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Global status report on road safety 2013: supporting a decade of action
2013, World Health Organization
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note:
The Decade of Action for Road Safety --
The purpose of this report --
Methodology -- -- Section 1
The current state of global road safety --
Many countries have successfully reduced the number of deaths on their roads, while deaths are increasing in others --
Middle-income countries are hardest hit --
The African Region has the highest road traffic fatality rate --
Half of all road traffic deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists --
Almost 60% of road traffic deaths are among 15-44 year olds --
Non-fatal crash injuries are poorly documented --
Harmonizing data collection on road traffic deaths -- -- Section 2
New road safety laws: progress to data --
Reducing speed --
Progress to reduce excessive speed has stalled --
Reducing urban speeds protects pedestrians and cyclists
Speed limits need stronger enforcement --
Reducing drinking and driving --
Drink-drive laws should be based on blood alcohol concentration levels --
Strong Drink Drive Laws Protect Almost 70% of world's population --
More stringent drink-drive laws for high-risk drivers --
Drink-drive laws need stronger enforcement --
Almost half of all countries lack of data on alcohol-related road traffic deaths --
Increasing motorcycle helmet use --
Head injuries among motorcyclists are a growing concern --
More effort is needed to promote helmet standards and quality --
Data on helmet use is weak --
Increasing seat-belt use --
Progress has been made in tightening up seat-belt laws --
Enforcing seat-belt laws needs more emphasis --
Only half of countries collect seat-belt wearing data --
Increasing the use of child restraints --
More countries need to adopt child restraint use --
Encouraging child restraint use
Lead agencies are vital to developing a national road safety strategy --
Involving multiple sectors in national road safety efforts is critical --
National road safety strategies should include targets to minimize injuries, deaths and key risk factors -- -- Section 3
Transport policies neglect pedestrians and cyclist --
Governments need to make walking and cycling safe --
Safer roads reduce crash likelihood and severity --
Action is needed to make vehicles safer for non-car road users --
Public transport can make mobility safer and reduce congestion --
Conclusions and recommendations --
References --
Explanatory notes --
Methodology, data collection and validation --
Country profile explanations --
Estimating global road traffic deaths.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Geneva, Switzerland

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Library of Congress
HE5614 .G582 2013x

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Pagination
ix, 303 pages
Number of pages
303

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Open Library
OL30950128M
Internet Archive
globalstatusrepo0000worl
ISBN 10
9241564563
ISBN 13
9789241564564
LCCN
2013417031
OCLC/WorldCat
842883232

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