News & Blogs
Road Safety Grants Programme launches call for proposals
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) wishes to announce a first competitive call for proposals for the Road Safety Grants Programme. The programme was initiated in early 2012 and the grants...
Don’t make-up and drive: road safety campaign targetting young females
In a twist of road safety dynamics, a new campaign targeting young females has been launched by road safety campaigners backed by Volkswagen. The campaign calls for young females to 'not make-up and...
Road Safety in Africa – more data is needed: a focus on Kenya
We know that road traffic injuries are the leading killer of young people globally and in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) the burden of road crashes on young lives is significantly higher...
New European road safety report gives focus on youth road deaths
Yesterday, the Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) part of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) published their 6th report. The publication entitled 'A Challenging Start towards the EU 2020...
Enjoying the football? Don’t let drink driving ruin the fun
Often referred as the 'beautiful game', football is truly on the radar around the world as people young and old sit back and enjoy the Euro 2012 football tournament. Whether you're from Europe or...
A wake up call for Europe – reducing road deaths slowed in 2011
The European Commission has issued a press release that calls for immediate action on the amount of road deaths in Europe in 2011. Last year, across Europe the amount of lives saved on slowed to 2%...
Spotlight On: Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency – the road traffic system
As part of the benefits from learning from one another's road safety projects via the YOURS global youth network for road safety, we like to periodically feature members of our network in a special...
The Surreal Poster Series: Key Risk Factors – Part Five: Visibility
The Surreal Poster Series series has been a program that was highly subscribed to. Delegates are able to download the poster series for free, featuring five posters focusing on the five key risk...
An interview with lead author of the Youth and Road Safety Action Kit
On April 16th 2012, YOURS officially launched the Youth and Road Safety Action Kit. Since then, there has been unprecedented interest in our work and the background of the kit. We are incredibly...