News & Blogs
Reporting back from the Training of Facilitators – Muscat, Oman
On the 20-26th March 2012, YOURS travelled to Oman to run a 'Training of Facilitators' for Youth and Road Safety workshops with young leaders in Oman. The event was organized in collaboration with...
NOYS presents Youth Traffic Safety Month in five countries!
The National Organization for Youth Safety based in the United States has this year opened up its Youth Traffic Safety Month with five countries around the world. The countries include Kenya,...
Michelin’s initiative to promote road safety among young people in Europe
Launched by the Michelin Group, in partnership with the European Commission, the ROSYPE Project aims to educate more than 730,000 young people on road safety in Europe. Young Europeans pay a high...
3rd Muscat Youth Summit 2011 Report now available!
In December 2011, YOURS attended the 3rd Edition of the Muscat Youth Summit (MYS) which took place on the beautiful resort of Mussanah in Muscat, Oman. The summit was an energetic and forward...
Africa’s towns could learn from Johannesburg’s road safety agenda
In this edition of Brian's Column, we are given an insight into how the city of Johannesburg in South Africa has implemented strong road safety measures to dramatically reduce road fatalities. His...
Spotlight On: RACQ, Streets Ahead Program – Road safety education
In 2007 the Royal Automobile Club Queensland, Australia idenfiied the need for road safety education where there was a gap for younger students of school age in Queensland. The Road Safety...
YOURS has been awarded a grant from the Road Safety Fund!
We are very excited to share the news that YOURS has been awarded a grant from the Road Safety Fund to run a 'Training of Trainers' program with young people in Kenya. The program will run as part...
Where are they now? Pt.6 of our WYA anniversary feature!
After almost half a decade since the United Nations World Youth Assembly for Road Safety, the youth movement for road safety has grown and is stronger than ever. In our last feature, we saw that the...
Jailed motorist campaigns for road safety – turning tragedy into safety
In 2010, Gary Swainston hit a pedestrian using a zebra crossing with fatal consequences. The motorist was jailed for 16 months for careless driving and while behind bars, Mr Swainston, under the...