Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities : The Burden on Indian Society
Road crashes endanger the lives and livelihoods of millions of road users globally and in India. Owing to the epidemic of road crashes, in 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2011 - 2020 as the "Decade of Action for Road Safet...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761181612392067411/Traffic-Crash-Injuries-and-Disabilities-The-Burden-on-Indian-Society http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35164 |
| Summary: | Road crashes endanger the lives and
livelihoods of millions of road users globally and in India.
Owing to the epidemic of road crashes, in 2010, the United
Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2011 - 2020 as the
"Decade of Action for Road Safety" and the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) included two important
targets on road safety. The risk of a road crash in
low-income countries is three times higher than compared to
that in high-income countries. Not only does it lead to
untold and unaccounted for suffering and loss for victims
and their families, but also, it drains the GDP of countries
by claiming millions of economically productive young lives.
The World Bank estimates the total cost of Road Traffic
Injuries (RTIs) at 172 billion dollars (INR 12.9 lakh crore)
for the year 2016. While it is recognized that RTIs affect
the developed and developing world in different ways, it
also impacts poor households and disadvantaged sections of
the population within developing countries differently.
World Bank commissioned a survey-based assessment study in
association with the Save LIFE Foundation (SLF) to determine
such differential impacts more objectively in India. This
study aims to capture the socioeconomic realities and
nuances of road crashes at the sub-national level in India.
It seeks to document inter-linkages between poverty,
inequalities, road users, and road crash outcomes by
analyzing data from four States in India, i.e., Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar ,Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The four states
have been selected on the basis of several criteria
including demographic and geographical representation,
magnitude of fatality burden and socio-economic parameters
such as economic growth, poverty rate and social welfare.
One state from each of the four geographical zones of the
country were selected which cumulatively represents about
one third of total road crash deaths in the country. In
terms of economic parameters, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are
selected to represent High Capacity States (HCS) whereas
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are selected to represent Low
Capacity States (LCS). |
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