Projects
Culture du risque routier et sécurité routière à Brazzaville, République du Congo
Road crash and injury surveillance in Brazzaville. The system combines city-wide multi-source surveillance, reinforced data collection in two arrondissements and continuous hospital data collection at Brazzaville University Hospital and Talangaï Hospital. Co-led with Prof. Kevin P. B. Bouhelo-Pam (Brazzaville University Hospital).
Surveillance des accidents de la route au Sénégal (St Louis, Thiès et Kaolack)
Integrated crash and injury surveillance, run since December 2024 in Saint-Louis, Thiès and Kaolack at the same time, on the model of the SERIOUS project in Bouaké. It also analyses crash causes, including road-user behaviour. Gendarmerie brigades in the Thiès, Kaolack and Saint-Louis départements collect crash data. Emergency departments at the Thiès and Saint-Louis regional hospitals record injured patients' admissions. Both streams use KoBoToolbox.
Surveillance des accidents de la route et des traumatismes à Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire) : Recherches interventionnelles auprès des moto-taxi
Follow-up to SERIOUS, focused on intervention research with motorcycle-taxi drivers.
Politique publique, prises de risque et accidentalité : comprendre le système de sécurité routière en Guyane
The project studies the three main components of the road safety system: how public policy is implemented, risk-taking and risk perception, and road crashes in all their complexity, together with the way they interact. It is led by Université Gustave Eiffel (LMA and LBA laboratories), Aix-Marseille University (Mesopolhis) and IRD, coordinated by Laurent Carnis with Michel Behr and Emmanuel Bonnet, who leads the socio-spatial analysis of road crashes and their health consequences (BAAC 2018-2025). Stakeholder interviews took place in February–March 2026; a questionnaire survey of high-school students in two towns is in preparation. Powered two-wheelers and young people are at the core of the project.
International Research Network TRAUMA
International research network that continues the GDRI Sud Trauma. It brings together the teams and projects presented on this site.
Surveillance des accidents de la route et des traumatismes à Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire)
SERIOUS is a prototype urban crash surveillance system, developed with OSER and academic partners and intended to be scaled up nationally. The action research involves the police, the gendarmerie, ONPC, the Bouaké military fire brigade and Bouaké University Hospital. Partners record crashes and injured people daily in Bouaké and on northern roads. Additional surveys cover helmet use, travel speeds and road-user behaviour. A workshop presenting the results of phase 1 was held in November 2024.
Helmet-use count by the Burkina Faso team. Despite a legal requirement, 10.7% of powered two-wheeler users wear a helmet. The share is rising among women: 15.04% in 2024 against 5.57% in 2021. The range of helmets on offer is widening as many shops open.
Éducation routière et rôle des parents
Children travel alone from the age of 7 and parents play a key role in teaching them safety rules. 63.9% of pupils walk to school, and only 4.8% are accompanied by an adult. Parents place autonomy at age 12, while recognising the high crash risk for unaccompanied children.
Conséquences du « Projet Asphaltage Phase 1 » sur la vie quotidienne des riverains et les comportements des usagers de la route
Assessment by the Benin team of how road paving affected road-user behaviour, crashes and residents’ daily life. Risky behaviour such as speeding or ignoring pedestrian crossings remains common. Residents report more traffic and more crashes, and some report harm to their homes, such as flooding. Effects on economic activity are mixed.
Changer les comportements en circulation routière : une intervention auprès des élèves de Ouagadougou
Road safety training for primary and secondary school pupils, led by INSS/CNRST with IRD and university partners. Co-led with Aude Nikiema.
Projet d’amélioration de la prise en charge médicale des victimes d’accidents de la route au Burkina Faso
Digital crash surveillance and electronic injury registries in three Ouagadougou hospitals, with ICI Santé, Humanity & Inclusion and IRD.
Trauma Research and Intervention Network in West Africa
Building a multidisciplinary European–African network (epidemiology, public health, sociology, law…) to develop crash and injury surveillance systems.
Groupement de recherche international Sud Trauma
First structure of the network: research teams, NGOs and consultancies from Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Canada and France.
Évaluation des accidents de la route et des traumatismes dans une ville secondaire du Mali : Sikasso
Research-for-development project led by the Ouidah Regional Institute of Public Health and the Université libre de Bruxelles. Cohorts of crash victims.
Traumatismes de la route à Ouagadougou Burkina Faso : Évaluation de la mortalité et de la morbidité
The IRN TRAUMA network is supported and funded by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD).
