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原文传递 Road Traffic Safety in African Countries - Status, Trend, Contributing Factors, Counter Measures and Challenges.

题名：	Road Traffic Safety in African Countries - Status, Trend, Contributing Factors, Counter Measures and Challenges.
作者：	G. Chen;
关键词：	highway safety,african countries;traffic accidents, injuries, fatalities, traffic safety, countermeasures, evaluation, contributing factors;
摘要：	Road traffic crashes and injuries constitute major health, economic, and developmental challenges to African countries. For its 4 percent of the worlds motor vehicles, the fatalities on African roads exceed 10%. With further motorization, the number of road traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities are expected to continue to grow. The road carnage has severe impact on the human, social and economic development. The present study intends to update the status, trends, causes, existing countermeasure, and issues in traffic safety, facing African countries. It is the hope of the author that the finding could stimulate discussion and to inform policy makers in traffic safety policy formation. The present study reviews reports published in major scientific journals in traffic safety on this significant issue. / Supplementary Notes: Sponsored by University Transportation Research Center, Region 2, City College of New York, NY. and Federal Highway Administration, Albany, NY. New York Div. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA, 22312, USA.
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