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Dangerous Roads : Russia’s Safety Challenge
dc.contributor.author | Marquez, Patricio V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bliss, Anthony G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-13T10:37:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-13T10:37:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | As in many countries of the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA), vehicle ownership in Russia has grown faster in the last decade than the decline in the rate of fatalities per vehicle. At the same time, road safety policies and interventions have not kept pace with the boom in motorization. In 2008, the motor vehicle fleet in the country exceeded 41 million cars, up 24 percent from 2004, and the number of drivers licensed increased by 40 percent during this period. In 2008, Russia saw nearly 30,000 road traffic deaths and about 271,000 non-fatal road traffic injuries. While these figures represent a drop of 13 percent from 2004, Russia's road traffic mortality rate is still five times higher than what is seen in several European Union (EU) countries, about twice more than in the United States, higher than in other Eastern European countries such as Poland and Hungary, and higher than the average for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/12817904/dangerous-roads-russias-safety-challenge | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10172 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 27 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AIRBAGS | |
dc.subject | ALCOHOL CONTENT | |
dc.subject | ASSEMBLY | |
dc.subject | BICYCLE HELMETS | |
dc.subject | BICYCLISTS | |
dc.subject | BLOOD ALCOHOL | |
dc.subject | BUS | |
dc.subject | BUS DRIVERS | |
dc.subject | CAR | |
dc.subject | CAR OCCUPANTS | |
dc.subject | CARS | |
dc.subject | CITY ROADS | |
dc.subject | COLLISIONS | |
dc.subject | CONTROL SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | COST OF ROAD CRASHES | |
dc.subject | CRASH BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | CRASH REDUCTION | |
dc.subject | CRASHES | |
dc.subject | CROSSING | |
dc.subject | CYCLISTS | |
dc.subject | DRIVERS | |
dc.subject | DRIVING | |
dc.subject | DRUNK DRIVING | |
dc.subject | EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE | |
dc.subject | EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES | |
dc.subject | FATAL CRASHES | |
dc.subject | FATALITIES | |
dc.subject | FRAMEWORK | |
dc.subject | GOAL | |
dc.subject | HELMET USE | |
dc.subject | HIGHWAY | |
dc.subject | HIGHWAYS | |
dc.subject | INJURY | |
dc.subject | INJURY PREVENTION | |
dc.subject | INJURY SURVEILLANCE | |
dc.subject | INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | INTERSECTION | |
dc.subject | KILOMETERS PER HOUR | |
dc.subject | LANES | |
dc.subject | MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | MORTALITY RATE | |
dc.subject | MOTOR VEHICLE | |
dc.subject | MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET | |
dc.subject | MOTORCYCLE | |
dc.subject | MOTORCYCLES | |
dc.subject | MOTORCYCLISTS | |
dc.subject | PARKING | |
dc.subject | PASSENGER | |
dc.subject | PASSENGERS | |
dc.subject | PEDESTRIAN | |
dc.subject | PEDESTRIAN DEATHS | |
dc.subject | PEDESTRIAN ZONES | |
dc.subject | PEDESTRIANS | |
dc.subject | PROPERTY DAMAGE | |
dc.subject | ROAD | |
dc.subject | ROAD CONDITIONS | |
dc.subject | ROAD CONSTRUCTION | |
dc.subject | ROAD CRASHES | |
dc.subject | ROAD DEATHS | |
dc.subject | ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE | |
dc.subject | ROAD MAINTENANCE | |
dc.subject | ROAD NETWORKS | |
dc.subject | ROAD SAFETY | |
dc.subject | ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS | |
dc.subject | ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | ROAD SAFETY MEASURES | |
dc.subject | ROAD SAFETY POLICIES | |
dc.subject | ROAD SAFETY SPECIALIST | |
dc.subject | ROAD TRAFFIC | |
dc.subject | ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES | |
dc.subject | ROAD USER | |
dc.subject | ROADS | |
dc.subject | RUNNING LIGHTS | |
dc.subject | SAFETY | |
dc.subject | SAFETY AUDITS | |
dc.subject | SAFETY EQUIPMENT | |
dc.subject | SAFETY IMPACT | |
dc.subject | SAFETY PERFORMANCE | |
dc.subject | SAFETY STANDARDS | |
dc.subject | SEAT BELT | |
dc.subject | SEAT BELT USE | |
dc.subject | SEAT BELTS | |
dc.subject | SEVERITY OF INJURIES | |
dc.subject | SIGNS | |
dc.subject | SPEED | |
dc.subject | SPEED LIMITS | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC CALMING | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC CRASHES | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC DEATHS | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC INJURIES | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC POLICE | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC SAFETY | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORT SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | TRUCK | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE CRASHES | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE DESIGN | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE FLEET | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE OWNERSHIP | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE SAFETY | |
dc.subject | VEHICLES | |
dc.subject | VULNERABLE ROAD USERS | |
dc.subject | WHEELS | |
dc.title | Dangerous Roads : Russia’s Safety Challenge | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2010-09-30 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Brief | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/12817904/dangerous-roads-russias-safety-challenge | |
okr.globalpractice | Transport and ICT | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000333037_20100930020713 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 12817904 | |
okr.identifier.report | 56707 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2010/09/30/000333037_20100930020713/Rendered/PDF/567070BRI0Box31oad1Safety1in1Russia.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Europe and Central Asia | |
okr.region.country | Russian Federation | |
okr.topic | Transport :: Airports and Air Services | |
okr.topic | Roads and Highways | |
okr.topic | Urban Transport | |
okr.topic | Transport Economics Policy and Planning | |
okr.topic | Road Safety | |
okr.unit | Health and Nutrition (ECSH1) | |
okr.unit | Office of the Regional Vice Pres (ECAVP) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 |
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