Learning Lessons: Improving Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank | April 2013
Abstract
Deaths and injuries caused by road crashes are critical development and public health issues. Globally, road crashes cause around 1.2 million deaths and 20 million–50 million injuries a year, with Asia accounting for 60% of the toll (Asian Development Bank [ADB] 2005). Road traffic injuries are now the 9th leading cause of death worldwide. Without new and improved interventions, road traffic injuries are expected to become the 5th leading cause of death globally by 2030 (World Health Organization [WHO] 2013). The global economic cost of road crashes is estimated at $518 billion a year (WHO 2004). The cost to ADB’s developing member countries represented about 2% of their total gross domestic product in 2007, or about $96 billion (ADB 2012).
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Asian Development Bank. 2013. Learning Lessons: Improving Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3344. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Development
Development Issues
Development Policies
Infrastructure Development
Demand For Transport
Means Of Transport
National Transport
Passenger Transport
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