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Road traffic injuries

More than 3000 people die on the world's roads every day. Tens of millions of people are injured or disabled every year. Children, pedestrians, cyclists and the elderly are among the most vulnerable of road users. WHO works with partners - governmental and nongovernmental - around the world to raise the profile of the preventability of road traffic injuries and promote good practices related to helmet and seat-belt wearing, not drinking and driving, not speeding and being visible in traffic.


FEATURED EVENT

First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety

Moscow, Russian federation
19-20 November 2009

More information

FEATURED REPORT

Global status report

An assessment of how countries implemented the recommendations of the World Report.


Advocacy

Facts about road safety
10 Facts | Factsheets | Questions & Answers

World Health Day 2004
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Working in countries

Full text

Promoting seat-belt use

Seat-belt manual

Youth and road safety

World Youth Assembly | 10 facts about youth and road safety

Promoting helmet usage

Helmet manual | Helmet initiative | Neurotrauma

Preventing drink-driving

Drinking & driving manual | Alcohol & injuries

Services for victims

Trauma care | Faces behind the figures | Day of remembrance

Partnerships

UN Road Safety Collaboration | Working with NGOs | Networks

Building capacity

Road traffic injury manual | TEACH-VIP

Statistics and information

Global & regional statistics | Research

Resolutions & Strategies

WHA resolutions | UN resolutions | Strategies & plans

HIGHLIGHTS

First United Nations Global Road Safety Week
23-29 April 2007

World remembrance day for road traffic victims
18 November 2007


MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Global status report on road safety

Seat-belt manual [pdf 3.47Mb]

Newsletter: The Road Ahead


Full list of road safety publications and resources


MULTIMEDIA

Road Safety posters

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Road Marks posters

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Public Alarm video clips


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