Image copyright Chananchida/Getty imagesRoad traffic injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally, international data released by the World Health Organization reveals. Road accidentsMost young people killed by the top cause - road crashes - are "vulnerable" road users: pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Road injuries were to blame for about one in 10 of these deaths. Chest infections and self-harm were the biggest global killers of girls and young women, however. Although far fewer in number, road injuries are still the leading cause of adolescent death in high-income countries, shortly followed by deaths from self-harm.
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Road traffic accidents revealed to be the biggest killer of teenagers globally
Road traffic injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally, data released by the World Health Organization reveals. Road traffic injuries, lower respiratory infections, and suicide are the biggest causes of death among adolescents with road injury fatalities disproportionately affecting young males. In 2015, road injuries were the leading cause of adolescent death globally among 10–19-year-olds, resulting in approximately 115,000 adolescent deaths with older males aged 15 to 19 the worst affected. The report states that globally, most of the deaths could be prevented with good health services, education and social support. Most young people killed in road crashes were vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
According to data released by the World Health Organization (WHO), road accident injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers worldwide. A majority of all road accident fatalities included males. Over 1.2 million adolescents (aged 10 to 19) died in 2015, of which one in 10 were from road accidents. However, the biggest killers of female adolescents were chest infections and self-harm.
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