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Machine generated contents note: The Decade of Action for Road Safety -- The purpose of this report -- Methodology -- Section 1 The current state of global road safety -- Many countries have successfully reduced the number of deaths on their roads, while deaths are increasing in others -- Middle-income countries are hardest hit -- The African Region has the highest road traffic fatality rate -- Half of all road traffic deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists -- Almost 60% of road traffic deaths are among 15-44 year olds -- Non-fatal crash injuries are poorly documented -- Harmonizing data collection on road traffic deaths -- Section 2 New road safety laws: progress to data -- Reducing speed -- Progress to reduce excessive speed has stalled -- Reducing urban speeds protects pedestrians and cyclists |
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Speed limits need stronger enforcement -- Reducing drinking and driving -- Drink-drive laws should be based on blood alcohol concentration levels -- Strong Drink Drive Laws Protect Almost 70% of world's population -- More stringent drink-drive laws for high-risk drivers -- Drink-drive laws need stronger enforcement -- Almost half of all countries lack of data on alcohol-related road traffic deaths -- Increasing motorcycle helmet use -- Head injuries among motorcyclists are a growing concern -- More effort is needed to promote helmet standards and quality -- Data on helmet use is weak -- Increasing seat-belt use -- Progress has been made in tightening up seat-belt laws -- Enforcing seat-belt laws needs more emphasis -- Only half of countries collect seat-belt wearing data -- Increasing the use of child restraints -- More countries need to adopt child restraint use -- Encouraging child restraint use |
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Lead agencies are vital to developing a national road safety strategy -- Involving multiple sectors in national road safety efforts is critical -- National road safety strategies should include targets to minimize injuries, deaths and key risk factors -- Section 3 Transport policies neglect pedestrians and cyclist -- Governments need to make walking and cycling safe -- Safer roads reduce crash likelihood and severity -- Action is needed to make vehicles safer for non-car road users -- Public transport can make mobility safer and reduce congestion -- Conclusions and recommendations -- References -- Explanatory notes -- Methodology, data collection and validation -- Country profile explanations -- Estimating global road traffic deaths. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Related to (manifestation): Global status report on road safety 2013. [Geneva (Switzerland)] : World Health Organization, 2013. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013417031 |
| ISBN | 9789241564564 |
| ISBN | 9241564563 |
