Five Brazilians die in traffic accidents every hour. While highly critical statistics like this can spark positive reactions, they are not always enough to change reality on their own. However, knowing that in the city of São Paulo intersections concentrate more accidents per kilometer, and that these rose by 5% from 2017 to 2018, provides decision-makers with the concrete data needed to implement measures to reduce these numbers. Acting on the most dangerous intersections will save lives.
To ground road safety public policies in evidence under the Vida Segura (Safe Life) plan, Instituto Cordial—in partnership with WRI Brasil, the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, Vital Strategies, CET-SP, and the Municipal Secretariat of Mobility and Transport, and sponsored by Itaú Unibanco—created the Road Safety Dashboard (Painel da Segurança Viária). The initiative organized five meetings bringing together representatives from the public sector, private companies, and civil society to analyze existing data and identify causes in order to generate solutions that make streets safer for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians.
