(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization recently approved the creation of a new project committee to develop an international standard for road traffic safety management systems.

The secretariat of the project committee, ISO/PC 241—“Road safety management,” has been assigned to SIS Swedish Standards Institute, and its first meeting is expected to be held in Stockholm, June 16–19, 2008.

ISO/PC 241 will bring together stakeholders, including representatives of organizations responsible for road traffic infrastructure, public authorities, government departments, the transport sector, manufacturers, emergency services, health services, and the variety of associations concerned by aspects of road safety (e.g., prevention of accidents, protection of children, and care and rights of accident victims).

The committee’s job will be to develop a standard following the generic management system approach pioneered by ISO 9001 for quality management and since applied to other objectives, including ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 28000 (supply-chain security).

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