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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459557803321

Titolo

Global status report on road safety [[electronic resource] ] : time for action

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2009

ISBN

1-282-69720-X

9786612697203

92-4-068520-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

363.125

Soggetti

Traffic safety

Traffic safety - Government policy

Traffic accidents

Crash injuries

Traffic fatalities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-43) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Executive summary; Conclusions; Statistical annex; Explanatory notes; Tables

Sommario/riassunto

Over 1.2 million people die each year on the world' roads, and between 20 and 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries. In most regions of the world this epidemic of road traffic injuries is still increasing. In the past five years most countries have endorsed the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention which give guidance on how countries can implement a comprehensive approach to improving road safety and reducing the death toll on their roads. To date, however, there has been no global assessment of road safety that indicates the extent to which this approach is bei