Table of Content : Introduction 1. The Economic Outlook -1.1. The world economy, recession and recovery -1.2. World trade 2. Global Trends in Transport -2.1. Freight transport-2.2. Passenger transport 3. Road Safety4. Investment and Maintenance in Inland Transport Infrastructure-4.1. Introduction-4.2. Trends in relation to GDP -4.3. Volume of investment -4.4. Modal split of investment -4.5. Trends in road maintenance 5. Statistical Information-5.1. Data sources, definitions and country notes-5.2. Tables and graphs  Freight transport--Table A1: Rail--Table A2: Road--Table A3: Inland waterways--Table A4: Pipeline--Table A5: Total inland freight--Table A6: Coastal shipping--Table A7: Air (freight and mail)--Table A8: Rail containers--Table A9: Sea containers  Passenger transport --Table B1: Rail--Table B2: Private cars--Table B3: Buses and coaches--Table B4: Total road transport--Table B5: Total inland passenger transport--Table B6: Air  Road injury accidents--Table C1: Number of crashes--Table C2: Casualties (killed + injured)--Table C3: Killed  Infrastructure investments--Table D1: Rail infrastructure--Table D2: Road infrastructure--Table D3: Inland waterway infrastructure--Table D4: Seaport infrastructure--Table D5: Airport infrastructure  Infrastructure maintenance--Table E1: Rail maintenance--Table E2: Road maintenance--Table E3: Inland waterway maintenance--Table E4: Seaport maintenance--Table E5: Airport maintenance  Graphs--Goods transport graphs--Passenger transport graphs --Road injury accidents graphsReferences