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GLOBAL BURDEN OF
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY
Adriana Blanco Marquizo MD, MA
Unit Chief, Risk Factors and Nutrition
Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
PAHO/WHO
CUGH Global Health Conference 2017 “Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: Implementation, Leadership and Sustainability in Global Health”
Washington, D.C., April 8, 2017
Outline• The problem
• Unequal burden
• Status of legislation
• Global commitments
• The way forward
• Conclusions
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Public Health & Development Problem
• 1.25 million deaths worldwide
• 9th cause of death in 2013, estimated 7th for 2030
• First cause of death ages 15 to 29 years old
• Plus up to 50 million people with non-fatal injuries
• Economic losseso 3% of GDP globally
o 5% of GDP in low- and middle-income countries
• Source of health inequities
Unequal Burden
Source: Global status report on road safety 2015
Road traffic death by user & region
Source: Global status report on road safety 2015
World
Legislation on behavioral risk factors (2011-2014)
Source: WHO Global status report on road safety 2015
Global Plan for the Decade of Action
for Road Safety 2011-2020
Road safety mana-gement
Safer roads and mobility
Safer vehicles
Post –crash respon-se
FIVE PILLARS
Safer road users
Process for the Development of Global Targets
Sustainable Development Goals
The Way Forward…
2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2017 2020
Years
The Save LIVES package
Save LIVESSpeed management
Leadership
Infrastructure design and improvements
Vehicle safety
Enforcement of traffic laws
Survival
4th United Nations Global Road Safety Week
5% cut in average speed can result in 30% reduction in the number of fatal crashes
Conclusions• Progress is being made: number of deaths stabilizing,
but pace of improvements is slow
• Many countries lag far behind in terms of best practice
legislation
• Enforcement is weak across risk factors globally
• The needs of pedestrians and cyclists are still
neglected, yet making walking and cycling safer is
essential to reducing road traffic deaths, and will have
other health co-benefits
Thank you
WHO Department for Management of Noncommunicable Disease, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention (NVI)
Etienne Krug, Director;
Margie Peden, Coordinator Unintentional Injury Prevention
PAHO Department of Noncommunicable Disease and Mental Health (NMH)
Anselm Hennis, Director;
Adriana Blanco, Unit Chief, Risk Factors and Nutrition;
Eugênia Rodrigues, Advisor on Road Safety;
Alessandra Senisse, Regional Data Coordinator on Road Safety.
