Safe Road Infrastructure in LMICs: Planning, Design, & maintenance
Classroom course for the Asia region
About the Course
This in-person course is a collaboration between DRSC, and Uni-Consultancy Services (UNIC), an Association affiliated with the Academic Staff of the University of Moratuwa.
Hosted at the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, the course aims to provide high-level officials and technical experts from across Asia with the knowledge and tools to design and lead road safety programmes within transport, traffic and infrastructure projects.
It presents a broad introduction to road safety and introduces the challenges and opportunities to improve road safety based on a good understanding of causes of road crashes and injuries. Attention will be paid to the most recent insights how to improve road safety effectively – based on the Safe System Approach – with special emphasis on infrastructure. In particular, through engaging local lecturers, we will discuss regionally relevant issues related to infrastructure and road safety, with a focus on built-up areas and using examples from the Asia region. The course will also focus on other areas of road safety, such as speed management.
Course details
- 5 - 11 October 2025
- University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- $1700 plus $550 for accommodation
- Application deadline: 15 June 2025
Structure
This in an in-person ‘classroom’ course based at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. It will be led by lecturers from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and the University of Moratuwa.
We envisage a relatively small classroom (max. 25 participants) in order to encourage active participation with ample time for Questions and Answers.
The working language of the course will be English. Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation according to our Certification Policy.
1-week course
Professional lectures
Local site visits
Group presentations
Eligibility
This is a post-graduate course aimed at practitioners working in the field of road infrastructure from across the Asia region. Professionals should have an engineering background and have been involved in road (safety) related activities preferably for more than five years.
Eligible participants may include those working in cities/municipalities, city development authorities, government departments and organizations, those working on development projects in the public or private sector, academics, consultants, NGOs, research organizations, and international organizations, as well as freelance practitioners engaged in planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure works.
Participants will come from different countries on the Asian continent. We look for active support from employers to allow their staff to participate.
What will you learn?
After completing this series participants will:
- Understand Safe System principles and apply Safe System principles in practical scenarios
- Develop skills to analyse and interpret road safety data effectively
- Apply principles of context-sensitive design
- Conduct thorough road safety audits and inspections
- Present approaches to improve road safety through planning, design and engineering of infrastructure
Course Leadership
Prof. H. R. Pasindu
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Dr. H. R. Pasindu has over 12 years of experience as an academic, researcher, and transportation engineering consultant. He serves as a Council Member of the National Council for Road Safety in Sri Lanka and as the Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Sri Lanka. Prior to joining the University of Moratuwa, he worked at the Land Transport Authority in Singapore. He has also served as a research fellow at the National University of Singapore and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dr. Pasindu has consulted on transport infrastructure development and road safety projects for organizations such as ADB, JICA, the World Bank, and WHO. He has developed several Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programs in road safety and road asset management, and has played a key role in formulating the national road safety strategy and road crash data management system in Sri Lanka. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Advanced Lecturing and Research Award and is an alumnus of the Delft Road Safety Course.
Prof. Fred Wegman
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
After his education as a civil engineer Fred joined the City of Amsterdam as a transportation engineer. After that he started his career at the SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research. Initially as a researcher, research manager, research director and the last fourteen years as a managing director. He combined that position with a full professor and chair Traffic Safety at Delft University. He is emeritus professor since 2014. Fred is one of the founders of the Safe System approach in road safety. Fred served in many activities of international organizations: European Commission, European Transport Safety Council, FIA, FIA Foundation, OECD/International Transport Forum (former chairman of the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group), Transportation Research Board, World Bank/GRSF, World Health Organization, World Road Congress/PIARC. He worked in road safety and carried out training programmes in 25 countries worldwide. Fred is one of the founders of Delft Road Safety Courses. He was awarded a Royal Order by the King of the Netherlands: Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Approach
Evidence based
We use methodologies and materials that are evidence-based and scientifically sound – supporting a holistic approach to data collection, problem analysis, research and innovation, monitoring and evaluation.
Leading experts
Our courses are delivered by world leading researchers and professionals with experience of working in and with low and middle income countries to improve road safety and sustainable mobility.
Peer learning
Our learning environment encourages students to exchange knowledge and share experiences. This helps in identifying creative, locally relevant solutions to common challenges and issues.
Tailored for LMICs
We base our learning on the Safe System Approach and how this can be tailored and adapted to local contexts, with a focus on the specific challenges faced by low and middle income countries.
Train the trainer
We support local development and the governance of road safety management by developing capacity amongst practitioners and professionals who will return home and share their learning with others.
This course is developed in partnership with
