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Global road safety policy context

Etienne Krug, DirectorDepartment for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence & Injury Prevention

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Global Road Safety : 1999 to date

2004 2016

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Ministerial meeting: Russia 2009

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2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety: 18-19 November, Brazil 2015

First meeting of parliamentarians

Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety

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2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety (Brazil) Side event

Parliamentarians for global road safety - Building a legislators network

Dr Chan welcomes proposal to set up a global network for road safety legislators

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Governing bodies

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

World Health Assembly (WHA)

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Global Plan of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

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Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety: 5 Pillars

Pillar 1

Road safety management

Pillar 2

Safer roads and mobility

Pillar 3

Safer vehicles

Pillar 4

Safer road users

Pillar 5

Post-crash response

INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

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UN Road Safety Collaboration

Created in 2004 Informal consultative mechanismSecretariat: WHO85 Members from UN agencies, other international

agencies, governments, foundations and academic centres, nongovernmental organizations, and private sector.

Goal: strengthen international collaboration among UN agencies & other international partners

www.who.int/roadsafety

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Global Alliance for road safety NGOs

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Global status report on road safety

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"Death on the roads" The GSRRS data visualization tool

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Mandate to reduce deaths & injuries

3.6 By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents

11.2 By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities

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Where are we currently?

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Where do we need to get to?

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What needs to happen?

A holistic approach: the Safe System approach

Four essential elements– Safe speeds– Safe roads and roadsides– Compliant road users– Safe vehicles

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SaveLIVES Package

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Mandate to improve laws

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In the last 3 years only, 17 countries representing 409 million people have updated their laws on one or more risk factors in

line with best practice

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UN Vehicle safety standards

Vehicles sold in 80% of all countries fail to meet priority vehicle standards

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Best practices to improve road safety legislation

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Mandate to develop global targetsUN GA asked WHO to develop

performance targets and indicators on risk factors and service delivery.

Accepted through WHA.Member State driven process

– Start May 2016– End May 2018

Evidence developed by WHO with partners.

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Thank you