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International Tourism and Road Safety Seminar Andrew J. Pearce Paris, 24 th September, 2008

International Tourism and Road Safety Seminar Andrew J. Pearce Paris, 24 th September, 2008. GRSP is a hosted programme of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Road Safety - Global Context. WHO estimates 1.3 million deaths, 50 million injuries per year

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International Tourism and Road Safety Seminar Andrew J. Pearce Paris, 24 th September, 2008

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  1. International Tourism and Road Safety Seminar Andrew J. Pearce Paris, 24th September, 2008 GRSP is a hosted programme of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

  2. Road Safety - Global Context • WHO estimates • 1.3 million deaths, 50 million injuries per year • 2.4 million deaths by 2030 • #2 cause of death in 4 – 29 year olds (2002) • 85% of casualties in low and middle income countries • Incalculable pain and suffering • $65 billion per year financial cost in low and middle income countries – and growing fast This $65 billion is a prize that we can win by investing in road safety ..and if we do not, we will continue pay the price

  3. Road Safety – Global Context • 2 May - Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar, over 100,000 dead and 2 million homeless • 12 May - Sichuan earthquake, 55,000 dead, 25,000 missing, 5 million displaced • Every two months the roads take the same toll on humanity.

  4. Contributing to a global coalition Global Good Practice UN Road Safety Collaboration Road Safety Plan Political Mandate Govt. Partner- ship Govt WHO Civil Societies Civil Societies Advocacy Business Business UN Infrastructure Seat Belts Good Practice Development & Implementation WorldBank Road Safety Action Plan Data Partnership 2 Fleet Safety Knowledge & Monitoring 1999 Other Funding People

  5. Reducing Road Safety Risk Measure intervention improve GRSP focus on Global Good Practice Interventions Uncontrolled Controlled Risk of Road Death or Injury Substantially = 0 High Law Standards Infrastructure Behaviour in daily life

  6. Partnership – the core of GRSP Business Improved Road Safety Government Civil Society

  7. Safe Driving Communities in Brazilian towns SDMC – Transporte Seguro Motoristas de Transporte Coletivo CERTIFICADO

  8. What can the tourist industry do? Work with local partners to make your area free of crashes:- • Get your own fleet safety management up to a high standard • Create communities of safe taxi drivers • Create communities of safe bus drivers • Create communities of safe rental vehicles

  9. Thank You! 2008

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