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Global Status Report on Road Safety

Global Status Report on Road Safety. Objectives. to assess the status of road safety in all Member States using comparable methodology and measures Defining and measuring a core set of essential road safety indicators and report on their implementation on a regular basis

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Global Status Report on Road Safety

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  1. Global Status Report on Road Safety

  2. Objectives • to assess the status of road safety in all Member States • using comparable methodology and measures • Defining and measuring a core set of essential road safety indicators and report on their implementation on a regular basis • to indicate the gaps in road safety nationally, and the key priorities for intervention

  3. Methodology Global coordination Regional Data Coordinators in 6 WHO regions National Data Coordinator in each member state Group of 6-8 respondents comprising a multi-sectoral group – different ministries, institutions, NGOs National consensus meeting 1 national dataset Global Status Report

  4. Recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention • Identify a lead agency in government to guide the national road traffic safety effort • Assess the problem, policies and institutional settings relating to road traffic injury and the capacity for road traffic injury prevention in each country • Prepare a national road safety strategy and plan of action • Allocate financial and human resources to address the problem • Implement specific actions to prevent road traffic crashes, minimize injuries and their consequences and evaluate the impact of these actions • Support the development of national capacity and international cooperation

  5. Data collection categories • Institutional framework (lead agency, national strategy, funding, data systems) • Data (fatal, non fatal, age and road user breakdown, economic costs) • Interventions • Reducing exposure to risk • Policies on walking/cycling, public transport • Infrastructure and vehicle standards • Implementation of interventions around key risk factors • Speed control (legislation, enforcement) • Drink-driving reduction • Increasing use of helmets: • Increasing use of seat-belts and child restraints • Delivering post crash care

  6. Global summary – as of 1 Oct 08

  7. + / - aspects of the methodology Negative • Self reported data • Subjectivity and sensitivity reporting on some variables • Different definitions used • Data provided is for different years • Underreporting • Trend and age data different, limited comparability for some variables Positive • First global survey to be conducted using comparable methodology • Excellent response rate • Multi-sectoral approach used within countries

  8. Next steps • Draft of main messages, country profiles and tables in progress • Final report due to be published June/July 2009 in 6 UN lanauges • 6 regional reports • Data on legislation available in searchable website

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