It is the ninth leading cause of death overall globally and resulted in about 1.35 million people dying in 2016 alone.
It is the leading cause of death among children and young adults around the world. It is the ninth leading cause of death overall globally. It resulted in about 1.35 million people dying in 2016 alone. It will probably become the seventh leading killer worldwide by 2030.
The trouble is the rise and spread of such vehicles have been so rapid that many of the existing surrounding systems haven't been able to keep pace. Or in many cases, the wrong systems were in place in the first place. This is true all around the world, but especially in many low- and middle-income countries. To address these systems, Bloomberg Philanthropies' Initiative for Global Road Safety first looked at what may be contributing to these problems and how best to address them.
: "Every day, 29 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This is one death every 50 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $44 billion." Certainly, alcohol is not the only thing that can cloud your mind. With marijuana use increasing, driving while under the influence of marijuana is certainly a growing concern, pun intended. Then there are opioids.
, written by the Global Designing Cities Initiative and the National Association of City Transportation , who is currently the Permanent Chair of the GDCI Initiative, a principal at Bloomberg Associates, and an author of the book, had helped implement a number of road safety design initiatives when she had runin Mayor Bloomberg's administration. It is probably no coincidence that traffic deaths in New York City fell by 45% from 2001 to 2017 and that traffic fatalities fell by 34% where the Department of Transportation had made major engineering changes.
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