PRESS RELEASE
Paris, 22 September 2009
Asia Needs to Act on Road Crashes
4th
International IRTAD Conference on Road Safety:
Seoul, 16-17 September 2009
“Crashes result in an unacceptable burden of deaths and serious injuries on the roads in all
countries”,...
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PRESS RELEASE
Paris, 22 September 2009
Asia Needs to Act on Road Crashes
4th
International IRTAD Conference on Road Safety:
Seoul, 16-17 September 2009
“Crashes result in an unacceptable burden of deaths and serious injuries on the roads in all
countries”, said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, explaining the
purpose of the 4th
IRTAD Conference in Seoul on safety data collection and analysis.
“In Asia over 2000
people die on the road every day, accounting for 60% of casualties at global level.
It is essential that all
governments in the region treat the issue as a major policy priority”.
The conference brought together 120 leading safety experts from 33 countries to discuss targets
for reducing the death toll.
Effective targets require a long-term vision, to eliminate deaths and injuries,
supported by interim targets that are both ambitious and realistic.
These have to be based on solid data
analysis if they are to be credible.
“Quantitative, amb
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