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Nepal Road Risk Observatory

A public-interest data concept for documenting risky road environments and usable evidence for local action.

NepalUpdated 12 August 2026

The problem

Everyday hazards and near-miss conditions can remain invisible when available data captures only part of the risk.

Why it matters

Better local evidence could help prioritize interventions before more serious harm occurs.

What we know

  • Community knowledge can reveal recurring hazards.
  • Evidence must be collected consistently to support decisions.

What we don’t know yet

  • Which observations can be collected safely?
  • How should reports be verified?
  • Which decision-makers can act on the resulting evidence?

Our approach

  1. 01

    Develop an ethical observation protocol.

  2. 02

    Test a small geographic sample.

  3. 03

    Co-design useful outputs with local decision-makers.

Project timeline

  1. 01

    Method research

    in progress

Expected outputs

  • Ethical observation protocol
  • Small-sample test design

Risks under consideration

  • Unsafe field observation
  • Evidence that cannot be verified or acted upon

Assumptions to test

  • Local decision-makers can use appropriately structured evidence

Financial transparency

Budget under development.

Funding not yet opened.

What support could enable

  • Road-safety researchers
  • Municipal insight
  • Mapping expertise

How we will measure

No results are claimed yet. Measures will be defined before implementation and published when verified.

Evidence

Evidence and supporting documents will be linked here when they exist.

What we will report

For every funded project, SEED SURE aims to report what was promised, funded, done, changed and spent; what did not work; what was learned; and what happens next.

Reporting remains subject to privacy, safeguarding, contractual and legal requirements.

How to help

Road-safety researchers · Municipal insight · Mapping expertise

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