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Announcements: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims — November 18, 2012
Road traffic crashes kill nearly 3,500 persons each day and injure or disable 50 million each year around the world (1). Road trauma is the leading cause of death among persons aged 10–24 years worldwide and is the leading cause of death to those in the first 3 decades of life in the United States. CDC has declared road traffic injuries a "winnable battle" and supports efforts at the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO) to dedicate 2011–2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety (2). The Decade of Action was launched in May 2011 in more than 100 countries with the goal of preventing 5 million road traffic deaths globally by 2020.
In October 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution* calling for governments and nongovernmental organizations to mark the third Sunday in November each year as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The observance was created as a means to give recognition to persons injured or killed in road traffic crashes and the plight of relatives and others who must cope with the emotional and practical consequences of these events. Ancillary materials were developed to provide nongovernmental organizations with action strategies to support victims and survivors (3).
CDC, WHO, and the UN Road Safety Collaboration encourage governments and nongovernmental organizations worldwide to commemorate November 18, 2012, as the World Day of Remembrance to draw the public's attention to road traffic crashes, their consequences and costs, and prevention measures. The theme of this year's World Day of Remembrance is "From Global Remembrance to Global Action across the Decade."
Practical guidance for persons or groups on how to plan and organize events on this day is available from WHO at http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594527_eng.pdf. Additional information about the World Day of Remembrance is available at http://www.worlddayofremembrance.org. Additional information about motor vehicle injuries and prevention is available at http://www.cdc.gov/winnablebattles/motorvehicleinjury.
References
- World Health Organization. Global status report on road safety: time for action. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2009. Available at http://www.un.org/ar/roadsafety/pdf/roadsafetyreport.pdf. Accessed November 8, 2012.
- CDC. Launch of Decade of Action for Global Road Safety—May 11, 2011. MMWR 2011;60:554.
- World Health Organization. Advocating for road safety and road traffic injury victims: a guide for nongovernmental organizations. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization and Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety; 2012. Available at http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/road_traffic/ngo_guide/en/index.html. Accessed November 8, 2012.
* Improving global road safety, Resolution 60/5, United Nations General Assembly, 60th Sess. (2005). Available at http://www.un.org/en/roadsafety/background.shtml.
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