Global status report on road safety : time for action.

Global status report on road safety : time for action.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.
Description:	x, 287 : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Traffic safety. Traffic safety -- Government policy. Traffic accidents -- Statistics. Crash injuries -- Statistics. Traffic fatalities -- Statistics. Accidents, Traffic -- prevention & control -- Statistics. Accidents, Traffic -- statistics & numerical data. Government Programs -- organization & administration -- Statistics. Safety -- statistics & numerical data. Wounds and Injuries -- epidemiology. Crash injuries. Traffic accidents. Traffic fatalities. Traffic safety. Traffic safety -- Government policy. Statistics.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy includes Summary: 8 p. bound at end.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7774278
Related Items:	Other relationship: World report on road traffic injury prevention

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Other authors / contributors:	World Health Organization. Dept. of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability.
ISBN:	9789241563840 9241563842
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43) and index. Also available online.
Summary:	"Over 1.2 million people die each year on the world' roads, and between 20 and 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries. In most regions of the world this epidemic of road traffic injuries is still increasing. In the past five years most countries have endorsed the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention which give guidance on how countries can implement a comprehensive approach to improving road safety and reducing the death toll on their roads. To date, however, there has been no global assessment of road safety that indicates the extent to which this approach is being implemented. This Global status report on road safety is the first broad assessment of the status of road safety in 178 countries, using data drawn from a standardized survey conducted in 2008. The results provide a benchmark that countries can use to assess their road safety position relative to other countries, while internationally the data presented can collectively be considered as a global "baseline"against which progress over time can be measured. " - p. [v11]

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1. Background
2. The Need for a Global Assessment of Road Safety
3. The State of Road Safety around the World
4. Conclusions
References
Country Profiles
Statistical Annex