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Road Safety: Health Crisis Spared Lives Across The World, Report Says

2020-10-27T17:33:15.928Z


The health crisis and containment measures limited road traffic and saved lives in early 2020, according to the annual report published Tuesday, October 27 by the International Transport Forum (FIT). Read also: The sham figures of road safety " The number of accidents fell sharply during the first months of 2020, due in particular to the confinement imposed in many countries to curb the Covid-19


The health crisis and containment measures limited road traffic and saved lives in early 2020, according to the annual report published Tuesday, October 27 by the International Transport Forum (FIT).

Read also: The sham figures of road safety

"

The number of accidents fell sharply during the first months of 2020, due in particular to the confinement imposed in many countries to curb the Covid-19 pandemic

", underlines the FIT, which depends on the Organization for Cooperation and economic development (OECD).

New Zealand recorded 80 fewer deaths in April 2020 than in April 2019, Italy 79 fewer, South Africa 78, Morocco 65, and France 56. “

The strict containment measures applied for curbing the circulation of the virus have caused a slowdown in the economy and in the mobility of people, and therefore in the number of road accidents

, ”according to the report.

However, it seems that "

the fall in the number of deaths is not proportional to the fall in traffic

", and "

some countries have recorded an increase in average speeds and more serious accidents

", underlines the FIT.

Of the 29 countries analyzed, only Denmark, Sweden (which has not put containment in place) and the Netherlands have seen a slight increase in the number of road deaths.

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Before the pandemic, most of the countries recorded in the OECD's international road traffic database were already seeing a drop in the number of road deaths.

The death toll fell on average 18.3% in 2018 from the average for the previous three years (excluding the densely populated United States, where the number has increased).

Slovenia, Ireland and Lithuania in particular have significantly improved their Road Safety figures.

Source: lefigaro

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