Global status report on road safety 2013
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Executive summary from the World Health Organization report.
Road traffic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death globally, and the leading cause of death for young people aged 15–29 (1, 2). More than a million people die each year on the world’s roads, and the cost of dealing with the consequences of these road traffic crashes runs to billions of dollars (3). Current trends suggest that by 2030 road traffic deaths will become the fifth leading cause of death unless urgent action is taken (2).
Strategies exist that are proven to reduce road traffic injuries and a number of countries have successfully used these strategies to reduce their road traffic deaths. In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank launched the World report on road traffic injury prevention (4). The World report provides extensive information on leading risk factors for road traffic injuries and evidence on effective interventions, and makes recommendations to countries on how to impr...
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