Latest data provides new Safety Insights

16 July 2024

New data has been unveiled in iRAP’s Safety Insights Explorer, a critical datahub for decision-makers and partners worldwide seeking to understand the true extent of road trauma, the safety of the world’s roads, and the positive impact that can be made with targeted investment.

The Safety Insights Explorer  helps to explain why road crashes remain a leading cause of death and injury in countries and worldwide, drawing from data that has been collected using the iRAP methodology by partners across nearly 600,000km of roads in more than 80 countries.

The updated Insights estimates that road death and injuries around the world cost US $3.6 trillion annually, equivalent to more than 3% of global GDP. Road deaths are estimated to cost US $753 billion annually, followed by limb fractures costing US $ 616 billion annually and severe acquired brain injury costing USD $414 billion annually.