECA

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UNRSC

United Nations Road Safety Collaboration

V

VKT

Vehicle-Kilometres Travelled 

VRUs

Vulnerable Road Users 

VSL

Value of Statistical Life 

W

WHA

World Health Assembly

WHO

World Health Organization

WTP

Willingness-to-pay