AIP Foundation President Greig Craft attended the FIA Joint Conference in Sun City, South Africa where he spoke of the need for thorough monitoring and reporting, using the two-decade long campaign for increased helmet use among motorcycle riders in Vietnam as an example.

After campaigning on the issue for many years, in 2007, Vietnam enacted a universal helmet law making the wearing of helmets mandatory. Since then, monitoring of uptake levels and safety improvements has been constant, enabling further data-led campaigning resulting in changes such as the introduction of the mandatory use of helmets for children aged six and older.

In just over 10 years, $3.5 billion USD has been saved, half a million head injuries have been prevented, and 15,302 lives saved.

Read more about Vietnam’s helmet law campaign in our Head First report here.