交通事故成全球青少年頭號殺手大綱

Road traffic injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally, international data released by the World Health Organization reveals.

世界衛生組織發佈的全球統計數據顯示，交通事故是全球青少年最大的殺手。

In 2015, More than 1.2 million adolescents died. Road injuries were to blame for about one in 10 of these deaths.

2015年，共有超過120萬青少年死亡。這些死亡事件中約有十分之一是交通事故導致的。

Most of the road fatalities involved males between the ages of 10 and 19. Chest infections and self-harm were the biggest global killers of girls and young women, however.

大多數交通事故發生在10至19歲的男性中。而呼吸道感染和自殘是全球女孩和年輕婦女最大的殺手。

According to the worldwide report, more than 3,000 adolescents die every day. Over two-thirds of these deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South East Asia.

據全球報告顯示，每天有3000多名青少年死亡。其中三分之二以上的死亡事件發生在非洲和東南亞地區的中低等收入國家。

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.

雖然數量少得多，但高收入國家的青少年死亡的主要原因仍是車禍，自殘的比例也十分接近。

In 2015 in Britain, road accidents killed 145 people aged 10-19, and left 3,166 more seriously injured.

2015年，英國車禍共造成145名10到19歲的青少年死亡，重傷的則有3166人。

ccording to UK experts, the transition between primary and secondary school, when children often begin to walk to school unassisted, can be a particularly risky time.

據英國專家介紹，在小學和中學間的這個過渡期期間，孩子開始一個人上學，這段時間會是十分危險的。