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UK – 16:00hrs-17:00hrs
Doha -18:00hrs – 19:00hrs

The IHE Middle East Branch would like to invite you to their next technical CPD webinar on Wednesday 6th August 2025. 

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Preventive risk assessment tools, such as road safety audits and inspections, are an effective and essential instrument to help road authorities reduce the number of crashes and casualties, because design standards alone cannot guarantee road safety in all conditions.

Risk assessment procedures can typically be applied at successive stages of road planning, design, opening and operations. They all serve the common purpose of identifying risk factors related to road design or traffic control that may lead to crashes, or make crashes more severe. In many cases, they help network highway operators and city traffic departments identify engineering weaknesses and hazardous road sections, even in the absence of robust traffic injury data.

According to the 2023 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Road Safety, there were an estimated 1.19 million road traffic deaths in 2021; this corresponds to a rate of 15 road traffic deaths per 100 000 population. As of 2019, road traffic injury remains the leading cause of death for children and young people aged 5–29 years and is the 12th leading cause of death when all ages are considered. Globally, 4-wheel vehicle occupants represent 30% of fatalities; followed by pedestrians who make up 23% of fatalities; and powered two- and three-wheeler users who make up 21% of fatalities. Cyclists account for 6% of fatalities while 3% of deaths are among users of micro-mobility devices such as e-scooters. 92% of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. The risk of death is three times higher in low-income countries than high-income countries despite these countries having less than 1% of all motor vehicles.

Presenter – Mr Miguel-Angel Serrano Santos

Eur Ing Miguel-Angel Serrano Santos is a well-renowned Chartered Civil Engineer, who graduated from the University of Granada in Spain. At present, he is Road Safety Manager at Gloucestershire County Council (UK) and prior to this he worked in Doha as Technical Director on behalf of MSV Global (Land Creation Contracting Group) and he is as well, Senior Road Safety Specialist on behalf of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

Previously, he was working as a Senior Road Safety Engineer on behalf of Ashghal (Public Works Authority) as Road Safety Coordinator for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Before that, he worked as Road Safety Expert for the National Road Safety Center (NRSC) in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and with Ashghal (Public Works Authority), where he was responsible for managing and approving all Road Safety Audits, that were undertaken in Qatar.

Miguel is Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE), Chartered Manager of the Chartered Management Institute (CMgr MCMI) and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institution of Traffic and Transportation (FCIHT), Fellow Member of the Society of Road Safety Auditors (FSoRSA) and Fellow Member of the Spanish Association of Road Safety Auditors (FASEVI). He has over twenty years’ experience in transport planning and traffic engineering.

Due to his extensive knowledge in the civil engineering discipline, he has successfully secured and delivered Road Safety projects internationally. The Ten Steps Project delivered in Tanzania was awarded with the Prince Michael Road Safety Award, and Miguel was IRF Lead Trainer in the project. Miguel is also the Vice-President of ASEVI (Spanish Association of Road Safety Auditors), and Member of the SoRSA Committee and he has successfully helped to create a corroborative relationship between engineering professionals in different countries.

Lastly, Miguel has successfully delivered Traffic Management and Road Safety courses to students and engineering professionals, and has been an active speaker at various conferences, seminars and universities internationally. His courses have been endorsed by IRF, Qatar University, ASEVI and SoRSA

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