Atal Bihari Institute of Good Governance and policy analysis will be working on a project to develop safe systems approach to reduce road accidents in MP. A grant to that effect has been approved by the ICMR, New Delhi.
It is note worthy that MP is among that states that have high deaths in road accidents and associated disabilities . This study will be a collaborative study of AIGGPA and TGI,New Delhi an organization with rich experience of intervention researches .IGG and TGI had signed an MoU earlier this year. Both agencies collaborated on submitting a proposal for grant application to the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.
The project is titled “implementation and evaluation of safe systems approach to reduce road injuries in adolescents in Madhya Pradesh”.
The project aims to bring all concerned stakeholders together with the objective of identifying the facilitators and barriers in implementing safe systems approach to lower road traffic injuries in MP.
Road injury prevalence is defined as at least 1 day of school missed or medical advice/care sought, among school going children aged 10–17 year. This project is expected to have a bearing on reduction in road injury prevalence by 20% for the target age group.
R Parsuram,the DG of the institute expected that the research findings will also help many other associated stake holders in initiating suitable interventions in the times to come.