**Traffic accidents** generate expenses that affect **all citizens**, either directly or indirectly. This is due to several factors:

- **Medical and healthcare expenses**: When an accident occurs, investment is needed in personnel and resources to care for the injured, provide first aid, treatments, rehabilitation, and necessary adaptations. These costs are covered by the healthcare system, which is funded by the taxes of all citizens.

- **Security resources**: Accidents require the intervention of police and firefighters, which implies a significant expenditure in personnel and money. These services are funded by the state, which obtains its resources from the taxes paid by citizens.

- **Material damages**: Accidents cause damage to vehicles, road infrastructure, and the environment. The repair and maintenance of roads and other public assets are also financed with public funds.

For these reasons, the **World Health Organization** considers traffic accidents to be a public health problem that affects the entire society, and urges us to collaborate to reduce the number of accidents and their consequences. In summary, all citizens bear the costs of traffic accidents, either through taxes or indirectly through the impact on public services and the environment.