Resources/References for the Youth and Road Safety Action Kit can be found below:

The following compilation of References and Resouces are listed in accordance to their chronological appearance by page number:

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World Youth Assembly for Road Safety Report
, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2007).


World Youth Declaration for Road Safety, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2007):


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Reference 1:
Make Roads Safe, A Decade of Action for Road Safety. Commission for Global Road Safety (London, 2011).

Reference 2: Global Road Safety Partnership Annual Report 2008, Geneva, Global Road Safety Partnership, 2009.

Reference 3: Faces behind the figures: voices of road traffic crash victims and their families, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2007)

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Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020,
World Health Organization (Geneva, 2011):


More information about the Decade of Action on World Health Organization Website.
More information about the Decade of Action at the DoA Website.

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Reference 4:
Global status report on road safety: time for action, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2009).

Reference 5: Kopits E, Cropper M. Traffic Fatalities and Economic Growth. Policy Research Working Paper Number 3035. Washington D.C., The World Bank, 2003.

Reference 6:
Murray C, Lopez A. The Global Burden of Disease: A Comprehensive Assessment of Mortality and Disability From Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors in 1990 and Projected to 2020 Harvard University Press (Boston: 1996)

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Reference 7: Torayan.T, Peden. M et al., eds, Youth and Road Safety, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2007).

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Reference 8: Peden M et al., eds.World report on road traffic injury prevention.  World Health Organization (Geneva, 2004)

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Reference 9: Seat-belts and child restraints: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, Global Road Safety Partnership, (Geneva, 2008):


Find out more about Seatbelts at Transport Education UCLA

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Reference 10:
Speeding. European Road Safety Observatory, 2006.

Reference 11: Speed management: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, Global Road Safety Partnership, (Geneva, 2008):


Find out more about Speed at the RoSPA Website.

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Reference 12: Road Safety: Alcohol and Drink Driving. Adelaide, Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia.

Reference 13: SWOV Fact sheet Driving under the influence of alcohol. Leidschendam, Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV), 2009.

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Reference 14: SWOV Fact sheet Driving under the influence of drugs and medicines. Leidschendam, Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV), 2009.

Reference 15: Drinking and Driving: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, Global Road Safety Partnership, (Geneva, 2007):


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Reference 16: Helmets: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, World Health Organization, (Geneva, 2006):


Find out more about Helmets at:Asian Injury and Global Helmet Vaccine

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Reference 17: Helmets: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2006

More information about distracted driving: Mobile phone use: a growing problem of driver distraction, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2011).

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See reference 8

More about visibility: Amend

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For the World Youth Declaration: See Page 1 Above

Moscow Youth Declaration for Road Safety, YOURS: Youth for Road Safety (Moscow, 2009):


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Reference 18: The Project Management Cycle. Atlanta, PM4DEV, 2007.

Good Practice Manuals for download:

  • Seat-belts and child restraints: See Reference 9
  • Helmets: See Reference 16
  • Drinking and Driving: See Reference 15
  • Speed Management: See Reference 11


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Find out more about what works in tackling road safety: See Reference 7.

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See Reference 18 above

A Pocket Guide to Building Partnerships, World Health Organization (Geneva, 2003).

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