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On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [4] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between regions. The risk of dying as a result of a road traffic injury is highest in the African Region (26.6 per 100 000 population), and lowest in the European Region (9.3 per 100 000 ...
Traffic jam on EDSA. According to a "Global Driver Satisfaction" survey conducted by the navigation app Waze in 2015, Metro Manila had the "worst traffic on Southeast Asia". ". Emerson Carlos, MMDA assistant general manager for operation has mentioned that in 2015, motor vehicle registrations in Metro Manila peaked at around 2.5 mill
IRTAD participants. The International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) is an initiative dedicated to compiling and analyzing global road crash data. It is managed by the International Transport Forum (ITF) under the auspices of its permanent working group, which specializes in road safety, commonly referred to as the IRTAD Group.
This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360,000 die a year) and the ninth most frequent cause of death for all ages worldwide. [3] In the United States, 40,100 people died and 2.8 million were injured in crashes in 2017, [4] and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every ...
September 1 – Ecuador – 10 people, including three children died when a bus crashed and overturned in Cuenca. [ 256 ] September 12 – India – An overcrowded bus rolled into a gorge in Jagtial district, Telangana, killing at least 57 people and injuring 31. [ 257 ] October 6 – United States – Schoharie limousine crash.
On January 6, 1967, two Catholic pilgrimage buses collided on a mountainous road near a reinforced timber bridge in the rural town of Indang, Cavite, Philippines.. Subsequently, they plunged off a cliff, killing more than 80 people, the majority being women and children, and injuring the remaining passengers, making it one of the world's worst road accidents and disasters and the worst in Philip
3 November 1893. Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured. [14] 581. 16 April 1947. Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured. 575. 4 June 1989. Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
Commonwealth Avenue, formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos Avenue, [a] is a 12.4-kilometer (7.7 mi) highway located in Quezon City, Philippines. It spans from six to eighteen lanes, making it the widest road in the country. [3] The avenue is one of the major roads in Metro Manila and is designated as part of Radial Road 7 (R-7) of the older ...