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    Improving road safety can save 500,000 lives a year: Lancet

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    An analysis of data from 74 studies in 185 countries estimates that interventions to reduce speeding such as infrastructure changes and electronic speed control could save an estimated 347,258 lives globally each year, while measures to tackle drunk driving could save 16,304 lives.

    Improving road safety can save 500,000 lives a year: Lancet
    An estimated 121,083 and 51,698 lives could be saved by passing and enforcing rules on wearing seatbelts and motorcycle helmets, respectively.
    Improving road safety by adopting interventions targeting key risk factors like speeding, drunk driving, lack of helmet, and seatbelt use could save up to half a million lives every year, according to a new series published in the Lancet.

    An analysis of data from 74 studies in 185 countries estimates that interventions to reduce speeding such as infrastructure changes and electronic speed control could save an estimated 347,258 lives globally each year, while measures to tackle drunk driving could save 16,304 lives. Furthermore, an estimated 121,083 and 51,698 lives could be saved by passing and enforcing rules on wearing seatbelts and motorcycle helmets, respectively.

    In India, enforcing motorcycle helmet wearing can save 5,683 lives a year, the study said, adding that in China it would save 13,703 lives a year, and in Brazil 5,802. Also, strict implementation of wearing seatbelts and enforcing rules to check speeding in India can save 3,204 and 20,554 lives, respectively, it said.

    "New global and country-level estimates suggest that routinely wearing helmets and seatbelts, obeying speed limits and avoiding drunk-driving could save between 347,000 and 540,000 lives worldwide every year," the study said.


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