One million people die on world's roads every year

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7444.851

BMJ 2004;328:851 (10 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7444.851

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One million people die on world's roads every year

Owen Dyer

London

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Nearly 1.2 million people die each year on the world's roads,and the number will rise by 65% over the first two decades ofthis century, says a report published this week by the WorldHealth Organization and the World Bank. Most of the extra deathswill occur in the developing world.

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Road traffic injuries and deaths are a major public health crisisthat is being neglected by governments and the media, concludesthe report, which was published on 7 April to mark world healthday—dedicated this year to road safety.

In 2002 road traffic injuries represented 2.6% of the globalburden from disease. Road deaths accounted for almost 23% ofall deaths from injury, compared with 16.9% from suicide, 3.4%from war, and 10.8% from other violence.

WHO estimates that the number of people injured annually couldbe as high as 50 million. "The tragedy behind these figures,"says . . . [Full text of this article]

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