It is a reflection of the growing recognition of the enormous toll exacted by road traffic injuries road traffic crashes. On 19th october 2015 the who released a global status report on road safety 2015. In september 2015, the united nations launched the 2030 agenda for sustainable. European facts and the global status report on road safety. This report is based on the informations from 180 countries.
Road accidents claim around 10,000 12,000 lives in the country every year, including 3500 people who are aged below eighteen, speakers said in a roundtable on creating awareness about road safety arranged by safe road movement in the city yesterday. Who global status report on road safety 2015 by global ncap. This report, the go to source of global road crash data and the measure of the decade of action for global road safety 20112020, indicates that whilst worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1. Status reports to be used as a monitoring tool for the decade and beyond. European country profiles and the global status report on. The global status report on road safety 2015 benefited from the contributions of a number of who staff. Who library cataloguinginpublication data global status report on road safety 2015. It also offers detailed analysis by road user, age group and type of road. The global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1. In 2015, the world health organization released the global status report on road safety, which noted that most of the 1.
The objective of this article is to assess the status of road safety in asia and present accident and injury prevention strategies based on global road safety improvement experiences and discuss the way forward by indicating opportunities and countermeasures that could be implemented to achieve a new level of safety in asia methods. The number of fatalities in 2014 equally stood at 256. Road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among those aged 1529 years. Made possible through funding from bloomberg philanthropies, this report is the third in the series, and provides a snapshot of the road safety situation globally, highlighting the gaps and the measures needed to best drive progress.
It is a companion to the regional data presented in european facts and the global status report on road safety 2015. Who releases global status report on road safety, 2015. The publication of the road safety report completes dekras commitment to road safety, which started more than 90 years ago. The first global status report on road safety was very useful in raising. Strategic direction on the report was provided by margie peden and etienne krug. This report, the secondglobal status report on road safety, meetsthis request and will provide the baselinedata from 2010 for monitoring progressthrough the decade of action. Who released global status report on road safety 2015.
Regarding the past research, the total numbers of motorcycles per 1, 000, 000 km involve in road accident increasing from 45% in 1990 to 82% in 1998 with the 82. Consult this publication on line at this work is published on the oecd ilibrary, which gathers all oecd books, periodicals. Tac road safety statistical summary september 2015 4 status report fatalities the rolling 12 month number of road fatalities in september 2015 stands at 250. The report shows that road safety strategies are saving lives. The irtad road safety annual report 2015 provides an overview for road safety performance for 20 in 38 countries, with preliminary data for 2014, and detailed reports for each country.
This report is an internal working material summarising preliminary eu road safety information for 2014 and final detailed data as submitted by the eu member states for the years until 20. Global status report on road safety 2015 who regional. Acknowledgements the global status report on road safety 2015 benefited from the contributions of a number of who staff. Who launches second global status report on road safety. This is an important milestone monitoring the worldwide progress made on preventing road traffic injuries. But it also tells us that the pace of change is too slow. This target followed an earlier target set in 2001 to halve road deaths by 2010. Who releases global status report on road safety 2015 19. Global status report on road safety 2015 world day of. It includes tables with cross country comparisons on key safety indicators.
The results provide a benchmark that countries can use to assess their road safety. According to the global status report on road safety, 2015, released by world health organization, more than 1. Pdf road safety status in the who southeast asia region. European facts and the global status report on road safety 2015. Creating awareness about road safety sujon ahmed, dhaka, 05 april. The world health organization who has released the global status report on road safety, 2015. Global status report on road safety 2015 tami toroyan world health organization. Whos global status report on road safety 2015 cita international. In the last three years, 17 countries have aligned at least one of their laws with best. The reports are available in pdf format for downloading and as online catalogue. Estimated road traffic death rate per 100 000 population for southeast asia region countries, 2011. International traffic safety data and analysis group road safety annual report 2015 summary.
A who status report covering 180 countries that provides a snapshot of the road safety scenario globally and highlights the gaps and measures required. This publication presents country profiles from the global status report on road safety 2015 for 52 of 53 member states in the who european region. While speaking at the roundtable, speakers also said that coordinated efforts of. At first glance, the whos first ever report on worldwide road safety reaches a basic conclusion. Together with the publication of the global status report on road safety 2015, the development of a proposal for a united nations road safety fund by the economic commission for europe and the adoption by the world health assembly of a resolution on road safety wha69. Tac road safety statistical summary april 2015 4 status report fatalities the rolling 12 month number of road fatalities in april 2015 stands at 255, 3% more than in 2014 247. A guide for journalists the youth movement for road. Overall, we have made important policy progress since who issued its last road safety report in 2015. Write a report on creating awareness about road safety. Since 2008, dekra has been publishing the annual european road safety report. For more information, contact the european commission, directorategeneral mobility and transport. This report is the official tool of the decade of action for road safety 20112020. Road safety in the european union european commission.
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