World report on road traffic injury preventionRoad traffic injuries are a major but neglected public health challenge that requires concerted efforts for effective and sustainable prevention
Of all the systems with which people have to deal every day, road traffic systems are the most complex and the most dangerous
Worldwide, an estimated 1
2 million people are killed in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured
Projections indicate that these figures will increase by about 65% over the next 20 years unless there is new commitment to prevention
Nevertheless, the tragedy behind these figures attracts less mass media attention than other, less frequent types of tragedy
The World report on road traffic injury prevention is the first major report being jointly issued by
