Source: Jacobs G, Aeron-Thomas A, Astrop A. Estimating global road fatalities, TRL, 2000FIGURE 3: PREDICTED ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES
Source: Kropits E, Cropper M. Traffic Fatalities & Economic Growth, 2003BOX 1:
The Impact of Crashes on the Poor Research conducted by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)* on behalf of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) in Bangladesh and Bangalore (India) in 2004 focused on the involvement and impact of road crashes on the poor, in comparison with the
non-poor, in both urban and rural areas.
The study found that, while the poor were not consistently at greater risk from road death and serious injury, many of the poor households identified were not poor before the death or serious injury caused by a road crash. The poor victims contributed most to their household’s earnings (average 62% in urban areas
and 42% in rural areas), and the loss of income tipped many households into poverty.
Breadwinners were most at risk. Among both poor and non-poor households, the most common road death was a male in prime of life (16-45 years). One in every 4 deaths and 1 in 6 serious injuries to the poor involved a child (under 16 years). The poor are killed and seriously injured mainly as vulnerable road users (pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists).
The surveys also found that many more people, both poor and non-poor, are being killed and seriously injured in road crashes than police data indicate. In Bangladesh the actual number of road deaths is estimated to be four times more, and serious injuries almost 75 times more, than shown in police statistics. In Bangalore the police report 10 injuries (both serious and slight) for every road death. Yet the urban survey found substantially more – particularly amongst the non-poor. The Indian Government’s Planning Commission estimates that there are 15 hospitalised injuries and 70 minor injuries for every road death.
As well as loss of earnings, poor households paid a significant proportion of their household income on funerals (almost 3 months’ income in urban areas) and medical costs (4 months’ income in rural areas).
In Bangalore, the majority of poor households reported at least one person having to give up working or studying to care for the injured. The poor injured also had less job security, and fewer were able to return to their previous job. The rural poor in Bangladesh took longer to find a new job. The consequence of a fatal crash or serious injury for more than 7 out of 10 poor families in Bangladesh was that food consumption decreased as a result of the lower household income.
The burden from road crashes tips many households into poverty. In Bangalore 71% (urban) and 53% (rural) of poor households were not poor before the fatal crash. In Bangladesh the figures were 33% (urban) and 49% (rural) for bereaved households.
The involvement and impact of road crashes on the poor’, Aeron-Thomas et al, 2004; Study commissioned from TRL by GRSP with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and TRL. The report is available at www.grsproadsafety.org
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http://www.makeroadssafe.org/documents/make_roads_safe_low_res.pdf
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