UNECE transport review : first edition--November 2008.

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• Alternative Title:
  UNECE transport review : road safety ; Road safety : November 2008
• Corporate Creators:
  United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe. Transport Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway safety
  • Transportation safety
  • Organizations
  • Service agencies
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe. Transport Division
• Abstract:
  This year, more than one million people across the world ; will die from road traffi c injuries. This total includes about ; 400,000 people under 25 years old, and road traffi c crashes ; are the leading cause of death for 10- to 24-year-olds. Several ; million more men, women and young people will be injured or ; disabled. ; In additi on to the human suff ering, the annual cost of road ; traffi c injuries worldwide runs to hundreds of billions of dollars. ; In low- and middle-income countries, the economic cost of road ; injuries will be more than the development aid they receive. ; However, the risks of road crashes are known and can be ; prevented. They include excessive speeding, driving under the ; infl uence of alcohol or other drugs, failure to use seat-belts ; and helmets, poorly designed or insuffi ciently maintained ; road infrastructure, and the use of vehicles that are old, poorly ; maintained or lacking safety features. ; In recent years, preventi ng injury and death on the world’s ; roads has gained greater prominence on the internati onal ; development agenda. Technical support has improved. New ; policies have been implemented at the internati onal, regional ; and nati onal levels, including eff orts to set road traffi c casualty ; reducti on targets. Collaborati on within the UN system and with ; NGOs has been strengthened. Resoluti ons adopted by the UN ; General Assembly have raised the issue’s politi cal profi le. ; Despite increased awareness and more dynamic eff orts to ; improve road safety, the epidemic of road traffi c fataliti es and ; injuries will conti nue to be an important public health and ; development issue. Trends in many countries, in parti cular ; low-and middle-income countries, suggest that the problem ; could become noti ceably worse within the next decade. There ; remains a pressing need for greater eff orts and resources. ; I urge UN member States and global road safety partners to ; foster cooperati on under UN auspices. And I commend this ; issue of UNECE’s Transport Review to a wide global audience.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17215/dot_17215_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 5.31 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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