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WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety: India tops in Road Deaths
WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety: India leads in Road Deaths: Details, Key Findings
According to the (World Health Organization) WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety, India tops in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016 and globally the toll of road deaths increased from 1.25 million to 1.35 in a span of 3 years.
As per the report, a spike in road deaths globally has come as a shocker considering that the countries had pledged to halve their road deaths by 2020.
The United Nations had declared the 2010-2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
According to the report, at this rate, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 3.6 to halve road traffic deaths by 2020 will not be met.
The WHO report also suggests that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. The congestion is caused by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, in particular, those living in developing countries.
The WHO report suggests that the price paid for mobility is too high, especially because proven measures exist. These include strategies to address speed and drinking and driving, among other behaviors; safer infrastructure like dedicated lanes for cyclists and motorcyclists; improved vehicle standards such as those that mandate electronic stability control; and enhanced post-crash care. Drastic action is needed to put these measures in place to meet any future global target that might be set and save lives.
