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<p>Road traffic injuries cost developing countries an estimated 1-2% of their gross
national product, equivalent to over US$100 billion annually, with a widening of the
disparity between advanced and developing countries. Road accidents kill an estimated
1.3 million people and injure up to 78 million people each year.</p><br /><p>We are
pleased that the burden of road crashes has been recognised in the Sustainable Development
Goals and we are committed to supporting the international community to achieve the
target of halving the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
by 2020.</p><br /><p>DFID recently increased its funding to the Global Road Safety
Facility (GRSF) hosted at the World Bank and will contribute £4.5 million between
2013 and 2017. The GRSF provides funding, knowledge, and technical assistance that
lever road safety investments into transport sector programmes.</p><br /><p>We also
focus on road safety through our research and evidence portfolio. For example our
programme on High Volume Transport and the programme “Research for Community Access
Partnership” (ReCAP) both have strong road safety research components. DFID also supports
a programme in Nepal working to improve road infrastructure for road safety on a critical
section of Nepal’s national network.</p><br />
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