Many of us know someone who has been traumatized, seriously injured, or killed by a crash involving a motor vehicle. With the holiday season here, transportation professionals all over the world are sounding the alarm bells about road safety. The US National Safety Council estimatedthat as many as 393 fatalities occurred during 2022's Christmas holiday period, with the lives of the families and friends of these 393 individuals being changed permanently. On an annual basis, over 42,000 people in the US and more than 1.3 million worldwide are killed each year on the road.
"The sobering fact is that most of these fatalities and serious injuries can be prevented by technologies, interventions, and policies we have at our disposal today," says Advanced Mobility Analytics Group (AMAG) CEO Dr. Simon Washington, PhD. "Governments around the world, to their credit, have adopted Vision Zero policies – which we expect will trigger transformation of how roads are managed."
"The speed of any transformation will determine how many deaths are prevented, and the solutions to this complex problem will require strong political leadership," adds Michael Griffith, President of AMAG's North American operations.
