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Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative officially launches in London
Every year over 210,000 people are killed in road crashes and millions more are seriously injured in Commonwealth countries. Today road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children...
The Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week kicks off on 6th May 2019 – take part!
Requested by the United Nations General Assembly, the Fifth United Nations Global Road Safety Week will be held from 6-12 May 2019. This Week will focus on leadership for road safety. It is widely...
Join us for a Twitter chat on youth during the 5th UN Global Road Safety Week
Young people under the age of 29 years are the main victims of road traffic crashes worldwide. More young people aged between 15-29 die from road crashes than from HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis,...
NGOs call for life-saving commitment to reduce road deaths and injuries
YOURS was among 270 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and global road safety stakeholders, from 76 countries that met in Chania, Greece for the Sixth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental...
Reporting from Crete: Youth and road safety workshop at Global Alliance Meeting
On 10th April 2019, we joined the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and its Global Meeting, to work with NGOs focusing on meaningful youth participation in road safety and the 2nd World Youth...
Brian’s Column: Thinking of the faces behind these road death numbers is crazy
Our regular columnist Brian Bilal Mwebaze is back to reflect on the number of lives lost in road crashes. Brian gives a unique insight into youth and road safety issues from an African perspective....
We will be running two workshops at the Global Alliance Meeting in Crete
Next month, the Global Alliance for Road Safety NGOs will hold its 6th meeting in Crete, Greece. YOURS is one of the founder members of the Alliance and has been involved in the meetings since the...
Zero is the only acceptable number – TAC Victoria’s touching campaign
Towards Zero is Victoria's (Australia) plan to ensure no one is seriously injured on our roads. It acknowledges that we all face risks on our roads. But our choice to use the road shouldn't cost us...
Seatbelt advertizing campaign targets young men in New Zealand
Each year, approximately 90 people are killed on New Zealand roads because they didn’t wear a seatbelt. Many of these lives could’ve been saved if the person had belted up. Seatbelts save lives –...