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13 gru 2023 · In car-to-car side impacts the fatality risk for car occupants is 85% at 65 km/h. Driving under the influence of alcohol and other psychoactive substances. Driving under the influence of alcohol and any psychoactive substance or drug increases the risk of a crash that results in death or serious injuries.
13 gru 2023 · The Global status report on road safety 2023 details the scale of global road traffic deaths, and progress in advancing laws, strategies and actions to reduce them around the world. The fifth report in a series, it provides an overview of progress between 2010 and 2021, and sets a baseline for the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety ...
2 wrz 2024 · WHO serves as the secretariat for the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030 which aims to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50% by 2030. This includes convening a global network of Heads of National Road Safety Agencies, producing Global Status Reports to track progress, and providing technical assistance.
13 gru 2023 · The latest WHO global status report on road safety 2023 shows that, since 2010, road traffic deaths have fallen by 5% to 1.19 million annually 1. Yet, road crashes remain a persistent global health crisis, with pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users facing an acute and rising risk of death. “The tragic tally of road crash ...
17 cze 2018 · The Global status report on road safety 2018, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. The burden is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, in particular those ...
Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population) When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. US$ 1 billion in new and reaffirmed funding commitments announced for WHO’s ongoing Investment Round. WHO Youth Council releases bold call for a healthier world.
25 cze 2023 · The world is coming together to end the scourge of road crash deaths and injuries, and to embrace a new vision for mobility that promises a wealth of benefits for everyone, everywhere. Right in front of us but so often overlooked, road crashes kill more than 1.3 million people every year - more than two every minute - with nine in ten deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries. Road ...
Road safety. The road traffic death rate by WHO region and income level: In 2016, low- and middle-income countries had higher road traffic fatality rates per 100 000 population (27.5 and 19.2, respectively) compared to high-income countries (8.3).
10 paź 2022 · Nearly 30% of all road crash deaths involve powered two- and three-wheeled vehicles, such as motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and electrical bikes (e-bikes), and the numbers are rising. The World Health Organization [WHO] and partners launched an updated manual to help policy makers end the scourge of road traffic deaths and injuries involving motorcycles and other powered two- and three-wheelers ...
Method of measurement. Number of road traffic crashes (e.g., car, motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian) where alcohol use has been identified (e.g. by breath-testing, blood or urine analysis, or observational assessment) in a country in a given year, divided by the number of all road traffic crashes in the country in the same year multiplied by 100.
