Road safety annual report 2023
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
Traffic Accidents
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Automobile manufacturers, advertising and traffic safety in India
An analysis, based on a survey of the print advertisements and TV commercials for safety content, and the pricing policy for offering safety technology of six major automobile manufacturers, shows that
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Road safety policy aims to cut accidents by 50%
Focus will be on creating awareness among road users The Puducherry government on Monday launched a Road Safety policy and Action plan to reduce the number of fatalities and accidents by 50 per cent
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Road transport in urban India: Its implications on health
<p>The objective of this paper is to review the multiple impacts on health as a result of road transport in urban areas.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.ijcm.org.in/temp/IndianJCommunityMed41116-7120353_015840.pdf"
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Draft Gujarat State Road Safety Policy
The Government of Gujarat recognises that road accidents have now become a major public health issue, and the victims are mainly the poor and vulnerable road users. The Government of Gujarat further recognises
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Smart City: NGO wants better infra for bicycling
CHANDIGARH: Putting its weight behind the Smart City Project, city-based non-government organization Yuvsatta has written to the UT adviser in which it has sought proper cycle stands and tracks for proomoting
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Tracking global bicycle ownership patterns
<p>Over the past four decades, bicycle ownership has been documented in various countries but not globally analyzed. This paper presents an effort to fill this gap by tracking household bicycle possession.
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High ambient temperatures and risk of motor vehicle crashes in Catalonia, Spain (2000–2011): A time-series analysis
<p>xperimental studies have shown a decrease in driving performance at high temperatures. The epidemiological evidence for the relationship between heat and motor vehicle crashes is not consistent.</p>
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Road accidents human suffering estimated at $1,850bn annually
THE Second global High-level Conference on Road Safety recently held in Brazil has declared that human suffering from road traffic accidents is estimated at US$1,850 billion per year, hence the need to
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100 pedestrians died between Jan-Sept, car accidents top list
NAVI MUMBAI: As many as 100 pedestrians died in the city due to accidents between January and September 2015. However, two-wheeler riders were a close second followed by deaths caused in accidents by
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Global status report on road safety 2015
The Global status report on road safety 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the