Confronting ‘Death on Wheels’ : Making Roads Safe in ECA
Road traffic injuries (RTIs) have become a major public health challenge in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). About 90 percent of the 1.3 million deaths and 50 million injuries from road traffic crashes worldwide each year occur in LMI...
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okr-10986-102132021-04-23T14:02:49Z Confronting ‘Death on Wheels’ : Making Roads Safe in ECA Marquez, Patricio V. Banjo, George A. Chesheva, Elena Y. Muzira, Stephen ADOLESCENTS AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT AGED ALCOHOL ABUSE CAR CARS COLLISION FREQUENCY COMMUNITIES CRASH FATALITIES CRASHES CYCLING DRIVER BEHAVIOR DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES FATALITIES HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INJURY INJURY PREVENTION INJURY SURVEILLANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERVENTIONS LAWS LENGTH OF ROADS MORTALITY NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY NUTRITION PASSENGER PASSENGER CARS POLICE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES RISK GROUPS ROAD ROAD CRASH ROAD CRASHES ROAD DEATHS ROAD DESIGN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD SAFETY ROAD SAFETY ACTION ROAD SAFETY EFFORT ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS ROAD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES ROADS SAFE VEHICLES SAFETY BENEFITS SAFETY CULTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT SAFETY FEATURES SAFETY INITIATIVES SAFETY PERFORMANCE SHARING SPEED SPEED LIMITS STRUCTURES TOLL TRAFFIC CRASHES TRAFFIC DEATHS TRAFFIC INJURIES TRAFFIC POLICE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CHOICES TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VEHICLE VEHICLE DESIGN VEHICLES WALKING WHEELS Road traffic injuries (RTIs) have become a major public health challenge in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). About 90 percent of the 1.3 million deaths and 50 million injuries from road traffic crashes worldwide each year occur in LMICs, although these countries have only 48 percent of the world's registered vehicles. Increasing motorization and urbanization in LMICs could double this toll by 2030. The difference in road crashes between LMICs and high-income countries (where many road deaths still occur), is stunning. ECA countries have experienced rapid growth in the number of passenger cars on the roads over the last two decades. In the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), there was a 120 percent increase in passenger cars per 1,000 persons from 64 in 1990 to 141 in 2003. Similar trends were observed in countries in southeastern Europe. Vehicles in many Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries tend to be old and have sub-standard safety features. Length of roads and highways (in km.) has also increased since the 1990s by 18 percent and 157 percent in the CIS, 21 percent and 75 percent in European Union (EU)-10 countries, and 46 percent and 144 in southeastern Europe, respectively. In spite of significant investments in road infrastructure since the 1990s, in some ECA countries the roads still suffer from poor maintenance and under-investment. 2012-08-13T10:44:53Z 2012-08-13T10:44:53Z 2010-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11672632/confronting-death-wheels-making-roads-safe-eca http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10213 English Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 15 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia |
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ADOLESCENTS AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT AGED ALCOHOL ABUSE CAR CARS COLLISION FREQUENCY COMMUNITIES CRASH FATALITIES CRASHES CYCLING DRIVER BEHAVIOR DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES FATALITIES HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INJURY INJURY PREVENTION INJURY SURVEILLANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERVENTIONS LAWS LENGTH OF ROADS MORTALITY NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY NUTRITION PASSENGER PASSENGER CARS POLICE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES RISK GROUPS ROAD ROAD CRASH ROAD CRASHES ROAD DEATHS ROAD DESIGN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD SAFETY ROAD SAFETY ACTION ROAD SAFETY EFFORT ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS ROAD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES ROADS SAFE VEHICLES SAFETY BENEFITS SAFETY CULTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT SAFETY FEATURES SAFETY INITIATIVES SAFETY PERFORMANCE SHARING SPEED SPEED LIMITS STRUCTURES TOLL TRAFFIC CRASHES TRAFFIC DEATHS TRAFFIC INJURIES TRAFFIC POLICE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CHOICES TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VEHICLE VEHICLE DESIGN VEHICLES WALKING WHEELS |
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ADOLESCENTS AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT AGED ALCOHOL ABUSE CAR CARS COLLISION FREQUENCY COMMUNITIES CRASH FATALITIES CRASHES CYCLING DRIVER BEHAVIOR DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES FATALITIES HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INJURY INJURY PREVENTION INJURY SURVEILLANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERVENTIONS LAWS LENGTH OF ROADS MORTALITY NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY NUTRITION PASSENGER PASSENGER CARS POLICE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES RISK GROUPS ROAD ROAD CRASH ROAD CRASHES ROAD DEATHS ROAD DESIGN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD SAFETY ROAD SAFETY ACTION ROAD SAFETY EFFORT ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS ROAD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES ROADS SAFE VEHICLES SAFETY BENEFITS SAFETY CULTURE SAFETY EQUIPMENT SAFETY FEATURES SAFETY INITIATIVES SAFETY PERFORMANCE SHARING SPEED SPEED LIMITS STRUCTURES TOLL TRAFFIC CRASHES TRAFFIC DEATHS TRAFFIC INJURIES TRAFFIC POLICE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CHOICES TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VEHICLE VEHICLE DESIGN VEHICLES WALKING WHEELS Marquez, Patricio V. Banjo, George A. Chesheva, Elena Y. Muzira, Stephen Confronting ‘Death on Wheels’ : Making Roads Safe in ECA |
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Road traffic injuries (RTIs) have become
a major public health challenge in many low- and
middle-income countries (LMICs). About 90 percent of the 1.3
million deaths and 50 million injuries from road traffic
crashes worldwide each year occur in LMICs, although these
countries have only 48 percent of the world's
registered vehicles. Increasing motorization and
urbanization in LMICs could double this toll by 2030. The
difference in road crashes between LMICs and high-income
countries (where many road deaths still occur), is stunning.
ECA countries have experienced rapid growth in the number of
passenger cars on the roads over the last two decades. In
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), there was a
120 percent increase in passenger cars per 1,000 persons
from 64 in 1990 to 141 in 2003. Similar trends were observed
in countries in southeastern Europe. Vehicles in many Europe
and Central Asia (ECA) countries tend to be old and have
sub-standard safety features. Length of roads and highways
(in km.) has also increased since the 1990s by 18 percent
and 157 percent in the CIS, 21 percent and 75 percent in
European Union (EU)-10 countries, and 46 percent and 144 in
southeastern Europe, respectively. In spite of significant
investments in road infrastructure since the 1990s, in some
ECA countries the roads still suffer from poor maintenance
and under-investment. |
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Marquez, Patricio V. Banjo, George A. Chesheva, Elena Y. Muzira, Stephen |
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Marquez, Patricio V. Banjo, George A. Chesheva, Elena Y. Muzira, Stephen |
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Marquez, Patricio V. |
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Confronting ‘Death on Wheels’ : Making Roads Safe in ECA |
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Confronting ‘Death on Wheels’ : Making Roads Safe in ECA |
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2012 |
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