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Announcements: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims — November 17, 2013

Announcements: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims — November 17, 2013


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MMWR Weekly
Volume 62, No. 45
November 15, 2013

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Announcements: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims — November 17, 2013

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November 15, 2013 / 62(45);905

Road traffic crashes kill nearly 3,500 persons each day and injure or disable 50 million each year around the world (1). Road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death among persons aged 10–24 years worldwide and the leading cause of death among those in the first 3 decades of life in the United States. CDC has declared road traffic injuries a "winnable battle" and supports efforts at the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO) to dedicate 2011–2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety (2).
The Decade of Action was launched in May 2011 in approximately 100 countries, with the goal of preventing 5 million road traffic deaths globally by 2020. In October 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for governments and nongovernmental organizations to mark the third Sunday in November each year as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (3). The observance was created to recognize persons injured or killed in road traffic crashes and the plight of relatives and others who must cope with the emotional and practical consequences of these events.
CDC, WHO, and the UN Road Safety Collaboration encourage governments and nongovernmental organizations worldwide to commemorate November 17, 2013, as the World Day of Remembrance to draw the public's attention to road traffic crashes, their consequences and costs, and prevention measures. The theme of this year's observance is "From Global Remembrance to Global Action Across the Decade." Ancillary materials are available to provide organizations with action strategies to support victims and survivors (4). Practical guidance for persons or groups on how to plan and organize events on this day is available from WHO at http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594527_eng.pdf Adobe PDF fileExternal Web Site Icon.
Additional information about the World Day of Remembrance is available at http://www.worlddayofremembrance.orgExternal Web Site Icon. Additional information about CDC's motor vehicle injury prevention activities is available at http://www.cdc.gov/winnablebattles/motorvehicleinjury.

References

  1. World Health Organization. Global status report on road safety 2013. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2013. Available at http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2013External Web Site Icon.
  2. CDC. Launch of Decade of Action for Global Road Safety—May 11, 2011. MMWR 2011;60:554.
  3. United Nations General Assembly. Resolution 60/5: improving global road safety. New York, NY: United Nations; 2005. Available at http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/roadsafe/docs/A-RES-60-5e.pdf Adobe PDF fileExternal Web Site Icon.
  4. World Health Organization. Advocating for road safety and road traffic injury victims: a guide for nongovernmental organizations. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2012. Available at http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/road_traffic/ngo_guideExternal Web Site Icon.

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