UN Road Safety Fund

About the Lab

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

What is UN Road Safety Fund?

The United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) is the only UN-led global fund providing coordinated technical road safety assistance to policymakers. Established in 2018, UNRSF brings together 21 UN member organizations, governments, the World Bank, the private sector, and civil society under a single coordinated framework, mobilizing catalytic resources, scaling proven solutions, and driving system-level road safety reforms in low- and middle-income countries.

What is the Road Safety Lab?

It is an online platform available to the public to improve access to and use of road safety knowledge. The Lab will include the following 4 components: Knowledge Resources, Platforms for Engagement, Learning, and AI-Enabled Knowledge Solutions.

What are the Lab's AI-Enabled Knowledge Solutions?

The Lab will include two complementary AI-enabled solutions:

  • A Conversational Knowledge Assistant that helps users search, understand, and learn from the Lab's online resources
  • A Road Safety AI Agent that supports stakeholders in completing applied tasks, such as adapting policy, preparing briefs, comparing local plans with best practices, and generating checklists

How can the Conversational Knowledge Assistant help me?

It helps users navigate and learn from the Lab's resources. Users can ask questions and receive concise, source-linked responses. For example:

  • What resources does the Lab have on school zone safety?
  • Explain Vision Zero in simple terms.
  • Which resources are relevant to municipalities?
  • Summarize this pedestrian safety toolkit for a community audience.

How can the Road Safety AI Agent help me?

It helps users complete specific tasks using the Road Safety Lab knowledge base. Users can ask questions such as:

  • Adapt a road safety policy for a mid-sized municipality.
  • Compare a local school zone safety plan with relevant best practices.
  • Draft a one-page policy brief on pedestrian safety.
  • Generate a checklist for evaluating a road safety intervention.
  • Identify gaps in a cycling safety strategy.
  • Create an implementation roadmap for a motorcycle safety intervention.