IRTAD Press Release 2010-09-15

PRESS RELEASE Paris, 15 September 2010 A Record Decade for Road Safety International Transport Forum at the OECD publishes road death figures for 33 countries Key facts: Steep decline in road deaths during first decade of 21st Century Spain, Portugal and... More

PRESS RELEASE Paris, 15 September 2010 A Record Decade for Road Safety International Transport Forum at the OECD publishes road death figures for 33 countries Key facts: Steep decline in road deaths during first decade of 21st Century Spain, Portugal and France top list for the most pronounced reduction in road fatalities. US recorded its lowest death toll on the roads for more than sixty years in 2009. Motorcycle fatalities fell, but less than overall road deaths – some countries registered dramatic increases of 100% and more over 2000-2009 period. Tables and graphs with detailed figures and additional information attached Latest figures on road fatalities in 33 countries published by the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD show that the first ten years of the 21st Century were “a record decade for road safety”, as Jack Short, ITF Secretary General, said in Paris on Wednesday. The number of road fatalities fell in 30 of the 33 countries analysed by the ITF’s Internatio Less