Global status report on road safety 2013
Subtitle: supporting a decade of action
Contributors: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789241564564
Subjects: Traffic safety; Government policy; Traffic accidents; Statistics; Crash injuries; Traffic fatalities; Traffic Accidents; Prevention & control; Statistics & numerical data; Trends; Automobile Driving; Legislation & jurisprudence; Safety
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: The Decade of Action for Road Safety --; title: The purpose of this report --; title: Methodology -- -- Section 1; title: The current state of global road safety --; title: Many countries have successfully reduced the number of deaths on their roads, while deaths are increasing in others --; title: Middle-income countries are hardest hit --; title: The African Region has the highest road traffic fatality rate --; title: Half of all road traffic deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists --; title: Almost 60% of road traffic deaths are among 15-44 year olds --; title: Non-fatal crash injuries are poorly documented --; title: Harmonizing data collection on road traffic deaths -- -- Section 2; title: New road safety laws: progress to data --; title: Reducing speed --; title: Progress to reduce excessive speed has stalled --; title: Reducing urban speeds protects pedestrians and cyclists; title: Speed limits need stronger enforcement --; title: Reducing drinking and driving --; title: Drink-drive laws should be based on blood alcohol concentration levels --; title: Strong Drink Drive Laws Protect Almost 70% of world's population --; title: More stringent drink-drive laws for high-risk drivers --; title: Drink-drive laws need stronger enforcement --; title: Almost half of all countries lack of data on alcohol-related road traffic deaths --; title: Increasing motorcycle helmet use --; title: Head injuries among motorcyclists are a growing concern --; title: More effort is needed to promote helmet standards and quality --; title: Data on helmet use is weak --; title: Increasing seat-belt use --; title: Progress has been made in tightening up seat-belt laws --; title: Enforcing seat-belt laws needs more emphasis --; title: Only half of countries collect seat-belt wearing data --; title: Increasing the use of child restraints --; title: More countries need to adopt child restraint use --; title: Encouraging child restraint use; title: Lead agencies are vital to developing a national road safety strategy --; title: Involving multiple sectors in national road safety efforts is critical --; title: National road safety strategies should include targets to minimize injuries, deaths and key risk factors -- -- Section 3; title: Transport policies neglect pedestrians and cyclist --; title: Governments need to make walking and cycling safe --; title: Safer roads reduce crash likelihood and severity --; title: Action is needed to make vehicles safer for non-car road users --; title: Public transport can make mobility safer and reduce congestion --; title: Conclusions and recommendations --; title: References --; title: Explanatory notes --; title: Methodology, data collection and validation --; title: Country profile explanations --; title: Estimating global road traffic deaths.