{"id":140542500,"date":"2009-06-15T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=140542500"},"modified":"2009-06-15T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T15:35:00","slug":"half-of-traffic-fatalities-are-not-in-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=140542500","title":{"rendered":"Half of Traffic Fatalities Are Not in Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thought you would be interested in the World
\nHealth Organization’s release of a 351-page report of a study funded by
\nBloomberg Philanthropies<\/span><\/p>\n

that reveals, according to a
\nstory published today by the Washington Post, that:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n

\nNearly half of the 1.2
\nmillion people killed in traffic accidents around the world<\/span> each year are
\nnot in cars. They are on motorcycles or bicycles or walking along the side of
\nthe road.
\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n
The story is titled “Half of Traffic
\nFatalities Are Not in Cars” can be found at https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/15\/AR2009061501544.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n
<\/span>The
\nstory says that: <\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n

\nOne of the more surprising
\ndiscoveries was the toll on pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcycle riders
\ncrowding the roads in developing countries, who accounted for 46 percent of all
\ntraffic deaths. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n
The report, according to the story, tells
\nabout how much more civilized we are here in the U.S.:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n

\nIn the United States<\/b>, 51
\npercent of deaths involve car drivers, 21 percent are car passengers,
\n<\/span>11 percent
\nmotorcyclists<\/span><\/b>,
\n<\/span>11 percent
\npedestrians<\/span><\/b> and
\n<\/span>2 percent bicyclists.
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>  <\/span><\/div>\n
The story concludes by noting
\nthat:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n
WHO is hosting a global
\nconference on road safety in Moscow in November<\/strong><\/span>. [Etienne G.G. Krug, a physician at WHO in Geneva
\nwho led the project] said he hopes the data will be updated periodically in the
\nfuture in the form of national report cards on traffic
\nsafety.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n
Perhaps the dream of “Traffic Justice” that
\nmany of us envisioned at the start of the 2006 ProWalk\/ProBike Conference will
\ncome closer to reality in Moscow this November.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n
                                                                    
\nJohn<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/div>\n
John Gideon<\/div>\n
Consider Biking<\/div>\n
Vice-President<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thought you would be interested in the World Health Organization’s release of a 351-page report of a study funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies that reveals, according to a story published today by the Washington Post, that:   Nearly half of the 1.2 million people killed in traffic accidents around the world each year are not in cars. They … <\/p>\n

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