Road Safety in Tajikistan
Our local road safety partner
We support road safety in Tajikistan through our local partners the Young Generation of Tajikistan (YGT), a youth-led NGO based in Dushanbe aimed at increasing young people’s participation in social development and poverty reduction.
In Tajikistan, where more than 70 per cent of the country’s eight million inhabitants are aged under 30, road traffic collisions are having a profound effect on its younger generations as every fourth person injured on the road in Tajikistan is a child or teenager under the age of 16.
With the support of EASST, since 2014 the YGT have been implementing road safety projects in Tajikistan with the aim of reducing the number of child injuries and fatalities. They have delivered road safety education to hundreds of school children in Dushanbe and developed an innovative ‘Youth Road Inspectors’ programme – training young people as road safety ambassadors to train and support to their peers – as well as implementing a ground-breaking seat belt campaign, which saw increases in wearing rates and identified many more areas to be worked on.
Since 2016, with the support of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the Safer Roads Foundation, EASST and the YGT have also been working to improve road infrastructure and engineering practices to ensure roads are safer for everyone. In 2019, a new traffic signalled crossing was installed outside Istiqlol Hospital in Dushanbe, making access to the hospital safe for its 4000 daily visitors. As part of the project, around 200 high-visibility pedestrian road signs have also been installed across the city at high-risk road crossings, including near schools.
Tajikistan Road Safety Facts
There are on average 1352 road fatalities every year.
Fewer than 1 in 8 car occupants wear seat belts.
Around 20% of those injured on the roads are children.
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Tajikistan Road Safety News
Tajikistan approves mandatory seat belt use for drivers and front seat passengers
by EASST | June 15, 2026 | News, Road Safety Enforcement, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, TajikistanIn February 2026, the President of Tajikistan signed into law amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences introducing a specific offence for failing to wear a seat belt.
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Young Generation of Tajikistan and EASST support community-led school zone road safety interventions in Rudaki
by EASST | July 15, 2025 | Children's Road Safety, News, TajikistanYoung Generation of Tajikistan (YGT) has delivered low-cost infrastructure upgrades to improve road safety around three high-risk schools in Rudaki.
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New guidance on safe and inclusive road design published for road engineers and infrastructure designers in Central Asia
by EASST | June 26, 2025 | Kyrgyzstan, News, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, Safe road infrastructure, Tajikistan, UzbekistanThe guidance has been developed in close cooperation with national stakeholders and with input from the ADB, EBRD and EIB – with financial support provided by the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF).
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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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Tajikistan’s first Tactical Urbanism project seeks to reclaim space for safe walking and cycling
by EASST | May 9, 2025 | Active Travel and Healthy Streets, News, TajikistanEarlier this year, we completed Tajikistan’s first ever Tactical Urbanism project with the support of the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme.
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Training series on road safety engineering standards emphasises need for holistic approach in Central Asia
by EASST | April 28, 2025 | Kyrgyzstan, News, Safe road infrastructure, Tajikistan, UzbekistanEASST joins project partners iRAP and the International Road Federation (IRF) in hosting a series of three training sessions for engineers and road safety practitioners across Central Asia.
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Stakeholders review local road design standards for safer and more inclusive roads in Central Asia
by EASST | November 26, 2024 | Kyrgyzstan, News, Safe road infrastructure, Tajikistan, UzbekistanMinistry of Transport representatives and other stakeholders from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet in Tashkent to review and improve local road design standards for safer and more inclusive roads across Central Asia.
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Tajikistan government launches national media campaign to increase seat belt use
by EASST | October 31, 2024 | News, Road Safety Enforcement, Road Safety Governance and Capacity Building, TajikistanThe Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan together with the Office of Automobile Inspection of the Ministry of Interior, this week launched a 12-month media campaign aimed at increasing the use of seatbelts throughout the country.
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Istiqlol Hospital road crossing, Dushanbe
Local testimony captured by the Young Generation of Tajikistan on the difference the new crossing at Istiqlol Hostpital in the centre of Dushanbe is having on local people. The crossing was installed through a collaboration between the Safer Roads Foundation, EBRD, EASST, Young Generation of Tajikistan and Dushanbe City Traffic Police. (2019)
Post-crash Emergency Response Toolkit
This Post-crash Emergency Response Toolkit was produced with funding support from UK Aid through the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF). It was developed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as part of its work on improving post-crash emergency care. (2021)
Road safety design guidance for road infrastructure designers in Central Asia
Developed by EASST, iRAP and the International Road Federation (IRF) with support from UN ESCAP and the UN Road Safety Fund, this new suite of road safety design guidance for road infrastructure designers across Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan includes:
- A full project report of our approach and methodology, including details of existing GOST-SNiP design standards in each country.
- Results of iRAP star rating assessments at standard cross sections in the region.
- Tailored road safety design guidance, based on international best practice, for each pilot country (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan).