SECUBRA
Culture du risque routier et sécurité routière à Brazzaville, République du Congo
Research · West and Central Africa
Understanding road crashes to reduce injuries
IRN TRAUMA brings together research teams, health services and road safety stakeholders. The network builds surveillance systems for crashes and injuries and shares the results with decision-makers.
1.16million
deaths a year on the world's roads
5–29years
leading cause of death in this age group
92%
of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries
Source : WHO fact sheet “Road traffic injuries”, 20 July 2026
Current projects
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Surveillance des accidents de la route au Sénégal (St Louis, Thiès et Kaolack)
SERIOUS 2
Surveillance des accidents de la route et des traumatismes à Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire) : Recherches interventionnelles auprès des moto-taxi
Pou ki rezon
Politique publique, prises de risque et accidentalité : comprendre le système de sécurité routière en Guyane
Latest policy briefs
All →- 2026 E. Bonnet, M. Niane F, F. Sow, L. Toure, F. Kante, M. Diedhiou, V. Ridde, A. Faye, Jakarta et traumatismes routiers : une priorité de santé publique Download (PDF)
- 2026 E. Bonnet, F. Kante, M. Diedhiou, F. Sow, M. Niane, L. Toure, V. Ridde, A. Faye, Les blessés de la route : un défi pour la santé des jeunes à Saint-Louis. Download (PDF)
- 2024 E. Bonnet, I. Sana, L. Chaboud, D. Ikpo, A. Hot, C. Dagenais, M. Kodo, Pourquoi ne porte-t-on pas de casque à Bouaké ? Il est urgent d'agir ! Download (PDF)
Latest publications
All →- 2026 Journal article Bonnet, E., Ikpo, D., Kodo, M., Ikpo, S., Azongnibo, M., Monnier, V., & Ridde, V., Evaluation of the effectiveness of a road safety education program implemented in primary schools in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Traffic Injury Prevention, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2026.2638537
- 2025 Journal article E. Bonnet, A. Nikiema, I. Sana, J.B Guiard-Schmidt, L. Petitfour. Assessing the burden of road traffic injuries: a one-year prospective study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, F1000 Research 2025, 14:1112 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.170050.1)
2023 Book E. Bonnet, A. Nikiema, Les traumatismes routiers en Afrique : l’épidémie oubliée, ESBC, Edition Sciences et Bien Commun, Montréal, Canada, https://scienceetbiencommun.pressbooks.pub/traumatismesroutiers/
News
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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.
