The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2020

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year. The WDoR was started by RoadPeace in 1993. Since then it has been observed and promoted worldwide by several NGOs, including the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and its associated organizations.

Objectives

The objectives of WDoR 2020 are to provide a platform for road traffic victims and their families to:

• remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads;
• acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services;
• draw attention to the generally trivial legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries
• advocate for better support for road traffic victims and victim families;
• promote evidence-based actions to prevent and eventually stop further road traffic deaths and injuries

It is a high-profile global event to remember the many millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the world’s roads and to acknowledge the suffering of all affected victims, families and communities – millions added each year to countless millions already suffering: a truly tremendous cumulative toll.

This Day has also become an important tool for governments and all those whose work involves crash prevention or response to the aftermath of crashes, since it offers the opportunity to demonstrate the enormous scale and impact of road deaths and injuries, call for an end to the often trivial and inappropriate response to road death and injury and advocate for urgent concerted action to stop the carnage.

Facts

Key facts (WHO)

• Approximately 1.35 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes.
• The2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has set an ambitious target of halving the global number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2020.
• Road traffic crashes cost most countries 3% of their gross domestic product.
• More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists.
• 93% of the world’s fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have approximately 60% of the world’s vehicles.
• Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years.

Source of info: WHO, The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

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