Road safety activities of the FIA Foundation and opportunities for Latin America

1. Rita Cuypers Director for Road safety FIA Foundation Road safety activities of the FIA Foundationand opportunities for Latin America

2. Reduce tragic toll of deaths and injuries Bring road safety high on the political agenda FIA Foundation objectives on Global Road Safety Advocacy

3. 1.2 milllion people killed every year on the roads world-wide 80% in low and middle income countries Estimated 50 million people injured and expected to rise with 60% by 2020 if no action taken Global cost: $ 518 billion each year Global road safety

4. Traffic accident deaths in different regions of the world

5. T T L L RAFFIC RAFFIC ACCIDENT ACCIDENT DEATHS DEATHS PER PER INHABITANT INHABITANT AND AND PER PER VEHICLE VEHICLE IN IN ATIN ATIN A A D D C C MÉRICAN MÉRICAN AND AND EVELOPED EVELOPED OUNTRIES OUNTRIES Country Deaths per 100 000 inhabitants Deaths per million vehicles Argentina 23.56 1 280 Brasil 11.90 1 040 Chile 13.14 902 Paraguay 16.15 1 820 Uruguay 24.28 1 248 Colombia 19.15 2 959 Perú 16.28 3 548 México 18.04 1 467 Ecuador 15.63 3 059 Germany 10.69 191 U.S.A. 15.44 193 U.K. 6.12 150 France 13.94 249 Source : own , based on data provided by the Argentinian Institute for Highway Safety and Education and the Globsal Road Safety Partnership Comparison traffic accident deaths per inhabitant and vehicle Latin America vs Developed countries

6. 2002: Global Road Safety Steering Committee meetings Feb 2003 Conference “Sharing Responsibility for Safer Roads” New York, May 2003: UN Technical Road Safety Briefing New York, Jun 2003: UN resolution on global road safety crisis Geneva, Jul 2003, UNECE –Foundation calls for lead UN Road Safety Agency New York, Nov 2003: 2nd Resolution calling for debate on road safety and resolution to be voted in April 2004 Geneva, Feb 2004, UNECE: Foundation proposes UNECE Working Party on Road Safety as lead agency on road safety Paris, April 2004: launch WHD “Road Safety is no Accident” New York, 14 April 2004: 1st UN General Assembly on road safety + WHO designated lead agency on road safety How has Foundation contributed?

7. First WHD on road safety Officially launched in Paris on 7 April by Jacques Chirac Launch of the WHO/World Bank Report on road traffic injury prevention Foundation supported EU Charter signing event in Dublin on 6 April, event with Michael Schumacher Major Club WHD activities: Brazil, Italy, United States, Japan, Hungary World Health Day 2004

8. Status of the world Identification key risk factors: Speeding Drink driving Not using seatbelts, child seats Not using helmets (e.g. Asia) Visibility Recommendations: Lead road safety agency Evaluate problem and policy Strategy and road safety action plan Sufficient funding and resources Concrete measures to prevent road traffic fatalities/injuries International cooperation WHO/World Bank World Report on Road Traffic Injuries

9. 29 September: first UN road safety coordination group meeting Hosted by WHO and UNECE 1 October: WHO meets with Regional UN Commissioners Europe: UNECE Latin America and the Caribbean: ECLAC (CEPAL) Africa: ECA South East Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Western Asia (ESCWA) UN Regional Commissioners meet for first time

10. Possibly first Regional Ministerial/ Stakeholders Forum in Latin America FIA Foundation in discussion with CEPAL, Chile Objectives: To hold Stakeholders Forum in the spirit of UN but on a regional level Define risk factors that are relevant to the region and recommendations Create a road safety community Involvement Automobile Clubs From Global road safety to regional road safety

11. Look at regional road safety experience and address problems such as: Lack of road safety education / lack of experience Lack of specialised road safety bodies Inadequate highway markings Inadequate road infrastructure design – no cycleways/pedestrian crossings Old car fleet / Lack of maintenance and technical inspections Inadequate government policies and lack of funding Lack of coordination between rescue agencies Unprofessional driver licensing Opportunities to mobilize stakeholders led by automobile clubs Which are the critical risk factors that should be focused on? Political will and concerted government action required Why Regional Forum?

12. Foundation Seatbelt toolkit developed – now model for UN Successful seatbelt campaign in Costa Rica Seatbelt campaign in Hungary UNECE Working Party for Road Safety – Foundation participation in expert group on seatbelts and child seats with US, UK and Spain Example of targeted action: seatbelt campaigning

13. Road safety: Potential follow-up to Think before you Drive campaign Driver’s License standards Environmental: UNEP Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles Promotion of better air quality in developing countries Environment Workshop for Latin American automobile clubs Foundation actions of interest to Latin America

14. Policy Working Groups: Road Safety and Mobility Technical Affairs Regional coordinators (Africa, America/Canada, Central + Latin America and Caribbean, Europe, South East Asia) Your coordinators: Road Safety and Mobility: Elliot Coen, ACCR Technical Affairs: Mario Romero, Automobile Club of Peru Automobile club involvement in the Foundation (1)

15. International Policy Forum Annual event with theme First IPF held in Baden bei Wien, Austria in 2004 Theme 2004: Children’s road safety Potential follow up project: Vision 2020 – safe roads for all children Campaign to raise global road safety on the international political agenda Automobile club involvement in the Foundation (2)

16. 2004: FIA and Foundation created FIA Institute for Motorsport Safety FIA Foundation major funder of Institute All motorsport safety issues now dealt with by FIA Institute Website: www.fiainstitute.com Motorsport safety