Road Safety in Armenia
Our local road safety partner
We support road safety in Armenia through our local partners the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation established in 2005 bringing together a broad range of local groups, academics, consumers and the road traffic police in a collaborative effort to promote road safety.
The NRSC focuses its activities around road safety education and promoting safer road systems. It promotes cooperation amongst national institutions dealing with road safety. NRSC has not only a consultative status at a national level but also works in active cooperation with governmental, as well other international and local bodies concerned with the improvement of road safety.
Among the NRSC’s many notable accomplishments is their successful campaign to establish a semi-governmental body with the mission to coordinate road safety actions in Armenia on a national level, which was achieved in 2010 with the establishment of the National Road Safety Council, chaired by the Prime Minister.
Other achievements include campaigning to enforce Armenia’s dormant seat-belt law, resulting in a 20% reduction in road fatalities and 12% decline in casualties in just one year. In 2018, NRSC Director, Poghos Shahinyan, was appointed as the Armenian coordinator under an initiative by the European Commission and World Bank to promote regional cooperation and coordinated efforts to reach UN road safety targets in Eastern Partnership countries.
Now, with a new government, NRSC are working update the National Road Safety Strategy to include the SDGs for road safety and design a new action plan to end fatalities on the roads in Armenia. NRSC will continue to raise the importance of unified approach to road safety and raise awareness amongst general public on road safety.
Armenia Road Safety Facts
3.5% of GDP is lost due to road traffic collisions.
The maximum urban speed limit is 90km/h.
There are on average 379 road fatalities every year.
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Armenia Road Safety News
Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory hosts inaugural regional road safety conference in Moldova
by EASST | July 15, 2025 | Armenia, Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory, Georgia, Moldova, News, UkraineOn 30 June 2025, the Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory (EaP RSO) hosted its inaugural regional road safety conference in Chisinau, Moldova.
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EASST partners mark the eighth UN Global Road Safety Week
by EASST | May 18, 2025 | Active Travel and Healthy Streets, Armenia, Children's Road Safety, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, News, Tajikistan, Ukraine12-18 May 2025 marked the eighth UN Global Road Safety Week. The theme for this year focused on the pedestrian and cyclist safety noting that despite overall reductions in road casualties globally – deaths and serious injuries amongst vulnerable road users are increasing in almost every world region, including across EASST partner countries.
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More than half a million children get safer school zones (and counting!)
by EASST | May 13, 2025 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, News, TajikistanIn April 2025, we completed the second phase of our regional Safe School Zones project, supported by the FIA Foundation Advocacy Hub, with expansive results that have seen safer routes to school for more than half a million children.
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Roundabout gets pedestrian friendly infrastructure upgrades in Yerevan, Armenia
by EASST | May 20, 2024 | Armenia, News, Safe road infrastructureWe have been working with our local partner to upgrade infrastructure near the roundabout connecting the Artashat Highway with Arin Berd Street in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Work starts on the Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory
by EASST | February 29, 2024 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory, Georgia, Moldova, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, UkraineAs of February 1, 2024 the Eastern Partnership Regional Road Safety Observatory (EaP RSO) is up and running. Hosted by the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia, the Technical Secretariat is led by the ISET Policy Institute and EASST, and is located in Tbilisi, Georgia, at the ISET Policy Institute.
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Building institutional support for low speed school zones and road safety in Armenia
by EASST | November 23, 2023 | Armenia, Children's Road Safety, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity BuildingNational Road Safety Council NGO (NRSC) organises Armenia’s first ever multi-stakeholder dialogue on road safety and low speed school zones.
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Advancing 30km/h speed limits around school zones – Regional Situation Report
by EASST | May 15, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Children's Road Safety, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, News, TajikistanThe EASST regional Situation Report on advancing 30km/h speed limits around school zones in Eastern Europe and Central Asia supports calls to #RethinkMobility for a sustainable transition to safer streets.
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Civil society and road safety engagement in the Eastern Partnership Countries
by EASST | October 25, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, Ukraine60 civil society organisations join unique event to learn more about positive role they can play in supporting road safety interventions.
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30km/h speed zones piloted at three schools in Yerevan, Armenia
by EASST | September 29, 2022 | Armenia, Children's Road Safety, NewsThree schools in Yerevan, Armenia are now piloting 30km/h speed zones with the aim of improving road safety and reducing speed related road casualties around schools.
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Don’t Die Before You’ve Lived
A music video was produced by EASST’s partner the National Road Safety Council of Armenia to promote road safety. The vocals are provided by an award winning trio – Andre, Hasmik Karapetyan, and Zaruhi Babayan. (2009)