Feature
Improvement of Road Safety Management and Conditions in Republika Srpska
Authors
Ms Nataša Kostić Assistant Minister, Ministry of Transport and Communication of Republika Srpska
Prof. Lipovac Technical University of Belgrade, external expert of the Road Safety Council and deputy team leader of the World Bank Project
Milija Radović Head of the Traffic Safety Agency of Republika Srpska
Hans-Joachim Vollpracht Team leader of the World Bank Project. Member of World Road Association TC 3.2, Design and Operations of Safer Road Infrastructures and former chair of Technical Committee on Road Safety, 2004 -2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina's governance structure comprises two entities, each with a high degree of autonomy: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.
Republika Srpska's accident rate in 2011 of 11.4 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants was more than twice the rate of most Central Europe countries. The government is committed to halving the number of fatalities and the associated socio economical costs of 90 million €/annum by 2022.