{"id":6155,"date":"2022-07-28T13:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T03:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2023-08-17T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T04:37:59","slug":"investment-case-to-reduce-road-traffic-injuries-among-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/investment-case-to-reduce-road-traffic-injuries-among-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment case to reduce road traffic injuries among adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6155\" class=\"elementor elementor-6155\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4db9daa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4db9daa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-204a656\" data-id=\"204a656\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a202b24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a202b24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Investment case to reduce road traffic injuries among adolescents\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c397b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71c397b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Millions of young lives lost without global road safety investment, warns new FIA Foundation study<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Almost 12 million serious injuries to children and youth can be prevented between now and 2050 if proven road safety interventions are implemented across 77 low- and middle-income countries, according to new modelling by Melbourne\u2019s Victoria University,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vu.edu.au\/institute-for-sustainable-industries-liveable-cities-isilc\">Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities<\/a>\u00a0(ISILC) and Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/cre-in-global-adolescent-health\/\">Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) in \u201cDriving Global Investment in Adolescent Health<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0in a new study commissioned by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/\">FIA Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The study,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/iyjfnfaj\/final-report.pdf\">Development of the Investment Case to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries among Adolescents<\/a>, examines how proven road safety interventions introduced at scale in the 77 countries could prevent death and serious injury to youth, from 10 years old to 24, between now and 2050. Findings include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11.7 million serious injuries to children and youth could be prevented;<\/li>\n<li>1.9 million child and youth deaths could be averted;<\/li>\n<li>Economic returns on safety investments would be at least threefold, and in some countries would deliver up to fifty-fold returns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Road traffic injury is the leading global cause of death for young people aged 5-29. These injuries can be life-changing and life-long for victims and their families. The research model looked at how proven interventions including traffic speed reductions, safe road infrastructure design, motorcycle helmets, drink driving enforcement and vehicle safety measures would save lives and deliver economic returns on investment.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/ws2hk4pm\/ghana1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"362\" \/>\n<figcaption>Schoolchildren run across Accra\u2019s George W Bush highway. (Photo credit: Edward Echwalu)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bea020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0bea020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f3250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f3250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>The study focused in detail on three case studies with projections up to 2030, the deadline year for a UN target to halve road traffic deaths and serious injuries:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/wunnwj31\/tanzania-case-study.pdf\">Tanzania,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/dn3dv2el\/vietnam-case-study.pdf\">Vietnam,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/vykbfreq\/colombia-case-study.pdf\">Colombia.<\/a>\u00a0In Tanzania, the impact was particularly compelling: implementing the full set of recommended interventions would reduce youth deaths by 58% and serious injuries 59% by 2030 with a combined benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 38.3. ln Vietnam, implementation would cut youth death by 6t.t% and serious injuries by 56.6% by 2030, with a fatality BCR of 3.7 and 26.6 when combining death and serious injuries. Colombia, which has made significant progress on road safety, could achieve a further 53% reduction in adolescent road traffic fatalities by 2030 if it implemented all interventions. This would deliver a 1.7 BCR for fatalities, rising to 4.9 when serious injuries are included.<\/p>\n\n<p>FIA Foundation Chair, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, commented: \u201cThis report shows the huge potential for road safety investment to prevent road crashes wrecking young lives. A thousand young people in this age group are dying on the world\u2019s roads every day, a conflict-scale carnage, and thousands more are injured. We know how to prevent this, we have the tools, we have a UN development target which every country has endorsed, and we have a UN Road Safety Fund poised to act. Donors, national governments and city authorities must now provide the funds and the political commitment to save young lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Zoleka Mandela, Global Ambassador for the Child Health lnitiative, whose daughter Zenani was killed in a road crash just after her 13th birthday, said: \u201cWe know exactly how to prevent road traffic injury. As this report shows, we can save lives and the measures we have available are incredibly effective. Leaders everywhere should not just take note, but must take action. lnvesting in road safety for our young people should be essential, a top policy priority. The loss of young lives on our roads is a continued insult to the millions of families like mine who have suffered. Road traffic injury is economically senseless, morally unconscionable and must no longer be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/3i5fx0w5\/ghana2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"393\" \/>\n<figcaption>Campaigners blame the high casualty rate on a lack of infrastructure \u2013 as well as ignorance of road safety on the part of both drivers and pedestrians. (Photo credit: Edward Echwalu)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd90b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4dd90b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4acdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f4acdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vu.edu.au\/contact-us\/john-symons\">Dr. John Symons<\/a>, Victoria University Research Fellow and lead author said: \u201cLow and Middle-lncome Countries can and should adapt policies and interventions which have proven to reduce road traffic injury. lt would be possible to achieve enormous reductions in fatalities and serious injuries for adolescents and youth, and generate very large returns on investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The report\u2019s findings launched at the FIA Foundation \u2018Design for Life\u2019 Forum which is bringing together international policymakers to review progress in meeting UN global targets for reducing road deaths and serious injuries, ahead of the first-ever UN High Level Meeting on road safety on June 30th. The Forum is also focused on improving air quality and decarbonising road transportation.<\/p>\n\n<p>The FIA Foundation announced new funding commitments to help deliver this agenda:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u20ac1 million in 2022 to support the UN Road Safety Fund, as part of the Fund\u2019s replenishment campaign;<\/li>\n<li>\u20ac1 million to launch a new Safe Schools Africa initiative to design and deliver road infrastructure safety improvements, in partnership with NGO Amend and the World Bank\u2019s Global Road Safety Facility;<\/li>\n<li>\u20ac1 million to support motorcycle helmet initiatives in Jamaica and Rwanda, tacking the rapid increase in casualties amongst young riders in both countries;<\/li>\n<li>\u20ac2 million to expand the Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) initiative, in partnership with the lnternational Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), to tackle urban air pollution from vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f3088 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a5f3088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85aa424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85aa424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">London launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiafoundation.org\/media\/iyjfnfaj\/final-report.pdf\"><em>Development of the Investment Case to Reduce Road Traffic Injuries among Adolescents<\/em><\/a>\u00a0report to FIA Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"id\":4132} --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4132\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4132\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2022\/07\/TI5J0231-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<figcaption>(L-R) Dr. Kim Sweeny, Victoria University, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, FIA Foundation Chair, Dr. John Symons, Victoria University<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of young lives lost without global road safety investment, warns new 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