WHO South-East Asia Regional status report on road safety: Towards safer and sustainable mobility

The WHO South-East (SE) Asia Region, home to over a quarter of the world’s population, faces unique challenges when it comes to reducing road traffic deaths, making targeted efforts imperative. According to the WHO estimates, 330 222 deaths in the WHO South-East Asia Region in the year 2021 occurred due to RTIs, which is equivalent to about 28% of global road traffic deaths. The Region has 11 Member States: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste.