The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have set a strong impetus for us to increase and enhance our efforts on improving the road safety situation, especially at the national and regional levels. More than half of global road traffic fatalities occur in the Asia Pacific region with 34 per cent of the deaths in Asia […]
The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) will take place from 8-14 May 2017. The theme for the Week is reducing speed and features the slogan: “Save Lives – #SlowDown”. Statistics show that a 5% cut in average speed can result in a 30% reduction in the number of fatal road accidents. The #SlowDown […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome the two new members who joined in February: Woman & Child Welfare Society, India is based in Odisha, Cuttack (WCWS). It is committed to improving road safety by developing relevant rigorous awareness campaigns and mobilizing the authorities for emergency medical care to road accident victims across the state. In 2016 […]
The 2017 Global Road Safety Film Festival took place from 20 – 21 February in Geneva, in conjunction with the 2017 Annual Inland Transport Committee (ITC) Meeting. Alliance member Road Safe Russia received the award for Road Safety Innovation for their film Jawsy. Jawsy was a centerpiece of a large-scale social campaign by the State Road Traffic Inspectorate […]
On 3 February 2017, Fedex and the Alliance released a video promoting the Alliance Advocate program. The video shows highlights from the 2016 training in Memphis in August 2016. Interviews with the Alliance Road Safety Advocates demonstrate the diverse road safety environments in their home countries and how the program has helped them to focus […]
The Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week is focusing on speed management and takes place on 8-14 May 2017 globally. The week is being prepared and aims to quickly mobilize the global road safety community into action. We are looking for a selection of images representing a range of scenarios from around the world to […]
In addition to the pre-meeting training and the Global Meeting, we are also offering two further days of training on Saturday 1 April and Sunday 2 April. The sessions are, of course, led by experts in their fields and are based on topics highlighted as significant to Alliance Members. Participants in each session will be […]
Alliance member Amend will receive USD 1.7 million over three years to fund their School Area Road Safety Assessments and Improvements (SARSAI) program in 10 African countries (Benin, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia). Worldwide, over 1.2 million people die in road crashes every year. The world’s highest road traffic injury rates […]
The Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) celebrated its 20th Anniversary on 5 December 2016 at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The event, “Vision 20/20: Looking Back, Looking Forward”, brought together over 250 ASIRT friends and supporters, including road safety experts from U.S. Government agencies, members of the corporate, non-profit, and international diplomatic […]
Alliance member FEVR has appealed to the Greek Government in an open letter to reconsider plans to reduce fines for traffic violations. The appeal followed comments made by Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection, Nikolaos Toskas, in an interview with a Greek publication and revealed that fines for some violations could be reduced by 50%. In their letter, […]
The 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2017), hosted by the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS), Austroads, ARRB and Curtin Monash Accident Research Centre (C-MARC), will be held in Perth from 10-12 October 2017. ARSC2017 is calling for submission of Abstracts ahead of the conference. The deadline date is 26 February 2017. Find out more […]
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) has just launched Spanish and Portuguese versions of its “3-Star or Better” advocacy brochure. “How 3-star or better roads can cut death and trauma” is a four page brochure, also available in English, which aims to support iRAP members and road safety professionals in their meetings with key policy […]
The Fifth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations Advocating for Road Safety and Road Victims will take place in April. In the past week, Executive Director Lotte Brondum visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The purpose of this visit was to meet and prepare for the meeting with representatives from the Government, visit the venue at Sama-Sama Hotel, […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome the new member who joined in January: ProtectMD Foundation, Moldova, was founded in 2011 with the main objective of promoting “democratic values and sense of justice” through information, road safety education and promotion of strategies to improve safety, Their “Road Safety Education for Parents” project, in partnership with the […]
The United Nations’ Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) held in Quito in October 2016 was a momentous event for road safety in many ways. Not only did it strengthen the commitment of the global community to make road safety a priority in urban planning through the New Urban Agenda, but it […]
In December 2016, the Supreme Court in India banned liquor sales on national and state highways. This signified a hard-won victory for Alliance Member ArriveSAFE, who has been at the forefront of the battle to make India’s roads safer by reducing the availability of alcohol to drivers. Liquor sellers are a common sight on India’s […]
On Monday 9 January, the Global Road Safety Partnership launched the Round 11 Call for Proposals under the Road Safety Grants Programme. Since 2012, the Road Safety Grants Programme has supported organizations advocating for the adoption and implementation of evidence-based policies to protect road users. In Round 11, GRSP has expanded the scope of the […]
As 2016 draws to a close, the Alliance would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Looking back on 2016, there is much to be proud of and the Alliance and its members saw many important advancements in global road safety. 15 April 2016 was a milestone for global road safety, as the UN […]
The Alliance Empowerment Program’s Crash Courses in Key Risk Areas released its seventh and last course on Tuesday, 6 December 2016. You can still access all the course material, videos, and resources HERE. All the courses received largely positive feedback on their evaluation forms and the webinars reached up to 475 views. Comments on the videos and […]
Traffic crashes are violent and unexpected acts that affect the lives of thousands of people each day and leave many families feeling helpless because they cannot find the necessary support. Alliance Member FICVI has developed a new guide, the “Ibero American Comprehensive Guide for Traffic Crash Victims.” The guide offers a clear and simple explanation of a traffic crash, focusing […]
