1. APEC Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit Robert C. Lange General Motors Executive Director Vehicle Structure & Safety Integration September 5, 2006 2006/TPT-WG-28/OPLEN_008 28 th APEC Transportation Working Group Meeting Vancouver, Canada 5-8 September 2006 APEC Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit Purpose: Information Submitted by: United States

2. APEC Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit Robert C. Lange General Motors Executive Director Vehicle Structure & Safety Integration September 5, 2006 2006/TPT-WG-28/OPLEN_008

3. Scale of the public health problem Estimated 1.2 million deaths per annum Over 3,000 deaths each day 50 million injured per annum Economic impact: 1 to 2% of GDP Global cost more than US$ 500 billion annually Cost to Middle Income Countries and Low Income Countries more than the total foreign aid that they receive 70 million hospital in-patient days per year Families pushed into poverty Needless waste of life and resources 2006/TPT-WG-28/OPLEN_008

4. APEC Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit PURPOSE Increase visibility of road safety as a public health challenge Provide APEC economies with knowledge of necessary tools to develop and implement national road safety plans Share good practices and road safety expertise Identify major road safety issues Promote common data elements that can form the scientific basis for sound regulatory frameworks Move to action Engage APEC economies to address issue Assist road safety plan development and implementation through ecotech support 2006/TPT-WG-28/OPLEN_008

5. APEC Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit WHEN / WHERE / WHO Immediately prior to APEC Transportation Working Group Ministerial meeting in March 2007 Adelaide, Australia Government leaders (Transportation, Health, Public Security / Police), Global Experts, Private Sector, NGOs -- all stakeholders in road traffic safety 2006/TPT-WG-28/OPLEN_008

6. APEC Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit WHAT Your involvement and your Minister’s attendance are critical for a productive Summit Expected Outcomes include: Participants will gain an understanding of –road safety trends; –the importance of quality data collection and sound analysis; and –capacity building and training needs. The automotive industry is considering further support for the traffic data study. Approaches discussed for APEC-wide roll-out and implementation of global good practices 2006/TPT-WG-28/OPLEN_008