The political and social contexts of global road safety: challenges for the next decade

Authors

Adnan A. Hyder, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: hydera1@gwu.edu.
Connie Hoe, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA.
Martha Hijar, National Institute of Public health of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Margaret Peden, George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

6-29-2022

Journal

Lancet (London, England)

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00917-5

Abstract

The goal of this Series paper is to show how road safety has evolved as a global public health issue over the past two decades and to discuss the political and economic dynamics that led to this change. Specifically, the key stakeholders, influences, networks, issue framing, actor power, and synergistic interactions that have contributed to how road safety has evolved as a global public health issue will be discussed. In doing so, we capture the important chronology of events and discuss a set of challenges that highlight the complexity of road safety. We posit that the global road safety community needs to re-evaluate its role and strategy for the next decade and focus more on implementation and country action to achieve reductions in road traffic injuries. We call for an open and inclusive process to ensure that such a reflection occurs before the end of the current decade.

APA Citation

Hyder, Adnan A.; Hoe, Connie; Hijar, Martha; and Peden, Margaret, "The political and social contexts of global road safety: challenges for the next decade" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 1058.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/1058

Department

Global Health