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As part of their joint commitment to establishing safe school zones in the Asia Pacific region, FIA Foundation and AIP Foundation participated in the official launch of the Working Group on Safe School Zones Interventions (WG-SSZI) in Phnom Penh. Avi Silverman, Deputy Director of the FIA Foundation and Atsani Ariobowo, Director of Child & Youth Health at FIA Foundation represented FIA Foundation during the launch with Jimmy Tang, Chief of Staff at AIP Foundation, and Pagna Kim, Country Director for Cambodia, representing AIP Foundation.
Motorcycles continue to be a high-risk travel mode, with an estimated 3.4 million deaths from motorcycle crashes globally between 2008 and 2020. The 2023 Global Road Safety Status Report, published by the World Health Organization, highlights that nearly 21% of all road traffic fatalities reported in the survey involve powered two- and three-wheelers, such as motorcycles, mopeds, or scooters. In countries like Vietnam, commercial motorcyclists with their rising proportion and lengthy time on the road are exposed to a higher risk compared to private-use motorcyclists.
To prevent further unnecessary risk, AIP Foundation, in partnership with the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility and Grab Vietnam, a leading superapp in Southeast Asia, is implementing a comprehensive motorcycle safety program to improve awareness and adopt best practices in safe behavior. This program contributes to the World Bank’s ‘Innovative Approaches to Improve the Safety of Motorcyclists’ Initiative.