Global status report on road safety : time for action

427878319978 92 4 156384 0PDFResearch PaperTraffic safetyTraffic accidentsStatisticsAccident dataCrash injuriesFatalitiesPolicyInternationalWorld Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization. Violence and Injury PreventionNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-StatisticsNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYBTS Data DirectoryThe Global status report on road safety reaffirms our understanding of road traffic injuries as a global health and development problem. More than 1.2 million people die on the world's road every year, and as many as 50 million others are injured. Over 90% of the deaths occur in low-income and middle-income countries. Beyond the enormous suffering they cause, road traffic crashes can drive a family into poverty as crash survivors and their families struggle to cope with the long-term consequences of the event, including the cost of medical care and rehabilitation and all too often funeral expenses and the loss of the family breadwinner