Road traffic injuries - World Health Organization (WHO)
Road traffic death rates are highest in the WHO African Region and lowest in the European Region. Even within high-income countries, people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to be involved in road traffic crashes. Age. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29 years.
Global status report on road safety 2023 - World Health …
2023年12月13日 · The Global status report on road safety 2023 details the scale of global road traffic deaths, and progress in advancing laws, strategies and actions to reduce them around the world. The fifth report in a series, it provides an overview of progress between 2010 and 2021, and sets a baseline for the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety ...
Road traffic injuries - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月2日 · Road traffic crashes result in the deaths of approximately 1.19 million people around the world each year and leave between 20 and 50 million people with non-fatal injuries. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Despite notable progress, road safety remains urgent global issue
2023年12月13日 · The report also reveals major gaps in ensuring safe road infrastructure, with just 51 countries – a quarter of UN Member States – having laws that require safety inspections that cover all road users. Note to editors. The WHO Global status report on road Safety 2023 is the fifth in a series measuring progress in reducing road traffic deaths ...
Global status report on road safety 2018 - World Health …
2018年6月17日 · The Global status report on road safety 2018, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years.
Road traffic mortality - World Health Organization (WHO)
There were 1.35 million road traffic deaths globally in 2016, with millions more sustaining serious injuries and living with long-term adverse health consequences. Globally, road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death among young people, and the main cause of …
Turning the tide against road traffic accidents
The reported incidence of road traffic injuries has reduced remarkably in the few years since the WHO began supporting Saudi Arabia’s road safety vision. Between 2016 and 2018, the number of accidents decreased by 25%, from 17 632 to 13 221,and related injuries fell …
Road traffic injuries: Children - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年12月6日 · Road traffic injuries are the leading killer of children and young people aged 5–29 years worldwide. In addition, rates of road traffic death among children are typically 3 times higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high …
Estimated road traffic death rate (per 100 000 population)
To estimateroad traffic fatal injury, we classified the countries into fourgroups as follows: Countries with death registration data completeness of at least 80% . For this category we used one of the following data: death registration,projection of the most recent death registration, reported death or projected reported deaths.
Road safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
The road traffic death rate by WHO region and income level: In 2016, low- and middle-income countries had higher road traffic fatality rates per 100 000 population (27.5 and 19.2, respectively) compared to high-income countries (8.3). The African region had the highest road traffic fatality rate, at 26.6, while the European region had the ...