Un Secretary-General, in World Health Day Message, Says Road Safety can Prevent Needless Sffering, But does not Happen by Change

摘要

United Nation's Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on World Health Day, observed on 7 April: "Road Safety is no accident", the theme for this year's World Health Day, reminds us that road safety does not happen by chance. Achieving and sustaining safety on the roads requires deliberate action from many sectors of society. Despite enormous improvements in road safety in some countries over the past few decades, nearly 1.2 million people are killed every year in road traffic crashes around the world. Most of these deaths, each of which is a personal tragedy, occur singly and draw no attention from the world's media. About 90 percent happen in developing countries, most of them among pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and passengers of public transport. Between 20 and 50 million people are seriously injured in such incidents every year, often resulting in disability.