Today 3205 people will die as a result of a road collision. That's as many as would be killed in eight Jumbo Jets crashes.
Every week 22,435 people will die on the world's roads – almost 100,000 people every month.
In addition to the 1.2 million people killed each year on the world's roads between 20 - 50 million are estimated to be injured.
World Heath Organisation projections indicate that by 2020 road traffic injuries could rank third among causes of death and disability, ahead of such other health problems as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Aside from the unacceptable human cost, road death costs the global economy $518 billion each year.
