VULNERABLE ROAD USERS

Pedestrians, cyclists, two-wheeler riders constitute 66 pc of road fatalities in Southeast Asia: WHO

"In the WHO Southeast Asia Region, the share of reported road traffic deaths is 46 per cent for users of powered two- and three-wheelers, 12 per cent for occupants of four-wheeled vehicles, 17 per cent for pedestrians, 3 per cent for cyclists and 22 per cent for others. In all these countries, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, motorised two-wheeler users and bicyclists) constitute 66 per cent of the total reported road traffic deaths," the report said.