The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development covers 17 goals, the third of which is “good health and well-being”, namely: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being at all ages. (Click here for details)

Under this major goal, there are 13 targets, the sixth of which is “By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.”

● Current Situation

Road traffic injury is a major public health issue. In order to reduce the number of road traffic casualty, it is necessary to adopt an overall framework such as the "safety system methods" to provide a safe road traffic system for all road users.

About the World

Road Traffic is Main Cause to Death 

Road traffic crashes result in the deaths of approximately 1.35 million people around the world each year and leave between 20 and 50 million people with non-fatal injuries. More than half of all road traffic deaths and injuries involve vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists and their passengers.

The young are particularly vulnerable on the world’s roads and road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 15-29. Developing economies record higher rates of road traffic injuries, with 93% of fatalities coming from low- and middle- income countries.

Text and photo source: WHO website  

About China

Rapid Development of Automobile Industry Causes Frequent Traffic Accidents

Traffic accidents have become a major issue endangering people’s health and social development, and are the first cause of death in China.

Photo source: internet

China's automobile market has made great achievements, with an annual demand of more than 20 million vehicles. The number of automobiles will reach 250 million by 2020, breaking a new world record again. The rapid development of automobile industry has greatly facilitated people's life. However, it has only taken about 10 years for China to become an automobile society. There are still some problems in terms of traffic management and people's habits that fall behind the rapid automobile development. Due to the deficient traffic facilities as well as people’s driving behavior and habits, the road traffic accident incidence and injuries in China are higher than the average level of developed countries.

Text source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

●  Cases

About the World

Vision Zero 

In 1994, the Swedish government took a road safety measure called "Vision Zero". According to this system, all the key measures are aimed at protecting people's safety, including building safer roads, strengthening traffic law enforcement and emergency services, improving vehicle standards and promoting education and information exchange.

Photo source: internet

The Swedish government has built and implemented "Vision Zero" by collaborative cooperation with academia and industry, which has made Sweden one of the safest road-drive countries in the world.

Text source: jjckb.cn 

About China

Shenzhen Improves Road Safety by High Technology

Photo source: sohu.com.cn

In November 2019, the Road Traffic Safety Navigation Information Collecting and Processing System was put into use in Shenzhen. The system was developed by the Shenzhen Traffic Police Detachment and the Traffic Safety Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security. As the "Central Kitchen" for road traffic safety information collection, the system has carried out in-depth cooperation with Chinese map navigation companies and established information sharing and publishing mechanism, and opened up data interaction channels. The system standardizes traffic information such as traffic accidents, congestion, control, and accident prone areas. It has established a unified information input standard, and improved the road safety.

Text source: xinhuanet.com

●  Background

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Initiated by the United Nations

On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including 169 targets, of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.