DESPITE dropping from 1.25 million in 2010 to 1.19 million in 2021, road crash incidents remain a global health crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Based on WHO's 2023 global status report on road safety released Thursday, road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among children and youth ages 5 to 29 years, with more than two deaths occurring per minute and over 3,200 per day.

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