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Health - Sweden - Traffic-related accidents one of the world's largest problems
Annually 1.2 million people are killed worldwide, and a further 50 million suffering injury or permanent invalidity
Sweden -fullyloaded/Australia -7 Oct 2005: -- Traffic accidents take second place as the cause of death in the five to 29 year age range and third place in the 30 to 44 age group... The key to successful prevention lies in the commitment of all relevant sectors, public and private, to make road safety happen.
Scania supports the World Health Organisation
As a leading truck manufacturer Scania sees efforts to reduce road accidents as an important area of the company's responsibility... The development of safer vehicles, improved infrastructure and driver training are the most important factors for improving road safety... "The driver is the single most vital factor, which is why we are now expanding our commitment to driver training," said Leif Östling, Scania's CEO and President, as he presented new road safety initiatives... Scania has decided to support the WHO in its worldwide road safety efforts... Another initiative is that Scania will offer the supplementary driver training that will be mandatory for professional bus and truck drivers in the European Union from 2008 and 2009, respectively...
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