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15/09/2009
Road traffic accidents kill more people aged 10-24 worldwide than any other single cause, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal.
And while global figures also reveal that violence, suicide, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are all significant mortality risks, one of the study's authors describes four out of five youth deaths in the UK as "entirely preventable".
Dr Russell Viner, of the University College London Institute of Child Health, explained that contrary to public concerns about knife and gun crime among young people, it was far less significant in the UK than in some other developed countries such as the USA.
But Dr Viner expressed concern at the UK's "much higher rates of alcohol and drug misuse than many other high-income countries", adding that injuries related to this misuse are "non-random, preventable events".
Calling for a change of perspective, he said: "In Britain, young people are vilified.
"They are seen as dangerous, seen as a potentially antisocial element, and there is a fear of young people and that needs to change."
Using figures from 2004, the study found that traffic accidents were the leading cause of death among 10- to 24-year-olds, accounting for 10% of all fatalities in the age group worldwide. There was a large disparity between the sexes, with crashes causing 14% of all male deaths but only 5% of female deaths.
In the UK, however, road accidents are an even more significant cause of fatality among youths, accounting for 30% of male deaths and 17% of female deaths.
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