The Decade of Action For Road Safety: Toward Zero Deaths...
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The Decade of Action For Road Safety: Toward Zero Deaths Worldwide
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The Decade of Action For Road Safety:
Toward Zero Deaths Worldwide
May 11, 2011 Decade of Action
for Road Safety 2011-2020
launched in 110 countries.
• 1.3M per year killed, and 50M injured, on the world’s roads
• Economic cost of $100 billion a year
• By 2015, traffic crashes will be the leading cause of death or disability for children age 5 and above
Traffic Safety…A Global Crisis
Road traffic deaths and injuries: a fast growing epidemic
2004 2030
Dangerous overtaking – predictions of global mortality
Source: WHO Global Burden of Disease 2008
The symbol for
the Decade of
Action for Road
Safety
•Established by World Health Organization as UN coordinating agency for road safety •Managed pro bono by FIA Foundation – UK registered, self financed philanthropy •Supervised by committee of independent road safety experts
