Dangerous Roads : Russia’s Safety Challenge

Marquez, Patricio V. ; Bliss, Anthony G.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AIRBAGS;    ALCOHOL CONTENT;    ASSEMBLY;    BICYCLE HELMETS;    BICYCLISTS;   

RP-ID  :  56707

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

As in many countries of the Europe andCentral Asia Region (ECA), vehicle ownership in Russia hasgrown faster in the last decade than the decline in the rateof fatalities per vehicle. At the same time, road safetypolicies and interventions have not kept pace with the boomin motorization. In 2008, the motor vehicle fleet in thecountry exceeded 41 million cars, up 24 percent from 2004,and the number of drivers licensed increased by 40 percentduring this period.In 2008, Russia saw nearly 30,000 roadtraffic deaths and about 271,000 non-fatal road trafficinjuries. While these figures represent a drop of 13 percentfrom 2004, Russia's road traffic mortality rate isstill five times higher than what is seen in severalEuropean Union (EU) countries, about twice more than in theUnited States, higher than in other Eastern Europeancountries such as Poland and Hungary, and higher than theaverage for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.