Talk at the international seminar in Kénitra (Morocco)
On 29 October 2026, Emmanuel Bonnet opened the inaugural plenary session of the international seminar “Road safety: interdisciplinary perspectives on risks, mobility and behaviour”, organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Laboratory of Economic Sciences and Public Policy at Ibn Tofaïl University, Kénitra. His talk was entitled “Assessing road risks and injuries where data are scarce: examples from research projects in West Africa” (given in French).
Dialogue with Moroccan psychology teams working in road safety
The Kénitra seminar was an opportunity to exchange with Moroccan psychology teams working in the field of road safety: the Higher School of Psychology in Casablanca, Hassan II University of Casablanca (FLSH Mohammedia), Ibn Tofaïl University in Kénitra and Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech. Their work covers risk perception, the neuropsychology of driving, how professional drivers explain crashes, and levers for behaviour change.
Science café on road traffic injuries in Cotonou (Benin)
On 13 November 2025, at the CNHU auditorium in Cotonou, IRD held a science café on road traffic injuries with the French Embassy in Benin, the DGRSI, CNHU-HKM and the Lemacen laboratory. Emmanuel Bonnet presented “Road traumatology: a major public health scourge” (in French). The discussion stressed public awareness and the need to harmonise the collection of road injury data.
Workshop on phase 1 results of the SERIOUS project
In November 2024, a workshop presented the results of the first phase of the SERIOUS project, the road crash surveillance prototype developed in Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire) with OSER and academic partners.
On 2 February 2024 at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou, Aude Nikiema, Christophe Hien and Oussény Sigué (INSS) presented their work to the Burkinabè Association of Geography Students, under the theme “La route, une tueuse en silence et non un appui au développement”.
IRD le Mag’ features “Les traumatismes routiers en Afrique de l’Ouest : l’épidémie oubliée”
The IRD magazine features the collective book edited by Emmanuel Bonnet and Aude Nikiema, published in June 2023 by éditions science et bien commun. The book brings together knowledge on road traffic injuries in West Africa along three lines: better crash data, the public health stakes, and knowledge transfer to road safety policy.
