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The Decade of Action for Road Safety Rob Klein GHVI /FiA Foundation ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS AND INJURIES: A FAST GROWING GLOBAL EPIDEMIC Why is this happening? • Low institutional & technical capacity • Lack of driver training • Unsafe/unsuitable roads • Little enforcement of key risk factors: e.g. Speed, helmets, seat belts, drink driving • Vehicles constantly added to unsafe environment Vehicle growth to 2020 Global Impact of road traffic injuries Harvard University Road traffic injuries…the forgotten killer… Source: WHO GBD 2008 Commission for Global Road Safety & Make Roads Safe Campaign • Framed road safety as a development issue • Proposed and campaigned for a global ministerial – level conference • Proposed and campaigned for a UN Decade of Action for Road Safety Million name petition for a UN Conference Launching the Decade of Action Saul Billingsley, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation Policy Forum, Como, 17th May 2010 Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Moscow November 2009 2nd March 2010 UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2nd March 2010: “Proclaims the period 2011-2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, with a goal to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world” Harvard Projections on RTI Deaths Decade of Action Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Guria, J for CGRS, 2009 Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Stabilisation Guria, J for CGRS, 2009 G20 road death rates – a concern for all WHO Global Status Report, 2009 DECADE ACTION PLAN Five pillars for a Safe Systems approach Build Capacity Build Safer Roads Build Safer Vehicles Safer User behaviour www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/ Improve Post-crash care WHAT IS THE DECADE OPPORTUNITY? • For road safety to punch its weight as a policy issue • To motivate and encourage political and resource commitments both globally and nationally • To stimulate donors to integrate road safety into their assistance programmes • To encourage industry and regulators to perform • Accelerate the adoption of good practices in LMICs • To save millions of lives CAN UN DECADES DELIVER...? Ban Ki Moon UN Secretary General Endorsement of the Tag Public figures and celebrities… MORE INFORMATION: Go to the following websites: http://www.who.int/roadsafety/deca de_of_action http://www.decadeofaction.org