Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 / Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety
Originally published on October 19, 2015, Yahoo Canada (GENEVA, SWITZERLAND)
Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million people killed each year in traffic accidents, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
The United States, Indonesia and Nigeria are among countries failing to apply best practices, the WHO's Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015.
Read the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015