Road Safety in Moldova

We support road safety in Moldova through the Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) and the Protect MD Foundation. The ACM is an NGO created in 1998 with the goal to develop motoring, technical road assistance service and motor tourism. Since 1999, the АСМ has been a member of the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT) and Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) which includes more than 100 motor clubs and tourist associations around the world. In 2011 they founded ProtectMD to promote democratic values and a sense of justice through the information and civil, moral and ethical education of the citizens, promotion and elaboration of the strategies for combating the phenomena that influence the degradation of road safety level in the country.

EASST’s work in Moldova began in 2009 with the launch of a Make Roads Safe Campaign with the ACM, EASST former Chairman Lord Dubs, and senior members of the Moldovan government hosted by the World Bank Country Office. This led to the creation of a new National Road Safety Council chaired by the Prime Minister and involving key ministers and the traffic police, and, later, wholesale reform of road traffic enforcement in the country.

Since its establishment, the ACM and ProtectMD has fought hard to keep road safety in Moldova high on the political agenda. Its main goals include improving the standards of road traffic and road signalling, making the issuance of driving licenses fair and transparent, as well as to taking measures for the improvement of road safety and crash prevention on public roads. In 2008, the number of road fatalities in Moldova was 509 deaths; in 2018, the number dropped to 272, nearly half. This is a great accomplishment for Moldova, and the ACM played a significant role. 

Read more about how Moldova achieved this here.