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Developing global targets for road safety risk factors and service delivery mechanisms
Despite an increase in the overall number of deaths, the rates of death relative to the size of the world population have stabilized in recent years.
Overview
Assignment given to WHO Secretariat in May 2016
Road traffic injuries are the tenth leading cause of death globally, responsible for around 1.3 million deaths each year. To accelerate action to reduce this burden, the UN General Assembly declared a Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011–2020). Recognizing the obstacle that road traffic injuries present to development efforts, Member States also included a specific target on road safety (SDG 3.6) in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Accelerating progress towards safer roads will be facilitated with the setting of performance targets and indicators. World Health Assembly Resolution 69.7, adopted in May 2016, requested WHO, in collaboration with other UN agencies and the UN Regional Commissions, to continue facilitating a transparent, sustainable and participatory process with all stakeholders to assist interested countries to develop global performance targets on key risk factors and service delivery mechanisms to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries.
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