Confronting "Death on Wheels"

This report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in addressing road safety in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It presents information on the size, characteristics, and causes of the problem; presents evidence on the effectiveness of measures that countries world-wide have adopted to improve road safety; briefly describes current international road safety policy; and discusses a range of strategies and actions that could be undertaken by the World Bank in coordination and partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), multilateral development banks, other international agencies and donors, as well as with private and civil society institutions. A primary audience of this report is internal-particularly managers and staff of the World Bank working in the transport, health, education, and governance sectors, to raise awareness about the multisectoral nature of the road safety challenge and of effective options to address it. It proposes ways that the World Bank might engage more to support ECA countries in tackling this issue, working in partnership with other international agencies and donors. The secondary audience is external policymakers, senior analysts, program managers, and their advisers in the governments of ECA countries, private sector officials, and civil society and international organizations working in this field. The goal is to support discussion on appropriate choices and instruments for advancing the road safety agenda as a top development priority over the short and medium term.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-11
Subjects:	ACCIDENT DATABASE, ADOLESCENTS, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT, AGED, AGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, AGING, AIR, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR POLLUTION, ALCOHOL ABUSE, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOL MISUSE, ALLERGIES, ANXIETY, AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILES, AVERAGE SPEEDS, BICYCLISTS, BLOOD ALCOHOL, BUS, BUSES, CAR, CAR OCCUPANTS, CAR TRANSPORT, CAR TRIPS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CARS, CASUALTY RATES, CLIMATE CHANGE, COLLISION FREQUENCY, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY ROAD ACCIDENT DATABASE, CONGESTION, CRASH FATALITIES, CRASH PROTECTION, CRASH REDUCTION, CRASH VICTIMS, CROSSINGS, CYCLING, CYCLISTS, DIABETES, DISEASE VECTORS, DRIVER BEHAVIOR, DRIVERS, DRIVING, DRUNK DRIVING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EXERCISES, FAMILIES, FATAL INJURIES, FATALITY RATE, FATALITY RISK, FINANCIAL SAVINGS, FIRST AID, FRACTURES, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HEAD INJURIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH FOR ALL, HEALTH POLICY, HELMET USE, HELMETS, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY DESIGN, HIGHWAYS, HOSPITALIZATION, HOSPITALS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INJURY, INJURY PREVENTION, INJURY RATES, INJURY RISK, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION, LAND TRANSPORT, LAND USE, LAWS, LENGTH OF ROADS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVER CANCER, LIVING CONDITIONS, MEDICINES, MENTAL HEALTH, MOBILITY, MODAL SHIFT, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MORTALITY, MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLISTS, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY, NATIONAL TRAFFIC, NOISE, NOISE LEVELS, NUMBERS OF DEATHS, NURSES, NUTRITION, OBESITY, OLDER PEOPLE, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGERS, PATIENTS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, PEDESTRIAN INJURY, PEDESTRIANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, POLICE, POLLUTION COSTS, PROGNOSIS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLICIES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRIPS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, RAIL, RAIL TRANSPORT, RIDERS, RISK FACTORS, RISK GROUPS, ROAD, ROAD BUILDING, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD CRASH, ROAD CRASHES, ROAD DEATHS, ROAD DESIGN, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INJURIES, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SAFETY CONSULTANT, ROAD SAFETY EFFORT, ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS, ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD SAFETY ISSUES, ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT, ROAD SAFETY MEASURES, ROAD SAFETY POLICIES, ROAD SAFETY POLICY, ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS, ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH, ROAD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES, ROAD SAFETY SPECIALIST, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES, ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITY, ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USER, ROAD USER EDUCATION, ROAD USERS, ROADS, RURAL DRIVING, SAFE CROSSING, SAFE ROADS, SAFE WALKING, SAFETY CHECKS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SAFETY FEATURES, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY INITIATIVES, SAFETY ISSUES, SAFETY MEASURES, SAFETY PERFORMANCE, SAFETY REGULATIONS, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SPEED, SPEED LIMITS, SPEED ROADS, SPEEDS, TOLL, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC CRASHES, TRAFFIC DEATH, TRAFFIC DEATH RATES, TRAFFIC DEATHS, TRAFFIC DENSITY, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC FATALITY RATES, TRAFFIC INJURIES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC NOISE, TRAFFIC POLICE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT SAFETY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORTATION CHOICES, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, TRUCKS, URBAN DRIVING, VEHICLE, VEHICLE CRASH, VEHICLE CRASHES, VEHICLE DESIGN, VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, VEHICLE SAFETY, VEHICLES, VIOLENCE, VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, WALKING, YOUNG ADULTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/744131468257645475/Confronting-death-on-wheels-making-roads-safe-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia-establishing-multisectoral-partnerships-to-address-a-silent-epidemic https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27840
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