FROM..http://www.voiceitout.com/2010/09/19/malaysia-has-the-highest-road-deaths-2009/

Malaysia has the highest Road Deaths, 2009

Britain’s annual road deaths tally is the lowest out of 33 countries surveyed by an international transport watchdog which has declared the last 10 years “a record decade for road safety”.

Latest fatality figures published today by the Paris-based International Transport Forum show dramatic falls in road deaths since the turn of the century in 30 of the countries included.

In terms of road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, Britain’s figure last year stood at 3.8 – compared with 23.8 in Malaysia at the other end of the scale.

Safety first: Britain’s roads have fewer deaths than any other in the world according the new survey

The steepest declines in fatalities were recorded in Spain, Portugal and France in the last 10 years, while last year saw America’s lowest death toll on the roads for 60 years, at 11.1 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.

Measured as road fatalities per billion kilometres driven, the risk of dying in a road accident is smallest in Sweden (5.1), followed by the UK (5.2) and Switzerland (5.6).

It is highest in Korea (20.1 deaths per billion kilometres), the Czech Republic (19.4) and Malaysia (17.7.).

Portugal’s traffic-related deaths toll has fallen by 55pc since the start of the century, Spain’s by 53pc and that of France by 47pc.

The UK’s figure fell by 35pc and America’s by 19pc. The three countries with a worsening road accident record are Argentina, Cambodia and Malaysia.

International Transport Forum Secretary General Jack Short hailed the figures as “a record decade for road safety”, adding: “Reducing fatalities around the world will be accelerated by rapid and effective transfer of knowledge, good practice and information from the best performing countries.”

Fred Wegman, chairman of the OECD’s International Road Traffic and Accident Database which compiled the figures, commented: “In comparison to preceding decades, we have made a significant leap in the reduction of deadly road incidents during the first decade of the 21st century.”

But he warned: “Trends are much more worrying in many developing countries.”

There were substantial cuts in motorcycle fatalities in the last decade too, notably by 45pc in Portugal and 39pc in Korea.

But there were also huge rises – by 170pc in Finland and 100pc in Slovenia.

“These increases (in motorcycle deaths) are only partly explained by the rise in the number of motorcycles,” said Veronique Feypell-de La Beaumelle, road safety expert at the International Transport Forum.

“In the UK, for instance, motorcycle accidents were down 23pc, despite a 45pc increase in the number of motorcycles on the road.”

The Forum has set up a Motorcycle Safety Working Group to study the problem.

The United Nations has declared the next 10 years to be the “Decade of Action for Road Safety”, with a target of stabilising and then reducing global road deaths by 2020.

Just look at the list below if you are lazy to read.

Road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2009:

Malaysia – 23.8

Argentina – 18.4

Greece – 13.8

Cambodia – 12.6

Korea – 12.0

Poland – 12.0

US – 11.1

Lithuania – 11.0

New Zealand – 8.9

Belgium – 8.9

Czech Rep – 8.6

Slovenia – 8.4

Hungary – 8.2

Portugal – 7.9

Italy – 7.9

Austria – 7.6

Luxembourg – 7.2

Australia – 6.9

France – 6.9

Canada – 6.3

Spain – 5.9

Denmark – 5.5

Ireland – 5.4

Iceland – 5.3

Finland – 5.3

Germany – 5.1

Japan – 4.5

Switzerland – 4.5

Norway – 4.4

Israel – 4.2

Sweden – 3.9

Netherlands – 3.9

UK – 3.8

Malaysia Boleh. We are the best in … what? Road deaths.. OMG.. 23.8 death per 100,000 inhabitants.

So, the next time you drive it will be best for you to keep that number in mind. From my understanding that out of 100,000 people, 23.8 people actually died from road accidents. Unfortunately no additional information is provided, we don’t know those accidents is from driving a car or riding a bike but I am guessing that Rempit is one of the major factor.

“We cannot hide the facts. It is everyone’s responsibility to react to it instead of just relying on government agencies to do something about it,” said Dr Ahmad Farhan yesterday.

He added that one of the major contributors to road deaths was motorcycle accidents.

Yes. We cannot hide from the fact that our road death bad and I really appreciate Dr Ahmad Farhan for not deflecting or saying that we are not the worst in comparing with some other countries.

We also cannot hide from the fact that most Malaysian has to travel around on our own transport since the public transport system network is so wide and reliable too.

Meanwhile, Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh has disputed the results of the report.

“It needs to take into account other Asean countries as well. Compared to the World Health Organisation’s list of countries by traffic-related deaths, Malaysia is certainly not the worst,” he said.

He declined to comment further until detailed studies on the report were done by the department.

Datuk Suret Singh simply “tai-chi” his way out by stating Malaysia is certainly not the worst. Come on! Just learn from Dr Ahmad Farhan. Admit that our road deaths is a problem and improve the situation.

Reference:

http://news1.capitalbay.com/news/britain_s_roads_have_fewest.html

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/9/18/nation/7061384&sec=nation
Accidents, Malaysia, Road Deaths
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