Ahead of the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, 16 UN leaders and Morocco’s Transport Minister called for immediate action to end road deaths and achieve the UN target of halving fatalities by 2030. Read more.
At the UNRSF High-Level Pledging Forum in Marrakesh, leaders and industry partners committed new funding for road safety in 125+ high-risk countries. Eight new UNRSF projects were announced to help cut road deaths by 2030.
Road crashes kill 1.2 million people yearly—the leading cause of child deaths worldwide. We can and must change this. In this op-ed, Nneka Henry (UNRSF) and Dr. Nhan Tran (WHO) outline urgent actions to redesign transport systems, protect children, and halve road deaths by 2030. The time to act is now.