Global status report on road safety
Subtitle: time for action
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9789241563840
Subjects: Statistics; Statistics & numerical data; Traffic safety; Safety; Automobile Driving; Government policy; Traffic Accidents; Legislation & jurisprudence; Government Programs; Traffic fatalities; Organization & administration; Crash injuries; Epidemiology; Traffic accidents; Prevention & control; Wounds and Injuries
Description: "Over 1.2 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries. In most regions of the world this epidemic of road traffic injuries is still increasing. In the past five years most countries have endorsed the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention which give guidance on how countries can implement a comprehensive approach to improving road safety and reducing the death toll on their roads. To date, however, there has been no global assessment of road safety that indicates the extent to which this approach is being implemented. This Global status report on road safety is the first broad assessment of the status of road safety in 178 countries, using data drawn from a standardized survey conducted in 2008. The results provide a benchmark that countries can use to assess their road safety position relative to other countries, while internationally the data presented can collectively be considered as a global "baseline"against which progress over time can be measured"--Executive summary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43) and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1. Background; title: 2. The need for a global assessment of road safety; title: 3. The state of road safety around the world; title: 4. Conclusions; title: References; title: Country profiles; title: Statistical annex.