WHO - Few countries have road safety laws
Only 28 countries, covering 7% of the world’s population, have comprehensive road safety laws on all five key risk factors: drinking and driving, speeding, and failing to use motorcycle helmets, seat-belts, and child restraints. The pace of legislative change needs to rapidly accelerate if the number of deaths from road traffic crashes is to be substantially reduced, according to the Global status report on road safety 2013: supporting a decade of action, published today by WHO.
In 2010, there were 1.24 million deaths worldwide from road traffic crashes, roughly the same number as in 2007. The report shows that while 88 Member States were able to reduce the number of road traffic fatalities, that number increased in 87 countries. (...)
The article:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/road_safety_20130314/en/index.html
The Report:
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2013/en/index.html
Passato... prossimo:
https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6198:campagna-sulla-sicurezza-stradale-2012-2013&catid=49:viaggiare&Itemid=136
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