Road SafetyStudents: Diana Luchian

Loredana Groza

Coordinator: Cristina Cornea (teacher)

Simona Avramescu (headmaster)

One-year progress update: Decade of Action for Road Safety 2013-2020

Everything and anything can be fixed except death

Be careful not pass

illegally

Road traffic deaths by type of road user

Other key data

Worldwide vehicle ownership is forecast to double by 2020.

Much of this growth will be in emerging markets.

Road traffic injuries cost countries 1–3% of GDP.

Only 15% of countries have comprehensive laws which address five key behavioural risks.

Prevention works

Evolution of the number of annual road traffic deaths in metropolitan France, 1970-2009

Cost benefit•Seatbelts (USA, Canada, Norway):

1 : 3-8

•Speed cameras (all EU): 1 : 5.9

•Motorcycle helmets (Norway, USA): 1 : 17

•Drinking and driving: 1 : 19-56

Goal of the Decade To halt or reverse the predicted increase in

road traffic fatalities around the world

Some future directions

Additional, coordinated, multi-sectorial country support mechanisms

More large scale evaluated interventions

A few agreed priorities (e.g. legislative reform and enforcement)

Vocal civil society

Better informed media

Inclusion of road safety in other agendas (e.g. Rio +20)

Additional players

Now we need to move this campaign into high gear and steer our world to safer roads ahead. Together, we can save millions of lives."

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

FINISH

Green for life!

Vetel Secondary School