@misc{33539,
title = {Road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean: after a decade of action prospects for safer mobility},
author = {Beaujon Marin, Amanda and Hidalgo, Darío and Zamora, Edgar and Café, Eduardo and Montes, Laureen and Cortés, René and Montoya Robledo, Valentín and Bernal Carvajal, Valeria and Pinto Ayala, Ana María and Díaz, Claudia and Santos, Claudia Franchesca de los and Persaud, Christopher and  Puppo, Corina and Alonso, Francisco and Paredes, Hernán and Rodríguez, Manuel and Ponce De León, Marisela and Sosa, Martín and Chiavassa, Nathalie and  Cruz, Paula and Dewez, Raphael and Azzato, Franco and Riobó, Alexander and Crotte Alvarado, Amado and Rodrigues, Beatriz and Aun, Eduarda and Pompeo, Eduardo and De la Peña, Elena and Bradford, James and Kissner, Jessica and Williams, Judy and Urzua, Julio and Scholl, Lynn and Fletcher, Morgan and  Aguilar, Sonia and Santos, Paula and  Schwedhelm, Alejandro and Furas, Alejandro and Fernández, Eduard and Berner, Rebbeca L. and Brodziak, Stephan and Rojas Méndez, Ana María and Rodríguez, María Fernanda and Picard, Jeanne and Gaviria Fajardo, Ricardo and Gallego, Rosa},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.18235/0004843},
abstract = {The first Decade of Action for Road Safety has ended, but not without demonstrating the importance that systemic work on road safety offers towards protecting life. At the same time, it is clear that real progress in road safety requires a significant commitment of time, resources and political effort. In the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC), over the past ten years, the growth in the rate of vehicle deaths has slowed. Unfortunately, in the last two years this trend has reversed due to the expansion of the motorcycle fleet in the region. Although it has been possible to raise awareness, create institutions, plan and implement important actions to reduce fatalities, LAC has not obtained the same results as high-income countries, which have entirely reversed the trend in road deaths. In accordance with the above, it is possible to conceive of a second decade of action as an opportunity for LAC countries to finalize the processes initiated over the past decade and to introduce successful lessons experiences from other countries in the region. With this study, the IDB intends to guide this process of continuous improvement, highlighting the best practices and offering an overview of how to move from theory to practice, following the principles that mobility must be safe, sustainable and inclusive, while reducing the risk to all road users, especially the most vulnerable, and maintain the focus on users with special needs (people with disabilities, children and the elderly).},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0004843}
}