The UNRSF March 2022 newsletter has been published!

Creating smart and safe mobility solutions for road users is critical for sustainable urban development. Join this one-hour film event to see how citizens, cities and communities are leading the change on road safety around the world. It will also be an opportunity to see the World Premiere of Michelle Yeoh’s #moments2live4 video.

Leaving no one behind on the road is at the heart of the first Kofi Annan Road Safety Award, launching 16 March 2022 in Accra, Ghana, by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Secretariat of the United-Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Ghana, with the support of the Kofi Annan Foundation. 

UNRSF Platforms of Engagement have continued their work through to 2022.

Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death from people between the ages of 5-29. And, with an estimated 1.35 million fatalities and 50 million non-fatal injuries every year, unsafe vehicles and roads affect everyone and impact several areas of development – including environmental sustainability. 

Read the guest article by Ms Nneka Henry, Head of the UN Road Safety Fund with IPS News. When we think about global crises, road safety isn’t one that comes to mind. The reality is that unsafe roads is a health crisis gone rogue.

Voici les événements des partenaires du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la sécurité routière à guetter.

UNRSF and YE! will host a side-event at the African Youth Sustainable Development Goals Summit with the UN, young entrepreneurs and private sector players working on safe and sustainable mobility in the Covid-19 era.

Le nouveau film « Join the Change » appelle à des dons individuels au Fonds des Nations unies pour la sécurité routière et a été lancé lors du Festival mondial du film sur la sécurité routière en 2022. Regardez le court-métrage réalisé par La Nuez et faites un don au Fonds.  

En savoir plus.