Improving road safety is a critical issue for public health and for the development of all cities and urban communities. According to the latest Global Status Report on Road Safety, there are nearly 1.19 million road traffic fatalities occurring worldwide each year. The number of victims rises to 51 million if we consider injured people, representing a global economic cost of more than USD $3.6 trillion per year. Traffic collisions are still the leading cause of death among children and young adults, which disproportionately impacts those living in low and middle-income countries.
At the global level, there is growing demand for stakeholders in the public, private, and civil society arenas to assume the shared responsibility of improving mobility and safety for us all. By 2030, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aim to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents. To that end, a number of national efforts are underway around the world to ensure that decision-makers are taking ownership of these targets and are aligned with a holistic ‘safe system’ approach to road safety.
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