Organisation: Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety
Date uploaded: 4th March 2020
Date published/launched: February 2020
Authored by the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, the report paints a picture of the complex ways that road crashes affect lives, exploring issues such as health, finance, relationships and justice.
The report, which is based on a survey of 5,606 people from 132 countries, concludes those with lower educational levels, often corresponding to lower income, are the worst affected.
Nearly three quarters (71%) of crash survivors who had not completed formal schooling lost their job or source of income – compared to just 10% of university-educated respondents.
In terms of the emotional effect, 66% of crash survivors said they live in fear that they, or their loved ones, might be in a crash again. 43% reported experiencing problems such as depression, nightmares or panic attacks.
In total, 57% of respondents had been involved in a crash themselves, while 87% knew someone who had been killed in a crash.
The Alliance says the report shows that road crashes have a serious negative impact on the daily lives of those affected, both directly and indirectly.
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