Poor people in the poor countries are suffering the damage associated with the road safety toll that is now epidemic, even if global statistics tell of the stability of the number of deaths of these crashes.
About 25.1 million people in the world are being killed by traffic accidents. But World Health Organization says the number of traffic casualties has stabilized despite the unprecedented increase in vehicles. In the past three years, 79 countries have fallen in the absolute number of casualties, and statistics have increased in 68 countries. Countries that have had the best performance have improved legislation and law enforcement and made vehicles and roads safer. "We are moving in the right direction," said Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO Secretary-General. The report shows that road safety strategies keep people alive. Although good success has been achieved in the last decade, progress is still slow. The target is to reduce the loss and traffic injuries by 50% by 2020, which needs to focus on the ability of governments and international organizations to take action. The main challenge now is to provide an opportunity for this and turn this stability into a significant reduction.
The report emphasizes that users are being unfairly protected around the world. The report emphasizes that users are being unfairly protected around the world. The risk of being killed in a traffic accident still depends on where people live and how they move. The big gap still separates high-income countries from low-income countries, with 90% of traffic deaths occurring in these countries, while they account for 54% of the vehicles. Especially the richest countries in Europe have the lowest rates, and Africa has the highest rates.
The report also emphasizes that the world's 10 most populous countries, China, India, the Americas, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Russia, have a population of 2.4 billion and 56% of the traffic casualties (703,000 people) In these countries, they lose their lives. None of these countries has laws on all five major risk factors. These rules include belt tightening, driving while driving, speed control, wearing a helmet for motorcyclists and using a child seat in the vehicle.
Collector: Dr. Milani