1. Global status report on road safety 2018

2. Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018
Monitoring
Tool
Overview of Situation
Consultative Process
requested by UNGA and WHA resolutions to track progress towards global goals
state of road safety: trends in deaths, institutional management, legislation, infrastructure, vehicle safety and post-crash care
175 participating Member States representing 98% of world’s population; data presented are from 2016 (death) and 2017 (legislation)

3. Number of deaths unacceptably high#1
1.35
8th
cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years
million deaths each year
leading cause of death for people of all ages

4. 3x Inequalities persist
rates of death three times higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries

5. Inequalities persist

6. There are signs of progress
1.35 million
N° of people (millions)

7. There are signs of progress
1.35 million
18.2
18.2/100,000
N° of people (millions)
Rate / people
rate of death per has stabilized but the number of people and motor vehicles has increased.

8. There are signs of progress
50%
rate of death per vehicles has decreased by more than 50% since 2000

9. Strong policies
132
123 22
Countries have national strategies for road safety that are funded
Countries have laws that meet best practice for at least one of the five key behavioural risk factors
Countries have made improvements to bring their laws into alignment with best practice on one or more risk factors since 2014

10. Progress is uneven and pace too slow to meet SDG 3.6

11. 88% 40 <25% Challenges remain
of pedestrian travel is on 1- or 2-star roads
countries implement 7 or 8 of the priority UN vehicle safety standards
of people who are seriously injured have access to a staffed operating room within 2 hours of a crash

12. Looking ahead: opportunities
WHO GPW 13
Implementation
2030 Agenda
Effective solutions exist; building capacity in countries to accelerate progress and scale-up benefits
Increasing political will and leadership; Ministerial Conference in Sweden in 2020
Target for reduction of road traffic deaths by 20% by 2023; strengthening partnerships with global and country actors to achieve impact

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