Attachment C <br />Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners <br />Attachment B <br />Preface <br />Each year, more than 2,70 00o pedestrians lose their lives on the world's roads. <br />Many leave their homes as they would on any given day - to school, work, places of <br />worship, homes of friends - never to return. Globally, pedestrians constitute 22% <br />of all road deaths, and in some countries this proportion is as high as two thirds. <br />Millions more people are injured in traffic-related crashes while walking, some of <br />whom become permanently disabled. These incidents cause much suffering and grief <br />as well as economic hardship for families and loved ones. <br />The capacity to respond to pedestrian safety is an important component of efforts <br />to prevent road traffic injuries. Pedestrian collisions, like other road traffic crashes, <br />should not be accepted as inevitable because they are, in fact, both predictable and <br />preventable. The key risks to pedestrians are well documented, and they include issues <br />related to a broad range of factors: driver behaviour, particularly in relation to speeding <br />as well as drinking and driving; infrastructure in terms of a lack of dedicated facilities <br />for pedestrians such as sidewalks, crossings and raised medians; and vehicle design in <br />terms of solid vehicle fronts that are not forgiving to pedestrians should they be struck. <br />Poor trauma care services in many settings also thwart efforts to provide the urgent <br />treatment needed to save pedestrian lives in the event of a collision. <br />Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners describes: <br />the magnitude of pedestrian deaths and injuries; key risk factors; ways of assessing <br />the pedestrian safety situation in a given setting and prepare an action plan; and how <br />to select, design, implement and evaluate effective interventions. The manual stresses <br />the importance of a comprehensive, holistic approach that includes engineering, <br />legislation and enforcement as well as behavioural measures. It also draws attention <br />to the benefits of walking, which should be promoted as an important mode of <br />transport given its potential to improve health and preserve the environment. <br />We hope that this manual, which is designed for a multidisciplinary audience <br />including engineers, planners, police, public health professionals and educators, <br />will contribute towards strengthening national and local capacity to implement <br />pedestrian safety measures in settings worldwide. We encourage all to bring this <br />manual to the attention of those who will use it to save pedestrian lives. <br />Etienne Krug <br />Director <br />Department of Violence and Injury <br />Prevention and Disability <br />World Health Organization <br />Pieter Venter <br />Chief Executive <br />Global Road Safety Partnership <br />David Ward <br />Director General <br />FIA Foundation for the Automobile <br />and Society <br />Jose Luis Irigoyen <br />Director <br />Transport, Water, Information and <br />Communication Technologies Department <br />The World Bank <br />Vi l <br />Page 136 <br />