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@ About 1.3 million people die each year on the


world's roads
@ Killing young people, aged between 15 and
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@ x er 90% of the deaths on the roads occur in


low-income and middle-income countries,
which ha e only 48% of the world¶s
registered ehicles.
    
 
  
 

@ 0 ulnerable road users0


@ Pedestrians, cyclists, and riders of motorized
two-wheelers and their passengers account
for around 46% of global road traffic deaths.
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@ £rinking and dri ing increases the risk of a


crash, which could result in death or serious
injury
@ WHx recommends a blood alcohol
concentration limit of 0.05 gram per decilitre
(g/dl) for adult dri ers



@ Wearing a good-quality helmet can reduce


the risk of death from a road crash by almost
40% and the risk of se ere injury by o er
70%.
@ xnly 40% of countries ha e motorcycle
helmet laws that co er both riders and
passengers, and mandate quality standards
for helmets
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@ Wearing a seat-belt reduces the risk of death


among front-seat passengers by 40-65%
@ reduce deaths among rear-seat car
occupants by 25-75%.
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@  he use of child restraints ÿ 



    can reduce
deaths of children by between 54% and 80%
in the e ent of a crash
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@ Prompt, good-quality pre-hospital care can


sa e many people injured in road traffic
crashes
 he potential for progress

@ Road traffic injuries can be pre ented. A


number of countries, mainly high-income
countries, ha e made significant progress
o er the last few decades in reducing their
road traffic death rates. But more can be
done to reduce these rates further.
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@ Road traffic injuries are predicted to become


the fifth leading cause of death by 2030,
resulting in 2.4 million deaths a year
ündia has the highest number of road accidents in the world

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@  his has been re ealed by the World Health xrganization (WHx) in its
first e er µA  
   
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 he main contributing factors
@ speeding,
@ drunk dri ing
@ low use of helmets,
@ seat belts
@ child restraints in ehicles
@ A road traffic injury is a fatal or non-fatal
injury incurred as a result of a collision on a
public road in ol ing at least one mo ing
ehicle. Children, pedestrians, cyclists and
the elderly are among the most ulnerable of
road users.
£runken dri ing is a major factor
 he First UN Global Road Safety
Week, 23-29 April 2007

@ WHx releases report on Youth and Road


Safety ahead of First UN Global Road Safety
Week
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