World report on road traffic injury prevention

WHO
2004



This major world report on road traffic injury prevention is the first of its kind, and was published in 2004 as a joint initiative between the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank. The report contains in-depth statistical analysis and provides a strategic framework for action to improve international road safety.

It is primarily aimed at policy-makers and key professionals in all sectors and at all levels, Chapter one deals with the fundamentals of the core aims of the report: to create a greater level of awareness, commitment and informed decision-making so that effective strategies for preventing road injuries can be implemented, to justify changing perceptions about the nature of the road traffic injury problem and what constitutes successful prevention, and to strengthen institutions and create effective partnerships in order to deliver safer road traffic systems.

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