The Decade of Action for Road Safety Rob

The Decade of Action for Road Safety Rob Klein GHVI /Fi. A Foundation

ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS AND INJURIES: A FAST GROWING GLOBAL EPIDEMIC

Why is this happening? • Low institutional & technical capacity • Lack of driver training • Unsafe/unsuitable roads • Little enforcement of key risk factors: e. g. Speed, helmets, seat belts, drink driving • Vehicles constantly added to unsafe environment

Vehicle growth to 2020

Global Impact of road traffic injuries Harvard University

Road traffic injuries…the forgotten killer… Source: WHO GBD 2008

Commission for Global Road Safety & Make Roads Safe Campaign • Framed road safety as a development issue • Proposed and campaigned for a global ministerial – level conference • Proposed and campaigned for a UN Decade of Action for Road Safety

Million name petition for a UN Conference

Launching the Decade of Action Saul Billingsley, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation Policy Forum, Como, 17 th May 2010

Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Moscow November 2009

2 nd March 2010

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2 nd March 2010: “Proclaims the period 2011 -2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, with a goal to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world”

Harvard Projections on RTI Deaths Decade of Action

Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment

Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Guria, J for CGRS, 2009

Changing Direction: Potential of a Decade of Action for Road Safety Best case scenario, assuming policy era investment Stabilisation Guria, J for CGRS, 2009

G 20 road death rates – a concern for all WHO Global Status Report, 2009

DECADE ACTION PLAN Five pillars for a Safe Systems approach Build Capacity Build Safer Roads Build Safer Vehicles Safer User behaviour www. who. int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/ Improve Post-crash care

WHAT IS THE DECADE OPPORTUNITY? • For road safety to punch its weight as a policy issue • To motivate and encourage political and resource commitments both globally and nationally • To stimulate donors to integrate road safety into their assistance programmes • To encourage industry and regulators to perform • Accelerate the adoption of good practices in LMICs • To save millions of lives

CAN UN DECADES DELIVER. . . ?

Ban Ki Moon UN Secretary General

Endorsement of the Tag Public figures and celebrities…

MORE INFORMATION: Go to the following websites: http: //www. who. int/roadsafety/deca de_of_action http: //www. decadeofaction. org