The United Nations is to hold its first debate on road safety amid warnings that the problem is a 'public health crisis' on the scale of Aids, malaria and tuberculosis. Next week's meeting will follow research by the World Heath Organisation which forecast that between 2000 and 2015 road accidents would cause 20 million deaths, 200 million serious injuries and leave more than one billion people killed, injured, bereaved or left to care for a victim.
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UN says road deaths kill as many as Aids - The Observer 23rd March 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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