About the Road Safety Council

Our Profile

Building on the work of its predecessor, the Standing Conference on Road Safety, established in 1973, the Road Safety Council came into being in 1983 as a government advisory body to promote road safety in Hong Kong. The Council is chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), with a membership drawn from seven government bureaux and departments and six non-governmental organisations. The body is committed to reducing the number and severity of traffic accidents in Hong Kong by formulating road safety initiatives and undertaking education and publicity programmes to encourage everyone to take up responsibility to ensure the safety of every road user.

The Council is supported by two committees and two working groups – the Road Safety Campaign Committee (RSCC), the Road Safety Research Committee (RSRC), the Road Safety Publicity Strategy Working Group, and the Road Safety Council Annual Report Working Group.

The Road Safety Publicity Strategy Working Group formulates publicity plans for examination by the Road Safety Campaign Committee and is its executive arm for road safety educational and publicity events. The Road Safety Research Committee is responsible for technical research with the aim of enhancing road safety. Each year, the annual report is prepared by the Road Safety Council Annual Report Working Group.

Our Vision

The Council will continue to pursue the Government’s vision of “Zero Accidents on the Road, Hong Kong’s Goal” to make Hong Kong one of the world’s safest cities for road users.

Our Mission

The Council strives to promote and maintain a culture of safe road use, achieved by identifying road safety issues and then initiating and implementing road safety programmes that reduce the number of traffic accidents and severity of injuries as well as enhancing smooth traffic flow.

The Council works in partnership with other government departments, transport associations, road safety stakeholders, educational bodies and community organisations. Together, we aim to: