Beyond Road Safety Awareness:
A Symposium on Systems-Led Road Safety Actions
Beyond Road Safety Awareness: A Symposium on Systems-Led Road Safety Actions
Marking its Silver Jubilee, Muskaan Foundation for Road Safety hosted this landmark symposium on 4th June 2026 at the Constitution Club, Jaipur
Objective
The event aimed to shift road safety strategies from basic driver awareness to institutional accountability and a “Safe Systems” approach, emphasizing that roads must be engineered to prevent fatalities even when human errors occur.
Eminent Guests & Experts
The high-level policy dialogue brought together top administrative leaders and experts, including:
- Shri Rajeev Kumar Sharma, IPS (Director General of Police, Rajasthan)
- Shri Bhawani Singh Detha, IAS (Principal Secretary, Transport, Rajasthan)
- Dr. Rohit Baluja (President, Institute of Road Traffic Education)
- Prof. Dr. Sewa Ram (Dean Research, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi)
- Padma Shri Dr. Subroto Das (CEO, Lifeline Foundation)
Key Sessions
- Inaugural Session: Framed the urgent need for multi-agency compliance and accountability to address high crash rates.
- Panel 1 (Behaviour & Mobility): Explored smart enforcement technologies, proper signage, and user-centric urban planning that protects vulnerable pedestrians and two-wheelers.
- Panel 2 (Continuum of Care): Focused on integrating post-crash trauma response, ambulance networks, and rehabilitation systems to save lives during the critical “Golden Hour”.
- Plenary Session: Consolidated expert insights into an actionable policy roadmap for the state.
Long-Term Impact
The symposium established a strategic framework for the future, calling for mandatory road safety audits on all highway projects, standardized school curriculums for lasting behavioral change, a unified Rajasthan Trauma System Framework, and the deployment of scientific Crash Investigation Units to replace traditional “driver error” diagnostic models