Education
Currently, the AfroSAFE Academy works on development of a curriculum for course in traffic safety fundamentals, with particular focus on Safe System perspective. In its full form, the curriculum is sufficient for a master-level university course. Its various parts, however, can be used for bachelor education, or as a complementary components in other course not entirely devoted to traffic safety (e.g. road engineering, public health, etc.).
The first complete version of the curriculum is expected to be delivered in October 2025. The first demo module can be examined here.
All course materials will be provided under Creative Commons license, free for any African university to use and integrate them integrating in own teaching.
How to use this curriculum?
The curriculum is made for teachers as the target audience (not students directly). See these materials as a starting point for developing your course (or a course module, or a single lecture) on traffic safety.
We chose this approach rather than providing fully prepared course because everyone’s teaching and presentation styles are unique. To deliver an effective lecture, you need to engage deeply with the material—using the recommended resources in each module—through reading, reflecting, and preparing beyond simply taking a set of slides made by someone else. We encourage you to adapt the contents to your own approach and teaching context, ensuring your own in-depth knowledge of the subject and a richer learning experience for your students.
Framing the challenge
1. Traffic safety—problem scope
2. Evolution of traffic safety theory and practice
3. Safe System
4. How to measure traffic safety
5. Traffic safety data
6. Why accidents happen?
7. Accident typology
8. Injury biomechanics
Solutions and implementation areas
9. Traffic safety measures: principles
Teaching materials
Recommended literature
- Elvik, R. (2009). An exploratory analysis of models for estimating the combined effects of road safety measures. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 41(4), 876–880.
- Godthelp, H., & Ksentini, A. (2024). Specific road safety issues in low- and middle income countries (LMICs): an overview and some illustrative examples. Traffic Safety Research, 8, e000068.
- Goel, R., Tiwari, G., Varghese, M., Bhalla, K., Agrawal, G., Saini, G., Jha, A., John, D., Saran, A., White, H., & Mohan, D. (2024). Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20(1), e1367.
- GRSP, & World Bank. (2021). Guide for road safety interventions: evidence of what works and what does not work.
- Hauer, E. (1993). Overview. In The Traffic Safety Toolbox: A Primer on Traffic Safety. Institute of Transportation Engineers.
- SUPREME. (2010). Best practices in road safety: Handbook for measures at the country level. European Union.
