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Globally, road crashes kill an estimated 1.19 million people and cause countless serious injuries and disabilities each year. Road crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29, and rank as the twelfth leading cause of death for people of all ages, surpassing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Road traffic fatalities and injuries impose high costs on society, especially on the poor and the working-age population. In addition to the loss of life and toll on human health, they result in lost productivity, property damage, legal and judicial costs, out-of-pocket expenses, and public healthcare expenditures. Road crashes cost low and middle-income economies the equivalent of 2-6% of their GDP each year.

Without urgent action, road traffic crashes will keep rising as the demand for mobility in low and middle-income countries grows.

The Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF)—a multi-donor partnership managed by the World Bank—supports efforts in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to halve their road traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

To achieve its objectives, GRSF:

• Provides grant funding, knowledge, and technical assistance to scale-up road safety efforts in LMICs.
• Catalyzes and informs multisectoral road safety investments financed by the World Bank and other multilateral development banks.
• Delivers global road safety knowledge products and capacity enhancement initiatives.

GRSF was established by the World Bank in 2006.