European status report on road safety : towards safer roads and healthier transport choices.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Francesco Zambon; Dinesh Sethi; Francesca Racioppi; World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
- ناشر : Copenhagen, Denmark : WHO Regional Office for Europe
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9789289041768
Description
1.1 Road traffi c injuries: a health priority 1 1.2 Rising inequality in the Region 3 1.3 Road traffi c injuries and other transport-related health effects 4 1.4 International institutional response 5 1.5 Why this survey? 6 1.6 Objectives 7 1.7 Structure of the report 7 2. Methods 9 3. Findings 11 3.1 Great inequality in fatal and non-fatal road traffi c injuries in the Region 11 3.2 Very many non-fatal injuries 13 3.3 Vulnerable road users are at risk 13 3.4 Health information systems need to be improved 15 3.5 The economic costs of road traffi c injuries 16 3.6 Lead agency and national strategy on road safety 17 3.6.1 More countries need a national strategy for road safety 17 3.6.2 Expenditure on road safety varies greatly, and this expenditure is far less than the costs of road traffi c injuries 19 3.7 Legislation on and enforcement of risk factors 20 3.7.1 Speed control needs to be improved and more widespread 21 3.7.2 Controlling drink–driving is a priority 21 3.7.3 Wearing helmets 22 3.7.4 There is much room for improvement in wearing seat-belts and using child car restraints 22 3.7.5 Better legislation and enforcement are needed 23 3.8 Road safety management 24 3.8.1 Better transport and urban policy to improve mobility and road safety 24 3.8.2 Other aspects of road safety management
This report presents the status of road safety in the WHO European Region and provides a baseline assessment of how far 49 countries have come in implementing the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention. In the Region, road crashes result annually in 120 000 deaths, 2.4 million injuries and a great economic burden, which may be up to 3% of a country's gross domestic product. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among people 5-29 years old. Vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and users of motorized two-wheelers constitute 39% of all road traffic injury fatalities, with pedestrians being more at risk in the eastern part of the Region. Countries differ greatly in mortality rates for road traffic injuries; the average in low- and middle-income countries is twice that in high-income countries. Countries' policy responses in providing road safety for their citizens have differed. This report proposes the following areas of action: narrow the gap between countries with the lowest and highest mortality rates; provide better protection for vulnerable road users; develop a well-resourced multisectoral road safety strategy in each country; design and enforce comprehensive legislation; and develop and implement healthier transport policies. In addition, country profiles on the current status of road safety are presented for the 49 participating countries.
