Over 1 million people annually lose their lives in road accidents with another 20-50 million road users who are injured annually with a majority of them falling under the age bracket of 5-29 years, the future leaders. Surprisingly, the concentration of road accidents is higher in low to medium income countries as compared to high-income countries. Though there are many factors at play for such a stark difference between low and high-income countries, it all comes down to a balance of traffic education and enforcement. Saudi Arabia has one of the highest road accident mortality rates where 25 people lose their life a day but with extensive educational campaigns in multiple languages, coupled with heavy fines and strict enforcement using state of the art equipment, they have managed to bring the figure down to 19 mortalities per day in 2017 and a little below 17 mortalities per day in 2018. Road accidents not only cause losses to individuals but the state as well. A global average is said to be between 2-3% of the GDP in terms of tertiary care, disability and death allowances and lost productivity. [bs-quote quote=”Pakistan nearly loses 9 Billion USD annually to road accidents and to … Continue reading Why do Road Accidents kill more in poorer countries?