For Fiji, casualties sustained in road traffic accidents increased by 9 per cent in 2004, as compared with 2003, while fatalities remained constant during the same period.

Deptford road crash Cyclist dies in collision with car

At the same time, in many cases the systems of neighbouring countries do not allow the exchange of data.

A terrible car accident with five or six dead.

Road traffic accidents, and road fatalities in particular, remain a chronic problem in our world today.

The number of road traffic deaths was reduced by 22.8 per cent during the traditional Thai new year in April 2004.

Table 8. Traffic fatalities, by sex and type of victim, 1995

Consequently, there has been a related increase in the number of road accidents and casualties.

Total No. of accidents

Lower income countries account for only half of all vehicles on the road but suffer more than 90 of the fatalities. India has four times fewer cars than France, though it suffers 20 times more road related deaths that is, 80 times more accidents per car.

The approach of death terrifies.

Subject matter Right to obtain compensation for death in a traffic accident

Injuries, particularly road traffic accidents and drowning, are an increasingly significant cause of child death.

However, the higher number of deaths from road traffic injuries receives comparatively much less attention.

Traffic accidents are a leading cause of death among those aged 15 to 44.

The report tells us that about 1.2 million people die annually and millions more are injured or disabled as a result of road accidents.

As a result of its implementation, numerous positive results have already been achieved over the past year. In 2004, there were 567,753 road traffic accidents in China, causing 99,217 deaths, 451,810 injuries and 2.77 billion yuan in direct property losses.

The purpose of the Road Safety Charter is to integrate civil society into the endeavour to reach the European Union target of halving the number of road deaths by 2010.

Coefficient of frequency of fatal labour accidents

We know that the deaths of 1.2 million individuals, however tragic, are only the tip of the iceberg of suffering caused by traffic accidents.

While we speak of the global road safety crisis and the predicted near doubling of road traffic deaths by the year 2020, we can also see this as an opportunity to turn the rising numbers around.

Another area of concern to my Government is the road related death toll during festival periods, which has been particularly high during the new year festival and the traditional Thai new year festival in April.

Unlike many other countries, in Iceland the large majority of road accident fatalities do not occur in the city.

The European Federation of Road Traffic Victims and RoadPeace are working to establish a World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims in recognition of road traffic victims and their family's loss and suffering.

Hospital acquired infections are now killing more people every year in the United States than die from AIDS or cancer or car accidents combined about 100,000.

More alarmingly, such deaths in low income and middle income countries account for about 85 per cent of the total.

The Government of Malaysia attaches serious attention to the problem of road traffic death and injury.

Nearly 1.2 million people die every year in traffic accidents that figure is comparable to death rates from malaria or HIV AIDS, as previous speakers have pointed out.

Another commendable effort is the global road safety initiative, a partnership of seven private companies, launched in December 2004, which aims to reduce road traffic fatalities in developing countries.

Tom died in a traffic accident.

Fatalism is our biggest problem, causing individuals to look at road traffic injuries as just accidents acts that are unpredictable and therefore unpreventable.

A traffic accident in which a coach fell into a gorge took place in Crimea on August 11, leading to 5 deaths and 13 injuries.

107. An analysis of fatal accidents shows that the major cause of death is motor vehicle accidents.

Each year, nearly 1.2 million people die and millions more are injured or disabled as a result of road accidents, despite increasing awareness concerning that preventable scourge.

In the first half of this year, there have been 5.4 per cent fewer fatal accidents, 16.8 per cent fewer accidents caused by drunk driving and 4.7 per cent fewer accidents caused by pedestrians compared with the same period in 2004.

Road traffic accidents are predictable and therefore preventable.

Fatal labour accidents

Inevitably, along with the increase in the number of vehicles on our roads, the collisions and crashes leading to deaths and injuries also increased.

The issue of trade facilitation has been raised as being one of particular importance to Pacific island countries, especially as it has become a key negotiating area within the framework of the WTO Doha Development Agenda.

On 22 May 2003, the General Assembly adopted resolution 57 309 on the global road safety crisis, highlighting the rapid increase in road traffic deaths, injuries and disabilities globally, the disproportionate fatality rate in developing countries and the negative impact of road traffic injuries on national and global economies and requesting the Secretary General to submit a report on the global road safety crisis.

Also welcoming the proposal to designate the third Sunday in November as the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in recognition of road traffic victims and their families' loss and suffering,

We believe that the implementation of those measures at the national level by the parties to the Convention will help to reduce the number of accidents and injuries on the roads.

Do you know that driving accidents are the number one cause of death for young people?

Expressing great concern at the rapid increase, particularly in developing countries, in traffic fatalities and injuries worldwide, which accounted for an estimated 1.26 million deaths in 2000 and which disproportionately affect people in low and middle income countries, and also expressing concern at the economic costs of road traffic injuries, which amount to 518 billion United States dollars per annum worldwide, with developing countries bearing 100 billion dollars of the cost,

In 1994, 956 persons died as a result of accidents on the way between home and work ( 1.7 per cent).