Monitoring India's progress on road safety will require investment in data systems

摘要

We need reliable statistics of road trafcinjuries for two reasons: frst, when suchstatistics enable comparisons with otherhealth conditions, they allow trafficinjuries to be prioritised appropriatelyon the national policy agenda. Second,detailed and timely statistics provideevidence of the e?ectiveness of safetymeasures. The estimates from theGlobal Burden of Diseases, Risk Factors,and Injuries Study (GBD) have provenextremely valuable in establishing thattraffic injuries are a pressing societalconcern in low-income and middleincome countries; however, the largeuncertainties in GBD estimates shouldnot be overlooked.