1. Road Safety: The Need for Action
RS10 Partnership on Road Safety,
with a Focus of EMBARQ Efforts
May 26th, 2010
Manila
Amit Bhatt, Transportation Specialist

2. Bloomberg
Global Road Safety
Program Overview

3. Global Road Safety
The next winnable battle in public health
Large disease burden
Road traffic accidents kill >1.2 million people and injure
between 20 and 50 million more each year
In most parts of the world, the epidemic of road traffic
injuries is still increasing
Amenable to intervention and public action
Legal interventions are relatively inexpensive and extremely
cost-effective to implement and enforce
Best accomplished through coordinated actions among
government, NGOs, public-private partnerships, and civil
society

4. Road traffic injuries are projected to be the
5th leading cause of death globally by 030
2004 2030
(actual) (projected)
Road traffic crashes currently cause more than 1.2 million deaths a year –
but by 2030 will kill an estimated 2.4 million people per year

5. Road traffic death rates are twice as high in low-
income countries as in high-income countries
Per 100,000 population
More than 90% of the world’s road traffic deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries –
even though these countries have less than half of the world’s registered vehicles

6. Nearly half of road traffic deaths are among
“vulnerable” road users – whose needs are often
neglected when setting road safety policy
In some low-income countries, 80% of road traffic deaths are among “vulnerable” road
users (compared with about 20% of road traffic deaths in some high-income countries)

7. Road traffic safety is underfunded compared
with other leading global causes of death
(~$13 million
World Health Organization in funding)

8. Project summary
Global road safety – an enormous problem
Increasing numbers of fatalities and injuries,
especially in lower-income countries
Proven interventions available but underused
Underfunded, especially compared with other
leading causes of death
6 partner organizations working in 10
countries that have nearly half of the world’s
road deaths
Proposed commitment of $125 million over 5
yrs
Relatively small amounts can have large impact

9. Country selection
10 low- and middle-income countries with ~580,000
road traffic fatalities in 2007
Continue support in Vietnam, Mexico and Cambodia
Add China (1 province), India (1 state), Russia, Brazil, Egypt,
Kenya, Turkey
Represents almost half (48%) of traffic deaths globally

10. Partner organizations
World Health Organization
World Resources Initiative/EMBARQ
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health
Global Road Safety Partnership
World Bank Road Safety Facility
Association for Safe International
Road Travel

14. Photo by Adil Naham

27. Key Words for EMBARQ
- Cities
- “Risk factors”
- Infrastructure
- Pedestrians & cyclist
- Co-benefits
- Data Collection

28. 1. Investment leveraged
2. People served
3. Travel Time Saved
4. CO2 Avoided
…

29. …Transport Health & Safety
5. Air Pollution Reduced
6. Traffic Crashes reduced
7. Public space created
7bis. Physical activity
8. Economic Evaluation (TBD)

33. BRTs & Road Safety Research
- Mexico
- India
- Turkey
- Brazil
- Colombia

34. Rickshaw’s business plan

35. Photo by: Cheapest destinations

37. Mexico, DF
3rd BRT Corridor “Vallejo”
Road Safety Audit

38. AGUAS CALIENTES
Transit Oriented Development - TOD

40. Thanks You
Global Strategic Partners
CATERPILLAR FOUNDATION
www.embarq.wri.org