one-year progress update: decade of action for road safety 2011-2020 etienne krug director who
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One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
Etienne KrugDirectorWHO
Road traffic deaths: the facts
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Road traffic WHO 2004
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MalariaWHO 2008
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TuberculosisWHO 2007
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AIDS-related deathsUNAIDS 2008
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1.3 million deaths 1.3 million deaths 20-50 million injured20-50 million injured
Leading causes of death
Rank Disease or Injury
1 Ischaemic heart disease
2 Cerebrovascular disease
3 Lower respiratory infections
4 COPD
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
6 HIV/AIDS
7 Tuberculosis
8 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer
9 Road traffic injuries
10 Prematurity & low-birth weight
Rank Disease or Injury
1 Ischaemic heart disease
2 Cerebrovascular disease
3 COPD
4 Lower respiratory infections
5 Road traffic injuries
6 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer
7 Diabetes mellitus
8 Hypertensive heart disease
9 Stomach cancer
10 HIV/AIDS
2004 2030
Road traffic deaths by type of road user
46%Pedestrian, cyclists and motorized two-wheels riders and passengers
6%Others
48%Car occupants
Other key data
• Worldwide vehicle ownership is forecast to double by 2020.
• Much of this growth will be in emerging markets.
• Road traffic injuries cost countries 1–3% of GDP.
• Only 15% of countries have comprehensive laws which address five key behavioural risks.
Prevention works
Evolution of the number of annual road traffic deaths in metropolitan France, 1970-2009Evolution of the number of annual road traffic deaths in metropolitan France, 1970-2009
Cost benefit
•Seatbelts (USA, Canada, Norway): 1 : 3-8
•Speed cameras (all EU): 1 : 5.9
•Motorcycle helmets (Norway, USA): 1 : 17
•Drinking and driving: 1 : 19-56
Goal of the Decade To halt or reverse the predicted increase in
road traffic fatalities around the world
Global Plan
Road safety management
Safer roads and mobility
Safer vehicles
Safer road users
Post-crash response
High-level national launches
High-level statements of support
Advocacy events
Romania Romania
Lebanon Estonia United States
El Salvador Indonesia
Advocacy events
Cambodia
Brazil South Africa China
Tanzania
India
Commemorations
Hungary Philippines
Mauritius
Illuminations
Geneva
SydneyRio de Janeiro
Buenos AiresNew York
London
TorontoHanoi
Caracas
wMoscow
Celebrities
MediaPrint media: > 300 newspaper articles in > 60 countries:
Accra Mail, Bangkok Post, Economist, Guardian, Irish Times, Jakarta Post, La Nación, The New Zealand Herald, La República, The Times of India, The Washington Post and 18 newswires…
Broadcast media: BBC, CNN,
Globo, Televisa, Voice of Russia…
Web pages: > 1.5 million pages
Facebook: > 3000 fans
Twitter: #roadsafetydecade tweeted > 1000 times reaching > 300,000 people
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Follow up: national level
National plans: e.g. Australia, Austria, Canada, Mexico
New laws: e.g. Chile, China, France, Honduras, New Zealand
Increased enforcement: e.g. Brazil, Cambodia, Russian Federation
Social marketing: e.g. India, Turkey, Viet Nam
Trauma care: e.g. Ghana, Mozambique
Data collection: e.g. Egypt, Kenya
Follow up: global level
• UN Secretary-General's report• UN General Assembly resolution• UN Road Safety Collaboration project groups
• Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme• Road Safety Fund
• Multilateral Development Bank's Road Safety Initiative• Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety• Plans for Second UN Global Road Safety Week (April
2013)
Follow up: monitoring
2nd Global status report on road safety
•Key monitoring tool for the Decade•Data from 180 countries•One-page country profiles•Launch date: end 2012
Some future directions• Additional, coordinated, multi-sectorial country support mechanisms
• More large scale evaluated interventions
• A few agreed priorities (e.g. legislative reform and enforcement)
• Vocal civil society
• Better informed media
• Inclusion of road safety in other agendas (e.g. Rio +20)
• Additional players
"Now we need to move this campaign into high gear and steer our world to safer roads ahead. Together, we can save millions of lives."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon