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Road Injury Prevention -the road victims’
perspective
Brigitte Chaudhry
FEVR President and RoadPeace FounderEuroSafe Conference ,June 2006
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Annual primary victims
Killed: 45,000 - 127,000 Europe-wide (1.2 million worldwide)
Injured: 2.5 m in Europe (50 million worldwide)
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Real Scale?
But annual statistics ignore the• Disabled (4 permanently disabled
for every death
• Secondary casualties, inc. the bereaved and families of disabled
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Societal response
“accident”• Not accurate• Not constructive• Not sensitive
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Justice sector response
•inadequate investigations•inappropriate charges•trivial sentences
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Health sector response
• Belated acknowledgement as public health priority
• Limited pre-hospital and trauma care focus
• Lack of research into impacts
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Government response
•Responsibility—lack of ownership
•Law enforcement—not a priority
•Targets—accept higher levels of risk and death on roads
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FEVR SurveyImpact of Road Death and Injury, 1996/7
Over 1300 responses from 9 countries
Bereaved Disabled
Fall in standard of living 50% 60%
Long term decline in quality of life
90% 80%
Not received criminal justice 89% 68%
Suffered depression 62% 40%
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Basic needs of trauma victims
•Full and accurate information•Upholding of their human
rights•Acknowledgement of their
loss and suffering by society, government and the judicial system
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RoadPeace Justice Campaign, launched in 1998
1. Victims’ right to information & consultation
2. Investigations to national standards3. Criminal proceedings to bring justice4. Civil compensation to provide
fairness5. Medical care to national standards6. Coordinated government strategy
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What FEVR wants to see
1. Proper acknowledgement as a global road safety and public health crisis
2. Parity with other victims of violence
3. Risk of road death and serious injury to be reduced to that of other travel
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