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Dr. , assistant professor and Leon Robertson Faculty Development Chair in the School’s department of , will be making a presentation today to (UN) ambassadors in New York, NY ,about the increasing burden of road traffic injuries. UN Ambassador Fuad Al-Hinai of Oman is hosting the briefing.

“Although the statistics are clear, road traffic injuries aren’t receiving the same amount of publicity as other health issues,” said Dr. Hyder. “Traffic crashes rank as a leading cause of death worldwide, ahead of malaria and measles. Two pedestrians are killed for every driver killed. This rate increases in developing nations where pedestrians and vehicles share the same roads.”

Dr. Hyder, part of an international panel of road safety experts organized by the will address road traffic injuries in developing nations. Other presenters will look at various aspects of road traffic injuries, such as how the UN can contribute to road safety.

Dr. Hyder, who is also the Secretary of the Global Road Traffic Injury Research Network, explained that traffic accidents kill more than one million people each year, injure tens of millions more and cost developing countries twice as much as they receive in international aid.

“Road traffic injuries are clearly an issue that needs to be addressed nationally and globally,” said Dr. Hyder.

Members of the road safety panel include representatives from , , the , the , the , the and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development.