On 5 August 2019 in India, the long-awaited Motor Vehicle (Amendments) Act was passed. It is hoped that the new act will help to reduce the 31,000 road traffic fatalities that occur in India every year. Alliance member and other road safety NGOs in India have campaigned hard for the contents of the act. A summary […]
The Alliance is working with the International Road Federation, IRF (Geneva), funded by the FIA Road Safety Grant Programme, on a program that combines the training and capacity building expertise of both organizations. Learn, Examine, Review, Act, Replicate, Network (LEARN) develops the knowledge and skills of government agencies, engineers, FIA clubs, teachers, NGOs, journalists, the private sector, and […]
During National Road Victim Month in the UK, Alliance member RoadPeace is focusing on the way that the use of the word “accident” to describe a crash affects the way that it is perceived. “Accident” implies that nothing could have been done to prevent it and that the death toll on our roads is the […]
The Alliance is proud to report that two Round the World Roundtables have taken place in South America this week, with commitments from national governments signed and handed to Jean Todt, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety. The commitments were handed over using the same baton as seen in at the first Round the World […]
The Alliance is encouraging NGOs around the world to organize #CommitToAct days to show their leaders that their citizens want action on road safety. It’s easy to get involved: Choose a date between September and December 2019. Invite community members and decision makers. Hold your event outside your national government building or another significant landmark. Make […]
The Alliance and Accountability International have launched the People’s Survey. The survey will collect the experiences of citizens around the world and show the scale and human impact of road traffic crashes. The survey has been published in English but other languages will follow. Please complete the survey and share it with your friends, families, […]
At the Global Meeting, an NGO Declaration was handed to the Government of Sweden. This declaration has now been summarized into the People’s Declaration so that citizens around the world can sign it to demand that their governments COMMIT to put people first and ACT on those commitments to save lives on the road. Sign […]
The Alliance is proud to announce that we have been granted United Nations (UN) consultative status. UN consultative status is the highest status granted by the United Nations to NGOs and means that we are able to participate in the work of the UN and contribute directly to its agenda. Specifically, we will be able […]
The Global Road Safety Fund has launched the African Road Safety Observatory (#ARSO) #Roads4Life Storytelling Contest launched by the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP). Share your stories for a chance to become a #Roads4Life champion and win a trip to SSATP’s Annual General Meeting (November 2019). The campaign is now open until August 31, 2019. […]
For road safety professionals looking to give their work an academic grounding, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is offering postgraduate courses in road safety. The postgraduate programs are offered through the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and are designed to build capacity at global, national, and local levels around the world to address the road […]
The African Road Safety Observatory (ARSO) was launched last year to address the need for a coordinated road safety response among countries in Africa, through systematic data collection and analysis and exchange of knowledge and best practices. This week, in Durban, South Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP, an international […]
As part of the official launch of this year’s European Mobility Week on 16 September 2019, European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, will be hosting a European Road Safety Roundtable as part of the series of Round the World Roundtables organized by the Alliance during the lead-up to the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, in […]
“Tourism accounts for one tenth of the global GDP and is a key driver of economic growth,” said Rochelle Sobel, Founder and President of the Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT), at its inaugural road safety travel summit last month. She highlighted that tourists are particularly vulnerable road users; with road crashes are the single […]
The first Global Fleet Champion Award for Fleet Action and Analysis was awarded to Easy Coach Ltd, Kenya during the Fifth United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week last month. The award was presented to Easy Coach by Pamoja Road Safety Initiative during a meeting convened by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and is […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome three new members that joined us recently. The National Alliance for Road Safety (ANASEVI), Mexico, is a coalition of organizations and citizens, from across Mexico, that focuses on promoting road safety and sustainable mobility. Its Road Safety Observatory monitors progress towards the UN´s Decade of Action 2011-2020 goals and […]
The Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety will be held 19–20 February 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference is targeted at national government ministers and aims to achieve global consensus among national government ministers for a continued global effort toward 2030. It is vital that NGOs start engaging relevant ministers and their departments, to explain […]
Adel Metni Foundation is named after the well-known Lebanese rally driver and founded by his son Georges. As well as being a rally driver, Adel Metni was heavily involved in road safety in Lebanon and the Foundation continues this work. One of the Foundation’s main focuses is defensive driver training, empowering drivers to anticipate risks […]
Alliance member the Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) has launched a new, free-of-charge road safety education short-course to give teachers the capacity and resources they need to lead effective road safety education in schools and communities globally. The EASST Road Safety Education Pack is a free, global teaching resource that provides stimulating […]
Lotte Brondum, Executive Director, presented the Alliance’s #CommitToAct campaign at the High Level Group on Road Safety at the European Commission this month. The High Level Group includes ministerial representatives from countries within the European Union (EU). Lotte called for EU governments to commit and take specific action to further reduce road fatalities in the run up […]
The Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week finished yesterday but we continue to #SpeakUp loudly for road safety leadership. It is our role as NGOs and we are persistent for change. The demands you made during the UN Global Road Safety Week still matter and the commitments given by decision makers must be followed up. […]
