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New Road Safety statistics released today show that after ‘just one’ drink one in four drivers get behind the wheel. The 2012 survey, commissioned by the Department of the Environment, was designed to examine respondents’ behaviours and attitudes, and their more »

A national road safety campaign was launched yesterday to reduce the number of deaths as end-year festivities draw closer. The three-year campaign, dubbed ‘Toa Sauti’ and steered by an 11-member trust, seeks to promote responsible road use. “This concerted education more »

Watch KTN Streaming LIVE from Kenya 24/7 on http://www.ktnkenya.tv President Mwai Kibaki has urged all Kenyans to take individual effort to prevent road traffic accidents. in a speech read on his behalf by finance minister Njeru githae, the president said more »

Over the past decade, China has been on an infrastructure tear, investing hundreds of billions of dollars in transportation expansions. According to The Wall Street Journal, some 30,000 miles of expressway were paved in the 10 years before 2008, and more »

The FINANCIAL — ISO has just published ISO 39001, a management system standard for road traffic safety. The standard is a practical tool for governments, vehicle fleet operators and all organizations worldwide who want to reduce death and serious injury more »

The winner of Eurovision – 2011, singer Nigar Jamal has presented a new video shot for Can’t let you go. She almost immediately after an international contest was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations’ program Decade of Action for more »

Last month, as many as 34 people were killed in a single incident when a bus driver lost control of his vehicle in the hilly northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, and sent himself and many of his passengers down more »

People living in communities that lend themselves to walking had a significantly lower risk of developing diabetes than those living in the least walkable neighborhoods in a large new study from Canada. “If you have fewer opportunities for physical activity more »

Twenty people were killed and at least nine others injured on Monday morning when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after a head-on collision with another bus in Bangladesh’s eastern Comilla district, about 96 km southeast of the capital more »

ALMOST seven out of 10 fatal accidents on Bahrain’s roads involve young drivers who have held a licence for less than five years, according to the author of a new book on traffic safety. Bahrain University professor Dr Hashim Al more »

With 1.3 million people killed and up to 50 million injured every year in road crashes, 90 percent of them in developing countries, traffic accidents have become the leading cause of death for young people aged 5 to 29. Road more »

Car sales in Beijing have crashed overnight after new rules restricting the sale of vehicle to 2.40 lakh per year were introduced this week to reduce traffic congestion on the roads. The holiday season on the New Year eve, regarded more »

The proposed subways along Dakshin Marg, Madhya Marg and other roads and an overbridge aimed at tackling the increasing traffic problem on city roads is soon going to be a reality as the Central government has sanctioned Rs 15 crore more »

Accidents are such a common occurrence on Indian roads. About 1.2 lakh people die and 5.2 lakh people get injured every year in road accidents in India. But this is all going to change. One of the most effective ways more »

A global status report on road safety has revealed that Kenya suffers the highest number of road fatalities in East Africa. Out of a sample of one million registered vehicles, the country recorded 3,760 traffic deaths last year, compared with more »

Cyclists make their way north on University Ave. using the right shoulder. Toronto’s summer bike lane pilot project will put bikes in the left lane of University Ave.. In a plan that gladdens the hearts of cycling advocates — and more »

The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU), dubbed as one of the best transport undertakings in the country, is oblivious of the health problems being faced by its staff. This is the reason that some employees of the CTU lost their lives more »

The Chief Executive Officer of the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI), Greig Craft, has arrived Nigeria to discuss with various government officials and road safety stakeholders the possibility of implementing the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative in Nigeria.. more »

To curb the shocking 1.3 million deaths from road traffic crashes a year, the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday proclaimed the period from 2011 to 2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety. According to a news release more »

To spur national and global efforts to prevent traffic deaths, the UN General Assembly has proclaimed the period 2011 to 2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety. In a resolution adopted Tuesday, the 192-member body also requested the more »