Written by Pratishtha Singh1 and Dr Jagnoor Jagnoor 1,2 ‘Human error cause of road accidents in 95% cases.’ ‘Speeding led to 70% of India road crash deaths.’ ‘Reckless driver causes multiple accidents.’ ‘Wrong side and drunk driving major reasons for accidents in India.’ Every year, Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) claim the lives of about 1.3 […]
Category: Road Safety
Safe and Healthy Journeys to School for Children and Adolescents in Tanga, Tanzania
Written by George Malekela and Ayikai Poswayo Hasina is a fourteen-year-old student in Tanga who set off one morning – as she always did – on her walk to school. It was a warm humid day. She walked down the dusty dirt road, jumped over the wide-open drain, darted between a fast-moving car and sluggish […]
Slow Zones, Safe Zones in Vietnam
Written by: Sidik M, Attwood P, Powlowski R, Ariobowo A, Peden M Can you imagine… that there are 68 people are killed on our roads in Vietnam every day? Every single day, 68 people leave their homes in the morning and never return. This is the same as one Airbus A380 crashing every week […]
Saving children’s lives: The Botnar Child Road Safety Challenge
Authors: Margie Peden, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Dave Elseroad, Ennada Lagouit, Judy Fleiter According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries claim more than 1.35 million lives each year, injure and disable millions more and have a huge impact on victims, families, communities and governments. Road traffic deaths are particularly frequent among children accounting […]