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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Road Safety - Global Goals 2030

Topic: Road Safety - Global Goals 2030

Guest:

Dr. S. Velmurugan, (Senior Principal Scientist, CRRI)
A. P. Bahadur, (Former Chief Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways)
Urmi Goswami, (Assistant Editor, Economic Times)
S. P. Singh, (Senior Fellow, Indian Foundation of Transport Research & Training)

Topic Description:

According to WHO's most recent Global status report on road safety approximately 1.35 million lives are lost every year due to road traffic accidents and the injuries caused by such accidents are now the leading cause of death for the age group of 5 to 29 years. More than half of these road traffic deaths occur among pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Ministers and senior officials from more than 100 nations will meet in Stockholm for 3rd Global ministerial conference on road safety on 19th and 20th February. Their objective is to share the expertise and discuss new steps to halve the road accident deaths and injuries by 2030 which is in line with the global targets agreed in the UN Sustainable development goals. So what needs to be done to bring down the number of road accidents deaths and injuries and how can the road safety goals be achieved.