The Decade of Action For Road Safety:

Toward Zero Deaths Worldwide

May 11, 2011 Decade of Action

for Road Safety 2011-2020

launched in 110 countries.

• 1.3M per year killed, and 50M injured, on the world’s roads

• Economic cost of $100 billion a year

• By 2015, traffic crashes will be the leading cause of death or disability for children age 5 and above

Traffic Safety…A Global Crisis

Road traffic deaths and injuries: a fast growing epidemic

2004 2030

Dangerous overtaking – predictions of global mortality

Source: WHO Global Burden of Disease 2008

The symbol for

the Decade of

Action for Road

Safety

•Established by World Health Organization as UN coordinating agency for road safety •Managed pro bono by FIA Foundation – UK registered, self financed philanthropy •Supervised by committee of independent road safety experts

For more information:

www.decadeofaction.org

www.fiafoundation.org