Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal

In 2010, more than 100 countries co-sponsored a landmark resolution by the United Nation (UN) General Assembly - a decade of action for road safety to stabilize and then reduce forecasted global traffic fatalities by 2020. From 1980 to 2010, road f...

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Main Author: Bose, Dipan
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441432/reducing-road-deaths-urgent-development-goal
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spelling okr-10986-222982021-04-23T14:04:08Z Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal Bose, Dipan CAR INITIATIVES ASSEMBLY VEHICLE DATA ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES FEMALES ROAD DEATHS CRASHES TRAINING ACCIDENTS INJURY DATA POLICE TRANSPORT ROAD SAFETY INCOME FATALITIES NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY VEHICLES ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD SAFETY CRISIS VEHICLE SAFETY TRAFFIC DEATHS FORECAST INTERVENTIONS PEDESTRIANS HEALTH SAFETY FEATURES SAFETY COMPLIANCE GOAL TRANSPORT SAFETY MOTORCYCLISTS PROJECTS TRAFFIC SAFETY CYCLISTS INJURIES ROAD PROJECTS TARGET INJURY TRAFFIC FATALITIES TRAFFIC CRASHES ROAD TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS In 2010, more than 100 countries co-sponsored a landmark resolution by the United Nation (UN) General Assembly - a decade of action for road safety to stabilize and then reduce forecasted global traffic fatalities by 2020. From 1980 to 2010, road fatalities as a share of population rose about 13 percent worldwide, but they rose by more than 75 percent in developing East Asia (including China) and by 66 percent in South Asia (including India). Awareness and advocacy have strengthened over the past five years, but these data suggest that developing countries, especially in the middle-income group, will fail to attain the 2020 goal set by the decade of action. Now midway to the end of that decade, countries are set to meet in Brazil in November to discuss ways to accelerate progress toward the 2020 goal. The World Bank has ramped up its funding and focused on supporting stronger road safety management, including enforcement capacity, vehicle safety, data management systems, and engagement with civil societies and the private sector. 2015-07-28T16:24:02Z 2015-07-28T16:24:02Z 2015-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441432/reducing-road-deaths-urgent-development-goal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22298 English en_US Transport and ICT connections,no. 12; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic CAR
INITIATIVES
ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE
DATA
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
ROAD
TRAFFIC INJURIES
FEMALES
ROAD DEATHS
CRASHES
TRAINING
ACCIDENTS
INJURY DATA
POLICE
TRANSPORT
ROAD SAFETY
INCOME
FATALITIES
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY
VEHICLES
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD SAFETY CRISIS
VEHICLE SAFETY
TRAFFIC DEATHS
FORECAST
INTERVENTIONS
PEDESTRIANS
HEALTH
SAFETY FEATURES
SAFETY COMPLIANCE
GOAL
TRANSPORT SAFETY
MOTORCYCLISTS
PROJECTS
TRAFFIC
SAFETY
CYCLISTS
INJURIES
ROAD PROJECTS
TARGET
INJURY
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
TRAFFIC CRASHES
ROAD TRAFFIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
ROADS
spellingShingle CAR
INITIATIVES
ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE
DATA
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
ROAD
TRAFFIC INJURIES
FEMALES
ROAD DEATHS
CRASHES
TRAINING
ACCIDENTS
INJURY DATA
POLICE
TRANSPORT
ROAD SAFETY
INCOME
FATALITIES
NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY
VEHICLES
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD SAFETY CRISIS
VEHICLE SAFETY
TRAFFIC DEATHS
FORECAST
INTERVENTIONS
PEDESTRIANS
HEALTH
SAFETY FEATURES
SAFETY COMPLIANCE
GOAL
TRANSPORT SAFETY
MOTORCYCLISTS
PROJECTS
TRAFFIC
SAFETY
CYCLISTS
INJURIES
ROAD PROJECTS
TARGET
INJURY
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
TRAFFIC CRASHES
ROAD TRAFFIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
ROADS
Bose, Dipan
Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal
relation Transport and ICT connections,no. 12;
description In 2010, more than 100 countries co-sponsored a landmark resolution by the United Nation (UN) General Assembly - a decade of action for road safety to stabilize and then reduce forecasted global traffic fatalities by 2020. From 1980 to 2010, road fatalities as a share of population rose about 13 percent worldwide, but they rose by more than 75 percent in developing East Asia (including China) and by 66 percent in South Asia (including India). Awareness and advocacy have strengthened over the past five years, but these data suggest that developing countries, especially in the middle-income group, will fail to attain the 2020 goal set by the decade of action. Now midway to the end of that decade, countries are set to meet in Brazil in November to discuss ways to accelerate progress toward the 2020 goal. The World Bank has ramped up its funding and focused on supporting stronger road safety management, including enforcement capacity, vehicle safety, data management systems, and engagement with civil societies and the private sector.
format Brief
author Bose, Dipan
author_facet Bose, Dipan
author_sort Bose, Dipan
title Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal
title_short Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal
title_full Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal
title_fullStr Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal
title_full_unstemmed Reducing Road Deaths : An Urgent Development Goal
title_sort reducing road deaths : an urgent development goal
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441432/reducing-road-deaths-urgent-development-goal
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22298
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