Thomas hobbes famously described the state of nature, the prestate existence of individuals, as a life that is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. The results show that road traffic injuries remain an important public health problem, particularly for lowincome and middleincome countries. The world health organization released today the global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries. Whereas the global rate of road traffic death is 18. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 529 years. The political economy of road safety overseas development institute.
It is a reflection of the growing recognition of the enormous toll exacted by road traffic injuries road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death globally, and the. Strategic direction on the report was provided by margie peden and etienne krug. Who global status report on road safety 2018 by global ncap. The global status report on road safety 2015 benefited from the contributions of a number of who staff. The world health organization issued a european status report on road safety. This report, the go to source of global road crash data and the measure of the decade of action for global road safety 20112020.
This fact file presents data from whos most recent global health estimates and the global status report on road safety. The global status report on road safety draws our attention to the needs of all road users o including these. Estimation of road traffic fatalities for the global. Beijing, military medical system monitoring causes of death 2012. Estimation of road traffic fatalities for the global status report on road safety. Most of these deaths are in low and middleincome countries. Readers are encouraged to reproduce material from odi reports for their own publications. Presentation by kacem iaych, world health organization. Nhan tran coordinated the writing of the report with contributions by jeanne breene, meleckidzedeck khayesi, rob mcinerney, anesh sukhai, tamitza toroyan and david ward. Road safety in europe encompasses transportation safety among road users in europe. The burden is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, in particular those living in developing countries. The report suggests that the price paid for mobility is too high, especially because proven measures exist. The global status report on road safety 2018 benefited from the. The global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.
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