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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.

Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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People Fixing The World: Ending road deaths

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Ending road deaths

04/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Ending road deaths

An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.

Road traffic injuries are the eighth biggest cause of death in the world, with about 1.3m people killed every year.

But 25 years ago, a movement started that changed the way policy-makers approach the issue. Vision Zero imagines a world in which no-one is killed or seriously injured on our roads. Its advocates say this isn’t a utopian ideal, but a mindset with numerous practical implications, and which has cut deaths in a number of countries.

Myra Anubi also hears about an innovative project to help truck drivers in India stay safe on the roads, and checks out the tech that now comes fitted in all new cars models in the EU - and which experts say could eliminate a fifth of road casualties.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporters: William Kremer and Chhavi Sachdev
Producer: Zoe Gelber
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk
Image: Stop sign (Getty Images)

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