Death Toll On World's Roads Is Too High, WHO Finds

Some 1.25 million people die each year as a result of traffic crashes around the world, even though an increasing number of countries in recent years have made live-saving improvements on their roads. But the pace of change is too slow and traffic deaths remain too high. Those were the main findings of a report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) during a joint-press conference held in Geneva and London.