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30 June, 2022
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The Lancet study highlights the urgency of implementing a safe system approach that can effectively address road injury death by 2030 and the number of lives that can be saved through intervention in road safety risk factors.
The report uses mortality data from the Global Burden of Disease 2017.
This is the first-time country-wise reports are presented based on four parameters drunk- driving, helmet use, speeding, seat -belt use.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE REPORT
ROAD ACCIDENT
IMPACT OF ROAD ACCIDENT
India's socio-economic cost of road traffic accidents for the year 2019 was in the range of USD15.71 billion to USD38.81 billion, which amounts to 0.55–1.35% of the Gross Domestic Product.
At the individual level, road crash injuries and even deaths cause a severe financial burden and push entire households into poverty and the already poor into debt.
Every road accident death causes exhaustion of nearly seven months’ household income in poor families and pushes the children of victims into a cycle of poverty and debt
Women in the families of victims carry the burden across poor and rich households, often doing up extra work, assuming more greater responsibilities, and performing caregiving activities.
About 50% of women were severely affected by the decrease in their household income after a crash.
About 40% of women also reported a change in their working area post-accident.
RELATED INITIATIVES
This declaration was signed at the second Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety which was held in Brazil. India is also a signatory to the Declaration in 2015, to reduce road deaths by 50% in five years.
Signatory countries plan to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.6 i.e. half the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2030.
It is celebrated every two years, the fifth edition was held from 6-12 May 2019, which highlighted the need for strong leadership for road safety.
In September 2020, United Nation adopted this resolution with the ambitious target of preventing at least 50% of road traffic injuries and death by 2030.
India’s Initiative for Road Safety
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act 2019
National Road Safety Policy 2010
Other measures
Limitations
Despite proper acts and policies, road safety is still a major concern due to
Way forward
For ensuring better road safety and achieving the target of reducing road accident deaths to 50% by 2024, high priorities have to be accorded to:
Source: The Hindu
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