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              UNHCR operates a worldwide fleet of some 10,000 motorcycles, light, heavy, and other specialized 
              vehicles. International and local UNHCR and partners personnel use vehicles for road missions to 
              provide humanitarian assistance, and they are exposed to the risk of traffic crashes.
              Road crashes constitute a major threat to health and safety. Therefore, with the signing of the UN Strategy
              on Road Safety by the UNHCR High Commissioner in 2019, the organization actively implements 
              various activities under the 5 pillars of the strategy.
              Vehicular transportation is crucial for attending to the needs of the forcibly displaced (persons who are 
              forced to flee their homes due to conflicts, violence, human rights violations, and persecution). 
              Unfortunately, this exposes UNHCR and partner organizations personnel to the risk of traffic crashes, and
              UNHCR is designing and implementing initiatives to reduce the rates of traffic crashes.
                            
              Partner organizations play a crucial role in attending to the needs of the persons of concern to UNHCR 
              (asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees, and stateless persons), often needing to
              travel to remote areas to reach the people in need for which UNHCR provides vehicles under a Right of 
              Use Agreement.
              Consequently, partner organizations are required to follow UNHCR's road safety management system 
              which has 5 pillars: road safety management, safer roads and mobility, safer vehicles, safer road users, 
              and post-crash response.
              We involve partner organizations and government drivers on our Road Safety journey by including them 
              in some of the initiatives UNHCR has implemented to reduce the risk of traffic crashes including:
                   1. Defensive driving training 
                   0. Road Safety webinars 
                   0. Safe journey planning 
                   0. Safe Road Use course (to enrol please send a message to  [email     protected] ) 
                   0. Driver ID cards to monitor drivers’ behaviours 
                   0. Vehicle inspection and maintenance 
              With the collaboration of the partner organizations, UNHCR is striving to achieve zero traffic crashes 
              with casualties.
              UNHCR Practical Guidance for Assessing Candidates for Driver Positions
                   •   Volume 1: Light vehicle drivers 
                   •  Volume 2: Ambulance drivers
               
              How to report a traffic crash involving a UNHCR vehicle?
              Please report it immediately to the UNHCR local office, then send a message within 72 hours to both 
              email addresses:  [email     protected]  and  [email     protected] .
              For more information on road safety initiatives involving partner organizations and governments please 
              send a message to  [email     protected] .
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