Global Road Safety Facility, The World BankInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation2014-04-032014-04-032014-03-31978-0-9894752-9-7https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17613This report summarizes the findings of a long and meticulous journey of data gathering and analysis to quantify the health losses from road deaths and injuries worldwide, as part of the path-finding Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. It is important, first, to acknowledge the profound contribution made by the lead authors and global team of injury prevention professionals to estimate the disease burden of road trauma, before absorbing their findings and recommendations. Without their dedication and tenacity, the way forward would be less certain. The first GBD study, published nearly two decades ago, signaled an emerging road safety crisis in developing regions of the world. It triggered a remarkable program of global advocacy that culminated in the United Nations decade of action for road safety and global plan to bring road safety outcomes under control in these regions by 2020. However, limited investment has been mobilized so far to implement the UN initiative. The second GBD studies, and related analyses presented in this report, confirm the importance of road safety as a global development priority and the urgency with which it must be addressed. The report's findings highlight the growth in road deaths and injuries globally, and their substantial impacts on maternal and child health, despite sustained reductions over the last three to four decades in high-income countries. Combined with the deaths arising from vehicle pollution, the road transport death toll exceeds that of, for example, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or diabetes. This statistic further reinforces the call for global action. Without these GBD estimates we would not have a clear picture of the true situation because official country data in the developing world vastly understate the scale of road transport health losses.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 4.0 IGOACCIDENT DATABASEACCIDENT RESEARCHACTIVE TRANSPORTAFFORDABLE TRANSPORTAGE GROUPSAGEDAIDAIRAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTSALZHEIMER'S DISEASEAMBIENT AIR POLLUTIONAMBIENT POLLUTIONAMPUTATIONASTHMABEHAVIORAL DISORDERSBICYCLE LANESBIKE LANESBRAINBRAIN INJURIESBREASTBREAST CANCERBREASTFEEDINGBURDEN OF DISEASEBURNSCARCAR OCCUPANTSCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESCARSCAUSES OF DEATHCERVICAL CANCERCHILDBIRTHCHILDHOODCHOLESTEROLCHRONIC LUNGCLIMATE CHANGECOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCRASH INJURIESCRASHESCURB EXTENSIONSDEATH RATEDIABETESDIABETES MELLITUSDIARRHEADIARRHEAL DISEASESDIGESTIVE DISEASESDISABILITIESDISABILITYDISEASE BURDENDISEASE RESEARCHDISEASE SURVEILLANCEDRIVERSDRIVINGDROWNINGDRUNK DRIVINGEMERGENCY CAREEMISSIONS FROM ROADEMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRANSPORTEMISSIONS OF POLLUTANTSENDOCRINE DISEASESEPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATAFAMILIESFATALITIESFEMALEFEMALE MORTALITYFEMALESFRACTURESFUELSGLOBAL HEALTHGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGRIDHEALTH BURDENHEALTH CAREHEALTH EFFECTSHEALTH OF MENHEALTH OFFICIALSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH PROFESSIONALSHEALTH RESEARCHHEALTH SURVEILLANCEHEART DISEASEHELMET REQUIREMENTSHIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHIGHWAYHIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTUREHIGHWAY SYSTEMHIVHIV/AIDSHOSPITALHOSPITAL ADMISSIONIMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD SAFETYINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFORMED DECISIONSINJURYINJURY DATAINJURY PREVENTIONINJURY RATESINJURY STATISTICSINTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATIONINTERNATIONAL ROAD TRAFFICINTERNATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASEINTERVENTIONIRONJOURNEYLAND USELAND USE PATTERNSLAWSLIFE EXPECTANCYLIMBSLIVERLIVER CANCERLUNG CANCERLUNG DISEASESMALARIAMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHMATERNAL CONDITIONSMEASLESMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICINEMENINGITISMOBILITYMOBILITY SOLUTIONSMODES OF TRANSPORTMODES OF TRAVELMORTALITYMORTALITY RATESMOTOR VEHICLEMOTOR VEHICLE OWNERSHIPMOTOR VEHICLE OWNERSHIP RATESMOTOR VEHICLE POLLUTIONMOTOR VEHICLESMULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONSMUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERSNATIONAL TRAFFICNEUROLOGICAL DISORDERSNONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESNUTRITIONOLDER PEOPLEOZONEPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN DEATHPEDESTRIAN DEATHSPEDESTRIAN INJURYPEDESTRIANSPHYSICAL ACTIVITYPOLICEPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION EXPOSUREPREGNANCYPREMATURE DEATHPREVALENCEPROSTATEPROSTATE CANCERPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC TRANSPORTRESPIRATORY DISEASESRESPIRATORY INFECTIONSRESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONSRIDERSRISK FACTORSROADROAD DEATH TOLLROAD DEATHSROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD INJURIESROAD SAFETYROAD SAFETY AGENCYROAD SAFETY PROGRAMSROAD TRAFFICROAD TRANSPORTROAD USERROAD USERSROADSRURAL ROADSSAFETY OF PEDESTRIANSSANITATIONSEXESSEXUAL ABUSESIDEWALKSSMOKINGSOCIAL MARKETINGSPECIALISTSPEED BUMPSSTOMACHSTOMACH CANCERSUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTSYPHILISTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETOLLTRAFFIC ACCIDENTTRAFFIC CALMINGTRAFFIC CALMING MEASURESTRAFFIC CRASHESTRAFFIC DEATHSTRAFFIC INJURIESTRAFFIC POLICETRANSITTRANSIT SYSTEMSTRANSPORTTRANSPORT ACCIDENTSTRANSPORT EVALUATIONTRANSPORT FACILITIESTRANSPORT IMPACTSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT RESEARCHTRANSPORT RESEARCH CENTERTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION POLICIESTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSTRAUMATROPICAL DISEASESTRUETUBERCULOSISTYPES OF ROADTYPHOIDVEHICLE EMISSIONSVEHICLE FLEETVEHICLE FLEETSVEHICLE OCCUPANTSVEHICLE SAFETYVEHICLE SPEEDSVEHICLE TRAVELVEHICLE USEVICTIMSVIOLENCEVISIONVULNERABLE ROAD USERSWALKINGWASTEWORKPLACEWOUNDSYOUNG ADULTS10.1596/978-0-9894752-9-7