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Road Injury Prevention - the road victims’ perspective Brigitte Chaudhry

Road Injury Prevention - the road victims’ perspective Brigitte Chaudhry FEVR President and RoadPeace Founder EuroSafe Conference ,June 2006. Annual primary victims. Killed: 45,000 - 127,000 Europe-wide (1.2 million worldwide) Injured: 2.5 m in Europe (50 million worldwide).

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Road Injury Prevention - the road victims’ perspective Brigitte Chaudhry

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  1. Road Injury Prevention - the road victims’ perspective Brigitte Chaudhry FEVR President and RoadPeace Founder EuroSafe Conference ,June 2006

  2. Annual primary victims Killed: 45,000 - 127,000 Europe-wide (1.2 million worldwide) Injured: 2.5 m in Europe (50 million worldwide)

  3. Real Scale? But annual statistics ignore the • Disabled (4 permanently disabled for every death • Secondary casualties, inc. the bereaved and families of disabled

  4. Societal response “accident” • Not accurate • Not constructive • Not sensitive

  5. Justice sector response • inadequate investigations • inappropriate charges • trivial sentences

  6. Health sector response • Belated acknowledgement as public health priority • Limited pre-hospital and trauma care focus • Lack of research into impacts

  7. Government response • Responsibility—lack of ownership • Law enforcement—not a priority • Targets—accept higher levels of risk and death on roads

  8. FEVR Survey Impact of Road Death and Injury, 1996/7 Over 1300 responses from 9 countries

  9. Basic needs of trauma victims • Full and accurate information • Upholding of their human rights • Acknowledgement of their loss and suffering by society, government and the judicial system

  10. RoadPeace Justice Campaign, launched in 1998 • Victims’ right to information & consultation • Investigations to national standards • Criminal proceedings to bring justice • Civil compensation to provide fairness • Medical care to national standards • Coordinated government strategy

  11. What FEVR wants to see • Proper acknowledgement as a global road safety and public health crisis 2. Parity with other victims of violence 3. Risk of road death and serious injury to be reduced to that of other travel

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