With road crashes remaining a leading cause of death worldwide, the Conference provided a platform to secure fresh support and launch new tools for the road safety community. France renewed its longstanding financial contribution and Slovakia pledged new support, alongside private sector commitments from Autoliv, Honda, Pirelli, and Discovery Insure. The Conference also marked the launch of four new tools: the Safe and Affordable Helmets (SAAH) Initiative to expand access to safe, affordable helmets; the UN Road Safety Lab, a new AI-enabled knowledge platform developed by UNITAR; the Future Roads Expert Dialogue Series, led by UNECE; and the Brands for Safer Roads Alliance, connecting small and medium enterprises to the global road safety agenda.

By the close of the Conference, partners had pledged USD 5.6 million toward the USD 10.6 million target, with a further USD 7 million in prospective contributions still under consideration — leaving ground still to cover with four years remaining to the 2030 deadline.

Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, made the case for the new helmet initiative: "If road crashes are a pandemic, safe helmets are a vaccine. A helmet that meets proper safety standards worn correctly on the head is one of the simplest ways to save a life on the road. Yet today, millions of people still cannot access one that will protect them in a crash. Today's pledges are an important step forward, but we need serious action from all sectors to make safe helmets the global standard, not the exception."

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Interior of France, called for stronger collective action: "France is proud to be among the leading contributors to the United Nations Road Safety Fund and is renewing its commitment in 2026. Every financial contribution, every reform, and every cooperative effort must have a single goal: to save lives."

Daryl Vaz, Minister of Transport of Jamaica, pointed to the Fund's impact on the ground: "Jamaica has seen firsthand what UNRSF support makes possible — the Fund's investment in strengthening our first responder and post-crash care systems has already made a difference on our roads. We welcome the Fund's announcement on helmet safety, affordability and accessibility."

As the world reaches the midpoint of the Decade of Action, the UNRSF remains focused on mobilising the financing needed to meet the 2030 target of halving road traffic deaths.

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