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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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