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Dimension Society and Culture
Sub-Dimension Safety, Housing and Social Inclusion

Category Safety
KPI Name Traffic Fatalities
KPI No. SC: SH: SA: 9C Type: Core Type: Structural

Definition / Traffic fatalities per 100 000 inhabitants
Description

Rationale / Road traffic accidents claim more than 1.2 million lives each year and have a
Interpretation / huge impact on health development and overall quality of life. They are the
Benchmarking leading cause of death among the youth (15–29 years), and cost governments
approximately 3 per cent of overall national GDP.
Despite this massive and largely preventable human and economic toll, action to
combat this global challenge has been insufficient.
The definition of a road traffic fatality for harmonization of surveillance is “any
person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of a road traffic injury
accident”. (WHO, 2015)
The choice of 30 days is based on research which shows that most people who die
as a result of a crash succumb to their injuries within 30 days of sustaining them.
A declining trend should be pursued with lower percentages indicating better
road safety.

Source(s) NOTE 1 – WHO Global status report on road safety 2018. Retrieved from <https://
www .who .int/ publications/ i/ item/ 9789241565684>

Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of traffic fatalities.
Denominator: One 100 000th of the city’s population.

Unit Number / 100 000 inhabitants
Data Sources Data can be collected from local transportation and emergency departments and
/ Relevant local hospitals.
Databases
The World Health Organization can also provide adequate data on traffic fatalities.
SDG Reference(s) SDG Indicator 3.6.1: Death rate due to road traffic injuries.
Verification Check to see if calculation is based on 100 000 inhabitants and consistent with
Guidance population.
Check data source.

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