One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 Etienne Krug Director WHO Road traffic deaths: the facts Million people 1.3 million deaths 20-50 million injured 1.8 1.3 1.3 AIDS-related deaths UNAIDS.
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One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 Etienne Krug Director WHO Road traffic deaths: the facts Million people 3 2 1.3 million deaths 20-50 million injured 1.8 1.3 1 1.3 <1 AIDS-related deaths UNAIDS 2008 Tuberculosis WHO 2007 Road traffic WHO 2004 Malaria WHO 2008 Leading causes of death 2004 2030 Rank Disease or Injury Rank Disease or Injury 1 Ischaemic heart disease 1 Ischaemic heart disease 2 Cerebrovascular disease 2 Cerebrovascular disease 3 Lower respiratory infections 3 COPD 4 COPD 4 Lower respiratory infections 5 Diarrhoeal diseases 5 Road traffic injuries 6 HIV/AIDS 6 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer 7 Tuberculosis 7 Diabetes mellitus 8 Trachea, bronchus, lung cancer 8 Hypertensive heart disease 9 Road traffic injuries 9 Stomach cancer 10 Prematurity & low-birth weight 10 HIV/AIDS 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, 1970-2009 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 Lebanon El Salvador Estonia Romania Indonesia United States Advocacy events India Cambodia Tanzania Brazil South Africa China Commemorations Mauritius Hungary Philippines Illuminations Geneva Rio de Janeiro Sydney London New York Buenos Aires Caracas Hanoi Toronto wMoscow Celebrities Media Print 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 Iraq Twitter: #roadsafetydecade tweeted > 1000 times reaching > 300,000 people 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