About 1.5 million people die in collisions around the world each year and millions more are injured. Save LIVES: A Road Safety Technical Package identifies measures that have been implemented in countries like Canada and are proven to have saved lives.
The package is meant to be a guide that helps prioritize the decision making on policies that implement sustainable development goals.
Document Introduction
The document's introduction explains that the package details key evidence-based measures identified by many of the world’s leading experts and their agencies as those most likely to impact road traffic deaths and injuries in the short and long term.
They relate to: speed management, infrastructure design, vehicle safety, laws and their enforcement, emergency post-crash care and leadership on road safety.
Decade of Action for Road Safety
Overall, the Decade of Action led to:
- A global effort to address challenges.
- Increased awareness and education about issues.
- Improvements in legislation and enforcement.
- Safer vehicles and roads.
- Better post-crash care.
There was a reduction in road traffic fatalities and serious injuries in many countries.
Progress made during the previous Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 has laid the foundation for accelerated action in the years ahead. Among achievements are inclusion of road safety on the global health and development agenda, broad dissemination of scientific guidance on what works, strengthening of partnerships and networks, and mobilization of resources.
The 5 Pillars of the Global Plan
Conclusion
If put into practice in a strategic manner, this package of measures will go a long way towards proving that deaths and injuries on the roads need not be an inevitable by-product of our highly mobile societies, and that together we can indeed build a future in which a culture of road safety prevails.
Learn More
- Save LIVES: a Road Safety Technical Package
- Global Plan - Decade of Action 2021 - 2030
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