Expressing great concern at the rapid increase, particularly in developing countries, in traffic fatalities and injuries worldwide, which accounted for an estimated 1.26 million deaths in 2000 and which disproportionately affect people in low- and middle-income countries, and also expressing concern at the economic costs of road traffic injuries, which amount to 518 billion United States dollars per annum worldwide, with developing countries bearing 100 billion dollars of the cost,
极为关切全世界、特别是发展中国家交通死伤人数迅速增加，2000年估计有126万人死于交通事故，这对中低收入国家人民的影响特别严重，并表示关切道路交通伤的经济代价，道路交通伤在全世界的经济代价为每年5 180亿美元，其中发展中国家承担1 000亿美元，