Launch of the Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant Program

Transport-related injuries result in $526 million in direct health care costs in British Columbia each year. People who walk and cycle are particularly vulnerable to injury as road users with little to no physical protection, unlike motor vehicle occupants who have seat belts, airbags, and protected passenger compartments. Over the past two decades, motor vehicle occupant fatalities have decreased in BC, while pedestrian and cyclist deaths have remained constant. The newly launched British Columbia Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant Program aims to improve vulnerable road user outcomes over the immediate, near- and long-term by funding a variety of evidence-informed road design change measures across BC.​

The British Columbia Vision Zero in Road Safety for Vulnerable Road Users Program (Vision Zero in Road Safety Program) provides grant funding to support local governments, Indigenous community governments and non-government organizations to advance evidence-informed road safety improvements that will result in a reduction in the number and severity vulnerable road user injuries.

This program aims to generate immediate and long-term injury reduction benefits for vulnerable road users in underserved communities, Indigenous communities, and small and remote communities. It also helps to advance the implementation of innovative, technology-driven, proven and low-cost road crash countermeasures.

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For questions related to the application process and how to maximize the value of your proposed project idea, please contact the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (bcinjury@bcchr.ca) who will connect you with a local health authority grant lead.

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