WHO reports decline in global road traffic fatalities since 2011
WHO said safer roads and stronger laws helped cut deaths 21%, even as crashes still killed 1.16 million people in 2025.
- On Monday, July 21, the World Health Organization reported a 21% decline in road traffic deaths between 2011 and 2025, even as global vehicle numbers surpassed one billion during that period.
- Simultaneously, United Nations member states adopted a new progress declaration committing countries to implementing a 'safe system' approach that accepts human error while prioritizing safer infrastructure and lower speed limits.
- Despite global progress, road crashes claimed 1.16 million lives in 2025. Fatality rates remained unchanged in the Americas while rising 17% in the WHO African Region, though ten countries successfully halved road deaths by 2021.
- Vulnerable users—pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists—account for more than half of all fatalities. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commended the declaration, stating "all road deaths are preventable and none are acceptable."
- Countries aim for a 50% reduction in road deaths by 2030 under the Sustainable Development Goal target. Policymakers must regulate emerging technologies like e-scooters and autonomous vehicles to ensure safety standards keep pace with rapid transport changes.
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Global road deaths drop 21%, but Africa records alarming rise
A new data released by the World Health Organisation, WHO, on Tuesday revealed that road traffic deaths have fallen by 21 per cent globally over the past 15 years despite a surge in the number of vehicles on the world's roads even as WHO warned that the gains remain fragile as Africa continues to witness rising fatalities. The post Global road deaths drop 21%, but Africa records alarming rise appeared first on Vanguard News.
WHO reports decline in global road traffic fatalities since 2011
Despite the addition of more than one billion motor-vehicles to the world's roads, road traffic deaths declined by 21% between 2011 and 2025, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHO warns that pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists concentrate more than half of the victims and that the Americas did not advance. The post Road deaths drop 21% in the world, but they amount to 1.16 million, according to the WHO appeared first on Hispanics Press.
UN Calls for Stronger Global Action on Road Safety
New York (GNP): The United Nations has called for stronger international efforts to improve road safety after announcing that global road traffic deaths have declined by 21 percent since 2011. Despite this encouraging progress, the organization warned that road crashes continue to claim an estimated 1.16 million lives each year, making them one of the world’s most pressing public health and development challenges. UN highlighted that while many …
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