Road Injury Prevention - the road victims’ perspective Brigitte Chaudhry
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Road Injury Prevention -the road victims’
perspective
Brigitte Chaudhry
FEVR President and RoadPeace FounderEuroSafe Conference ,June 2006
Annual primary victims
Killed: 45,000 - 127,000 Europe-wide (1.2 million worldwide)
Injured: 2.5 m in Europe (50 million worldwide)
Real Scale?
But annual statistics ignore the• Disabled (4 permanently disabled
for every death
• Secondary casualties, inc. the bereaved and families of disabled
Societal response
“accident”• Not accurate• Not constructive• Not sensitive
Justice sector response
•inadequate investigations•inappropriate charges•trivial sentences
Health sector response
• Belated acknowledgement as public health priority
• Limited pre-hospital and trauma care focus
• Lack of research into impacts
Government response
•Responsibility—lack of ownership
•Law enforcement—not a priority
•Targets—accept higher levels of risk and death on roads
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%
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
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
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