Brennan to call for global road safety agency
14/04/2004 - 07:21:54Transport Minister Seamus Brennan is expected to call for a global road safety agency during an address later today to the United Nations in New York.
Mr Brennan is due to give a speech to the body in his role as chairman of the EU Council of Transport Ministers.
He is expected to call for the creation of a body similar to the World Health Organisation to devise ways to reduce the number of road deaths worldwide.
The proposed agency would monitor developments and trends in individual countries with a view to formulating future policies.
An estimated 1.2 million people die in road accidents throughout the world annually and a further 50 million are injured each year.
