Azerbaijan, Baku, April 16 / Trend N. Ismayilova /
Azerbaijan loses $1.2 billion as a result of road accidents annually, the World Bank (WB) head in Azerbaijan Gregory Yedzheychak said at the presentation of the report "Combating fatal accidents: road safety in Europe and Central Asia" in Baku.
"Accidents lead to more casualties and serious economic costs for the country", Yedzheychak said.
He said that about 40 percent of deaths in road traffic accidents fall to pedestrians. It covers the working population, as in other countries of the former Soviet Union.
"The World Bank together with other international organizations, including the World Health Organization and the Commission for Global Road Safety will continue to provide Azerbaijan with technical and financial assistance under the recently adopted UN plan on road safety in the 2011-2012 ", Yedzheychak said.