WHO Global Status Report on road safety 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015, which highlights that road traffic injuries are a major global health and development problem. This Status Report presents information on road safety from 180 countries out of a total of 195 WHO Member States, covering 6.97  billion people or 97% of the world’s population. It indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million per year, with the highest road traffic fatality rates in low-income countries. 

This WHO Global Status Report is accompanied by:

- country profiles with detailed background road safety data and information,

- comparative data tables, each one with detailed data of a specific topic by country/area,

- infographics illustrating the main road accident safety causes,

- an interactive world map highlighting the main road safety indicators in each country,

- the respective press material and the data collection methodology.

NTUA has contributed actively to the country profile of Greece.

Πηγή: Ε.Μ.Π