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Bookmark or Share- Road traffic injuries - World Health Organization (WHO)Approximately 1.19 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29 years. 92%t of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have around 60% of the world's vehicles.
- Road safety - World Health Organization (WHO)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.
- Global status report on road safety 2023 - World Health Organization (WHO)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 ...
- Road safety - World Health Organization (WHO)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). The African region had the highest road traffic fatality rate, at 26.6, while the European region had the ...
- Viet Nam reports reduced road traffic deathsRoad accident-related deaths in Viet Nam has been decreasing over the recent years, the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) confirmed in the Global status report on road safety 2018 released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 7 December 2018. For six consecutive years since 2012, the reported annual number of road accident fatalities in the country has been reduced, and has stayed ...
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