According to the World Health Organization (WHO), someone somewhere in the world is killed in a motor vehicle crash every 30 seconds. That equates to over 3,300 car crash fatalities every day and more than one million every year. The WHO has compiled a number of other facts about road safety around the world some of which are as follows.
Low and middle income countries account for only 40 percent of the world’s automobiles yet they account for over 85 percent of the world’s car crash fatalities.
The WHO estimates that over the next five years, car crashes will become the third leading cause of premature death around the world.
More than 500 children are killed in car crashes every day in the world and in certain Middle Eastern and Asian countries, pedestrians account for up to half of all deaths resulting from a traffic accident.
Nearly three times as many children 15 years of age and under are killed in car crashes in developing countries as are killed in industrialized nations.
In Africa, more people between the ages of 15 and 44 are killed in car accidents than by malaria.
The global financial cost associated with car crashes is estimated by the WHO to be between $65 billion and $100 billion.
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