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02-Jun-2004
More children are killed on the road than in any other type of accident. Many of these deaths could be avoided.
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05-Apr-2004
Tragically, one child out of every 2100 will die before his or her 15th birthday in a road-related incident, and even more will suffer severe injuries or lifelong disabilities. This report provides the latest statistics on children's injuries and fatalities, outlines progress and trends in children's traffic safety in OECD countries, and identifies areas for further improvement. It provides the latest statistics and makes a series of policy-related recommendations for improving children's road safety.
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Each year, more than 125 000 people are killed in road crashes in OECD countries and millions more are injured, many of them permanently. This report evaluates the global impact of new road safety technologies and provides recommendations to governments and industry to assist all countries in achieving a common aim: saving lives.
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10-Jan-2003
OECD Press Release, 20 December 2002
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02-Aug-2002
Article published in the OECD Observer.
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22-Feb-2002
Approximately 125 000 people die every year on the roads of OECD countries. In other words, one road crash victim dies every 4 minutes.
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21-Dec-2001
More than 116,000 people died in car crashes last year in the 26 OECD countries for which data are available - 320 deaths a day. This continues a modest downward trend over recent years, but the death toll could be halved if safety measures adopted in some countries are extended to all OECD Members.
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19-Nov-2001
Policies targeting the safety of elderly road users need a rethink, according to a new OECD report. While older drivers tend to be safer than commonly believed, causing fewer crashes per capita or per number of motorists than other age groups, older people are more vulnerable to injury or death.
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31-Oct-2001
This report dispels many of the myths and misperceptions commonly held regarding elderly road users, and offers policy and research recommendations to provide for their safe, lifelong mobility.
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29-Oct-2001
According to a new report, an internationally accepted approach to the transport of dangerous goods through road tunnels should be applied as part of a drive to reduce the danger of accidents caused by explosions, fires or the release of toxic fumes from trucks carrying hazardous loads.
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