Safe Roads
The global road traffic injury epidemic kills 3,700 people every day. Many thousands more are seriously injured. Our societies have been persuaded to accept ‘death by car’. We challenge this.
The global road traffic injury epidemic kills 3,700 people every day. Many thousands more are seriously injured. Our societies have been persuaded to accept ‘death by car’. We challenge this.
We are living in a time of planetary emergency. Global heating is altering weather systems, threatening habitats, and exacerbating social injustice. We must act now.
Toxic air pollution contributes to more than 7 million deaths a year and causes serious and long-term ill-health to many millions of people. Vehicle emissions are a major cause.
We work on global policy agendas where the quality of state regulation and the attitude towards the poorest and most vulnerable is a matter of life or death.Â
In Cambodia, we supported AIP Foundation advocacy for a 2014 road traffic law mandating helmet use for all motorcycle riders.
In Georgia, Armenia, and Moldova new seat belt laws were secured following advocacy by the EASST network.
The FIA Foundation pledged US $10 million as lead start-up donor for the UN Road Safety Fund
Led a successful campaign for road safety to be included in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Launched to coincide with the UN Streets for Life campaign, the FIA Foundation’s new Advocacy Hub, based within the Child Health Initiative, will focus on supporting global, national and city campaigns for 30km/h streets where children and youth live, walk and cycle.
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