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One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. Etienne Krug Director WHO. Road traffic deaths: the facts. 3. 1.3 million deaths 20-50 million injured. . 2. 1.8. Million people. . . 1.3. 1.3. . 1. <1. AIDS-related deaths UNAIDS 2008. Tuberculosis

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One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

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  1. One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 Etienne Krug Director WHO

  2. Road traffic deaths: the facts 3 1.3 million deaths 20-50 million injured  2 1.8 Million people   1.3 1.3  1 <1 AIDS-related deaths UNAIDS 2008 Tuberculosis WHO 2007 Road traffic WHO 2004 Malaria WHO 2008

  3. Leading causes of death 2004 2030

  4. 6% Others 46% Pedestrian, cyclists and motorized two-wheels riders and passengers 48% Car occupants Road traffic deaths by type of road user

  5. 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.

  6. Prevention works Evolution of the number of annual road traffic deaths in metropolitan France, 1970-2009

  7. 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

  8. Goal of the Decade To halt or reverse the predicted increase in road traffic fatalities around the world

  9. Road safety management Safer roads and mobility Safer vehicles Safer road users Post-crash response Global Plan

  10. High-level national launches

  11. High-level statements of support

  12. Advocacy events El Salvador Indonesia Romania Romania Lebanon Estonia United States

  13. Advocacy events India Tanzania Cambodia Brazil South Africa China

  14. Commemorations Mauritius Hungary Philippines

  15. Illuminations Geneva Rio de Janeiro Sydney

  16. London Buenos Aires New York

  17. Caracas Toronto Hanoi

  18. wMoscow

  19. Celebrities

  20. 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 Twitter: #roadsafetydecade tweeted > 1000 times reaching > 300,000 people Iraq

  21. Follow up: national level National plans:e.g. Australia, Austria, Canada, MexicoNew 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

  22. 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)

  23. Follow up: monitoring 2ndGlobal status report on road safety • Key monitoring tool for the Decade • Data from 180 countries • One-page country profiles • Launch date: end 2012

  24. 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

  25. "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

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