The neglected epidemic: road traffic injuries in developing countries
By V. Nantulya, M. Reich. British medical journal, 2002
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Road traffic injuries are a major cause of death and disability globally, with a disproportionate number occurring in developing countries. 1 2 Road traffic injuries are currently ranked ninth globally among the leading causes of disability adjusted life years lost, and the ranking is projected to rise to third by 2020.1 In 1998, developing countries accounted for more than 85% of all deaths due to road traffic crashes globally and for 96% of all children killed.2 Moreover, about 90% of the disability adjusted life years lost worldwide due to road traffic injuries occur in developing countries.1 The problem is increasing at a fast rate in developing countries due to rapid motorisation and other factors (fig 1).3 However, public policy responses to this epidemic have been muted at national and international levels. Policy makers need to recognise this growing problem as a public health crisis and design appropriate policy responses. #### Summary points Injury and deaths due to road traffic crashes are a major public health problem in developing countries More than 85% of all deaths and 90% of disability adjusted life years lost from road traffic injuries occur in developing countries Among children aged 0-4 and 5-14 years, the number of fatalities per 100 000 population in low income countries was about six times greater than in high income countries in 1998 The highest burden of injuries and fatalities is borne disproportionately by poor people in developing countries, as pedestrians, passengers of buses and minibuses, and cyclists Fig 1 Trends in fatalities due to road traffic injuries for different regions of the world, 1980-95. Data from Transport Research Laboratory3 Road traffic injuries in developing countries particularly affect the productive (working) age group (15-44 years) and children. (A developing country is defined as a country that has an annual per …
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- Cross-cultural comparisons of traffic safety, risk perception, attitudes and behaviour (2009, background): “Furthermore, 96% of all road traffic fatalities that involve children occur in developing countries (Nantuyla and Reich, 2002).”
- Transport Services and Their Impact on Poverty and Growth in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Recent Research and Future Research Needs (2012, neutral): “densely populated Asian regions where national road densities are substantially higher, so-called transport-induced local-market development can be expected to occur and spread over time, as corridors of road influence are likely to overlap and individual NMT and motorized vehicle ownership is relat”
- A cross‐cultural comparison of road traffic risk perceptions, attitudes towards traffic safety and driver behaviour (2011, background): “The opposite pattern can be observed in low‐income countries, where the frequencies of road traffic accidents are increasing (Nantulya and Reich 2002 ).”