People Fixing the World - Ending road deaths

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Road traffic injuries are the eighth biggest cause of death in the world, with about 1.3m people killed every year.

But 25 years ago, a movement started that changed the way policy-makers approach the issue. Vision Zero imagines a world in which no-one is killed or seriously injured on our roads. Its advocates say this isn’t a utopian ideal, but a mindset with numerous practical implications, and which has cut deaths in a number of countries.

Myra Anubi also hears about an innovative project to help truck drivers in India stay safe on the roads, and checks out the tech that now comes fitted in all new cars models in the EU - and which experts say could eliminate a fifth of road casualties.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporters: William Kremer and Chhavi Sachdev
Producer: Zoe Gelber
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk
Image: Stop sign (Getty Images)

Published on Tuesday, 4th October 2022.

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