Socio-Economic Costs and Human Impacts of Road Accidents in Azerbaijan
Road accidents represent a growing worldwide problem. According to the official statistics, 696 people died and 1,410 were seriously injured in road crashes in Azerbaijan in 2020. The launch of the state road safety program for 2019 - 2023 is an im...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/723601625814115541/Socio-Economic-Costs-and-Human-Impacts-of-Road-Accidents-in-Azerbaijan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35986 |
| Summary: | Road accidents represent a growing
worldwide problem. According to the official statistics, 696
people died and 1,410 were seriously injured in road crashes
in Azerbaijan in 2020. The launch of the state road safety
program for 2019 - 2023 is an important step towards
improving road safety in Azerbaijan. By adopting the program
in 2018 the Government of Azerbaijan committed itself to
substantially improving road safety. The strategic program
aims to improve Azerbaijan’s road safety performance and to
reduce the number of road crashes and casualties. The state
road safety program explicitly states that in addition to
reducing the number of accidents and casualties, decreasing
the socio-economic costs that result from road crashes is
one of its aims. The lack of information on the
socio-economic costs of road crashes is an important
knowledge and capacity gap for handling road safety problems
in Azerbaijan. The aim of the study is to assess the
national socio-economic costs and the impact of road
accidents on poverty, shared prosperity, and vulnerable
groups. Concerning the socio-economic costs, all relevant
cost items are included and quantified to the extent
possible, following international standards and best
practices. The report is structured as follows: chapter one
gives introduction. Chapter two presents the methodology for
the assessment of the socio-economic costs and poverty
impacts of road crashes in Azerbaijan, as well as the data
collection methods, including a survey among road
casualties. Chapter three presents the assessment of the
socio-economic costs of road crashes and chapter four - of
the human and poverty impacts. Chapter five discusses policy
implications of study results for policy making and presents
key recommendations. |
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