Road-safety Evaluation during COvid-19 among Vulnerable Road users in Canada (RECOVR): Lessons learned

The Road-safety Evaluation during COvid-19 among Vulnerable Road users in Canada (RECOVR) project filled an urgent gap for reliable measurement of trends in road traffic injury and death (primary outcome), before, and after the start of the pandemic in four Canadian urban centres, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. The project also evaluated several important interventions that occurred during the pandemic and explored the feasibility of a variety of data sources to measure road traffic volumes, including vulnerable road users. The RECOVR project investigated the effects on road traffic injuries of 1) physical isolation policy 2) the recovery, and 3) specific strategies implemented during the recovery to prevent urban road deaths, with a view to the impact in more marginalized urban areas. Knowledge gained and knowledge translation product(s) from the RECOVR project need to be disseminated beyond the project's municipal partners and collaborators, to much broader multi-sector audiences across Canada. These audiences include public health, transportation planning, traffic services, municipal governments (elected officials), injury prevention, and urban planning. The findings and lessons learned through the RECOVR project have immediate ramifications and important applications for jurisdictions across the country, looking to improve road safety. Leveraging Parachute's extensive national network involving multiple disciplines involved with road safety and the investment in the RECOVR project, we will create and deliver two 60-90-minute webinars that include time for audience questions. The webinars will share findings that have widespread applicability to multi-sectoral professionals and pan-Canadian jurisdictions with knowledge exchange from participants through facilitated discussion to brainstorm recommendations for improvements for future research/evaluation. A Webinar format was selected to reach as many participants nationally as possible.