Driving Statistics


Driving Statistics - Challenge to Change

 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3000 people die on the world’s roads every day and several million are injured or disabled each year. 124 people are dying every hour and hundreds are becoming severely disabled and injured. In addition, road accidents cost about $ 600 billion to governments in different economies, a figure that is equivalent to the combined GDP of almost all the developing countries in the world. 

 The Middle East and North Africa regions have above average road accident rates.
United Arab Emirates Accidents

 According to WHO, residents of UAE are 7 times more likely to die in car accident compared to those in UK. Road accidents are the second major cause of deaths in UAE and deaths due to accidents have been increasing every year (with exception of 2009 when deaths decreased by 10%). 

 It is also sad to note that road accidents are primary cause of deaths of children in UAE (63% of children deaths are due to accidents), 90 percent of children are unrestrained and many die to injuries suffered during the accident. Abu Dhabi is the largest city of the UAE and has population of about two million. 


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Public Health Concern Regarding Road Traffic Injuries


Five facts about road traffic injuries

  1. road traffic injuries cause 1.3 million deaths and 20-50 million injuries each year. 
  2. most of road injuries lead to disability 
  3. the most common types of injury are spinal cord and brain injury.
  4. road injuries are the main cause of death among youth aged 15-29.
  5. if no action is taken, deaths on the roads will increase 67% by 2020.


            Source: http://www.youthforroadsafety.org

Deaths on Roads


Do you know that...
  • men die on roads more often than women
  • people between 15-44 die on roads most often (59%)
  • 77% of those who die on the roads are men
  • men under 25 are likely to be killed on the road three times more often than women under 25.


 Source: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs358/en

Global Road Crash Statistics


Annual Statistics
  • Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
  • An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
  • More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.
  • Road traffic crashes rank as the 9th leading cause of death and account for 2.2% of all deaths globally.
  • Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause of death worldwide among young people ages 5-14.
  • Each year nearly 400,000 people under 25 die on the world's roads, on average over 1,000 a day.
  • Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-income countries, which have less than half of the world's vehicles.
  • Road crashes cost USD $518 billion globally, costing individual countries from 1-2% of their annual GDP.
  • Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries USD $65 billion annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmental assistance.
  • Unless action is taken, road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.


 Retrieved from: http://asirt.org, Global Road Crash Statistics, Association for Safe International Road Travel, 2015.

Road Traffic Accidents Worldwide

About 3 400 people are killed on the roads every day. 

Millions of people are injured or disabled every year. Children, cyclists and old people are the most vulnerable. 

 [Retrieved from: http://www.who.int]

Oman Road Traffic Accidents

Statistics

More than 1,000 people died in road accidents in 2011 in Oman. This is more than two people every day. 

During the last eleven years about 11,000 people died on roads and 70,000 were injured. Some people were injured very seriously and disabled for life.

Speed was the main cause of road accidents in Oman. Also, careless driving.


Laura Bush speaks about car crash which killed her friend

At the age of seventeen former First Lady Laura Bush was involved in a car accident that claimed the life of her dear friend. Laura opened up about the tragedy that changed her life. 

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A Car Accident in New York

Cantasano was driving his car and in New York and hit a man who was crossing the street. He felt very bad about this accident. The man was injured and was taken to hospital with a serious scalp wound. He also had two cracked ribs. Although it was not Cantasano's fault, he felt very bad about it. The injured man's name was Winston Churchill.

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Do you know that President Obama's grandmother experienced a car accident in Kenya?

Anyone can have an accident. Nobody is protected from it. 

 President Obama's grandmother, Sarah Obama, is home recovering at her home in western Kenya after an accident that, judging by the condition of the vehicle, could have been much worse.

 "God is with me, because if you could have seen the wreckage that we came out of safe, one would wonder," Sarah Obama said Monday.
Police in the town of Kisumu say the 91-year-old was traveling to her home in the village of Kogelo Saturday night when the driver lost control, and the vehicle rolled into a ditch.

 All five people in the car, including her two bodyguards, were taken to a hospital for treatment.  All were released with minor injuries.

 A hospital spokesperson says Sarah Obama was bruised and in shock when she arrived at the hospital. She was released about two hours later.

 "You can see I was not injured save for this small scar on my right hand and I am not even using a walking stick," Obama said.

 She said friends from as far away as the United States and the Middle East have been calling to check on her, but she assures them, "Hakuna tabu!" That means 'no problem' in Swahili.

 Sarah Obama is the step-mother of President Obama's Kenyan father.  She has been to the U.S. a few times, and the President has been to the village to visit with her and other relatives three times.  In his memoir, "Dream from my Father," Obama called her "Granny."


NAIROBI - By Bazi Kanani | ABC News Blogs – Mon, Feb 6, 2012
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