The Decade of Action for Road Safety Rob Klein GHVI /FiA Foundation

ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS AND INJURIES: A FAST GROWING GLOBAL EPIDEMIC

Why is this happening? Low institutional & technical capacity Lack of driver training Unsafe/unsuitable roads Little enforcement of key risk factors: e.g. Speed, helmets, seat belts, drink driving Vehicles constantly added to unsafe environment

Vehicle growth to 2020

Global Impact of road traffic injuries Harvard University

Road traffic injuries…the forgotten killer… Source: WHO GBD 2008

Commission for Global Road Safety & Make Roads Safe Campaign Framed road safety as a development issue Proposed and campaigned for a global ministerial – level conference Proposed and campaigned for a UN Decade of Action for Road Safety

Million name petition for a UN Conference

Launching the Decade of Action Saul Billingsley, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation Policy Forum, Como, 17 th May 2010

Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Moscow November 2009

2 nd March 2010

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2 nd March 2010: “Proclaims the period as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, with a goal to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world”

Harvard Projections on RTI Deaths Decade of Action

Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment

Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Guria, J for CGRS, 2009

Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Stabilisation Guria, J for CGRS, 2009

G20 road death rates – a concern for all WHO Global Status Report, 2009

- non monthly - DECADE ACTION PLAN Five pillars for a Safe Systems approach Build Capacity Safer User behaviour Build Safer Roads Build Safer Vehicles Improve Post-crash care

WHAT IS THE DECADE OPPORTUNITY? For road safety to punch its weight as a policy issue To motivate and encourage political and resource commitments both globally and nationally To stimulate donors to integrate road safety into their assistance programmes To encourage industry and regulators to perform Accelerate the adoption of good practices in LMICs To save millions of lives

CAN UN DECADES DELIVER...?

Ban Ki Moon UN Secretary General

Endorsement of the Tag Public figures and celebrities…

MORE INFORMATION: Go to the following websites: de_of_action