The sixth Ibero-American Road Safety Congress was held in Spain’s capital Madrid recently, aiming to boost road safety in a range of countries. In all 300 experts from 15 countries attended the event, analysing solutions to achieve more sustainable roads and streets. Attendees included Peru’s minister of the interior, the Spanish minister of Public Works, the Director of the World Bank for Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.
There is a strong need for road safety improvements across Latin America. In 2017, 2,826 people died due to a traffic accident in Peru, while there were over 188,000 crashes.
Spain has made strong progress in reducing road deaths and the conference aimed to utilise some of this positive experience in helping reduce the casualty rates across Latin America.
