Transcript Round Table 7 - Youth for Road Safety

Round Table 7
The capacity of corporations and the public
sector to implement decisive actions in order to
substantially improve work-related road safety
The road safety crisis
 1.3 million deaths annually
 ≈ 30% of these are work-related
 ≈ 50 million injuries and
disabilities
 Social cost enormous
 Costs governments up to 5%
GDP
 Predicted to rise from 9th to 5th
leading cause of death by 2030
if nothing is done
RANK
DISEASE
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Ischaemic heart
disease
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Cerebrovascular
disease
3
Emphysema
4
Lower respiratory
Infection
5
Road traffic injuries
6
Lung cancers
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Diabetes mellitus
8
Hyptertensive heart
disease
9
Stomach cancer
10
HIV/AIDS
Decade of Action
 Declared by UN General Assembly on 2
March 2010
 Tabled by Russia cosponsored by 100
countries passed unanimously
 2011 – 2020
 The goal to ‘stabilize and then reduce the
level of road fatalities’ by 2020.
 This could avoid more than 5 million deaths a
50 million injuries saving $3 trillion.
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International coordination
Improved post crash care
Safer road users
Safer vehicles
Safer roads
Road safety management
Pillars of the Decade
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UN leads the way: Admin instruction
 Mandatory quick inspection before beginning a
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journey
Prohibition of the use of mobile phones or any other
electronic devices while driving vehicles
Prohibition of smoking or eating while driving a
vehicle
Mandatory use of seat belts
Mandatory use of safety helmets
Prohibition of driving vehicles under the influence of
substances
Prohibition of inappropriate and excessive speed
Possession of required driving licenses
Issued on 19 May 2010 and applies to
all UN staff operating UN vehicles
Private sector added value
 Key levers were identified for each "pillar" for
decade 2020 – 2050
 Priorities and targets were developed
 Goals:
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stabilize the number of WRRD by 2020
Reduce by 50% by 2030
Further 50% reduction by 2040
ZERO WRRD by 2050
Key activities
 Funding for international coordination
 Common "code of conduct"
 Journey planning including sustainable
transportation options
 Adherence with harmonized vehicle
standards
 Workforce abide by laws set & enforced in
countries
 Monitoring and evaluation
Potential targets
 Road safety champions in 200 companies by 2020
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and all “Fortune 500s” by 2050
Fleet safety management systems in 100 000
organizations by 2020 and all by 2050
Safety is the key ingredient in all road design and
network management
All vehicle manufacturers apply harmonized global
safety standards by 2020
100 000 companies with ISO39001 by 2020 and all
by 2050
Post crash fatality rate ↓50% from 2011 by 2020
Thank you!