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Poorest hit hardest: WHO Road Safety Status Report - FIA Foundation Dr Margaret Chan: “Road traffic fatalities take an unacceptable toll – particularly on poor people in poor countries” The report highlights several Foundation-supported programmes, including this safe school area initiative run by Amend in Tanzania WHO urges universal adoption of UN vehicle safety regulation and electronic stability control Poor people in poorer countries are bearing the brunt of the global road traffic injury epidemic, even as the overall global number of deaths appears to stabilise, a new report from the World Health Organization finds. According to the WHO Global status report on road safety 2015, published today, Malawi, Thailand and Tanzania have amongst the highest rates of road traffic death, estimated at above 30 per 100,000 population, contrasting with the best performing countries, Sweden and the UK, below 3 per 100,000. At least 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes, despite some improvements in road safety.