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Targeting road safety could save more than 500K lives per year, study finds

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Reducing speed limits and implementing road safety interventions could save nearly 540,000 lives worldwide each year, a new study has found.

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Times of India

Improving road safety can save 500,000 lives a year: Lancet

An analysis of data from 74 studies in 185 countries estimates that interventions to reduce speeding such as infrastructure changes and electronic speed control could save an estimated 347,258 lives globally each year, while measures to tackle drunk driving could save 16,304 lives.

2 years ago·India

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The Hill

Targeting road safety could save more than 500K lives per year, study finds

Reducing speed limits and implementing road safety interventions could save nearly 540,000 lives worldwide each year, a new study has found. The full enforcement of measures that target s…

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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Mais medidas de segurança rodoviária podem salvar meio milhão de vidas por ano

O reforço das medidas referentes a excesso de velocidade ou condução sob efeito de álcool estão entre as que maior diferença podem fazer na redução das mortes devido a sinistralidade rodoviária.

2 years ago·Portugal

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Eurek Alert

New research: Up to 540,000 lives could be saved worldwide by targeting speed and other main areas

A new series published in The Lancet today highlights the growing problem of road traffic injuries and lays out some opportunities for preventing injuries and saving lives. The series comes at the same time as the United Nations General Assembly launches a high-level meeting on global road safety June 30-July 1 in New York. The series offers a comprehensive analysis of this rising public health threat.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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