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Make Roads Safe

Make Roads Safe

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About Make Roads Safe

Make Roads Safe is an international campaign to put global road traffic injuries on the G8 and UN sustainability agendas.

Building on the work of the Commission for Global Road Safety, the Make Roads Safe campaign aims to raise public and political awareness of a global road traffic injury epidemic that kills at least 3000 people, and 500 children, every day.

www.makeroadssafe.org

Our objectives:

Recognition by the G8 and the international community that global road traffic injuries represent an urgent public health emergency and a major development challenge.

Action by the G8 and major aid donors to:

    Fund a global Action Plan to improve road safety in developing countries Ensure that at least 10% of road budgets provided by the World Bank and other major lenders is devoted to road safety Organise a UN summit to agree high level political commitment to action on global road traffic injuries

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Every Signature Counts

With your help we can begin to Make Roads Safe. Please add your name to our petition to the United Nations. This will be delivered to the UN Secretary General in advance of a key UN debate in March 2008.
Click here to sign the petition

Tell a Friend

Once you’ve signed up, please tell your friends and family about Make Roads Safe.

Host a Banner

You can help by hosting an ad banner on your website. Go here for a selection to choose from and show your support for the Make Roads Safe campaign.

Wear the Make Roads Safe wristband

Show your support and raise awareness by wearing a black and white campaign wristband or T shirt.

Music:

Dirty Pretty Things played a special concert in London in September in support of Make Roads Safe and were joined on stage by surprise guest, Paul Weller.

The Make Roads Safe campaign will be joining Dirty Pretty Things' UK tour in November and December.

Make Roads Safe will have a presence at each gig to promote the messages of the campaign which calls for international action by the G8 and UN on global road traffic injuries.

Movies:

Check out the Make Roads Safe films on our Videos page

Books:

A Child Dies Every 3 Minutes

Read this short booklet on Make Roads Safe which explains the aims of the campaign and why you should get involved.
Download the booklet here Read the Report

Read the Make Roads Safe report demanding urgent G8 action to tackle global road deaths.

Download the report here

Heroes:

The Make Roads Safe campaign is coordinated by the FIA Foundation and supported by an international coalition of organisations:

Asia Injury Prevention Foundation
AA Motoring Trust
AA Kenya
AA South Africa
Bridgestone Corporation
Commission for Global Road Safety
Drive Alive
European Road Assessment Programme (Euro RAP)
Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA)
FIA Foundation
Fleet Forum
Indian Institute for Road Traffic Education
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)
RAC Foundation
Recording Artists Against Drink Driving (RADD)
ROADSAFE
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
Safe Kids Worldwide
Taskforce for Child Survival & Development
Transaid



My Blog

18th November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic VictimsSunday 18th November 2007The United Nations has designated the third Sunday in November every year as the official World Day of Remembrance for Road Tr...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:55:00 PST

Eto`o Signs up FC Barcelona to Make Roads Safe

Barcelona Football Club has signed up to the Make Roads Safe campaign and urged fans to sign the petition to the United Nations. FC Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o signs up to the Make Roads Safe cam...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:11:00 PST

Desmond Tutu speaks at Make Roads Safe Africa launch

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on political leaders and the G8 to take action on road safety at the African launch of the Make Roads Safe campaign in Cape Town.The Nobel Peace Prize winner joined ...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:31:00 PST

Charlatan joins Dirty Pretty Things to Make Roads Safe

Tim Burgess, lead singer with the Charlatans, was the surprise special guest at a Dirty Pretty Things gig for the Make Roads Safe campaign. Burgess sang Charlatans hit 'North Country Boy' with th...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:01:00 PST

Schumacher launches UN Global Road Safety Week

See also:BBC TV News Report on Make Roads Safe petition launch > BBC TV interview with Michael Schumacher > 'My Driving Ambition':  Schumacher's comment piece in the Guardian > The Guardian repor...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:38:00 PST

Dirty Pretty Things to Play Make Roads Safe Show

 Dirty Pretty Things will play a special gig for the Make Roads Safe campaign to mark UN Global Road Safety Week in April.The band will play Shepherds Bush Empire in London on Sunday 22 April and...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:39:00 PST

Lord Robertson and Tony Blair discuss Make Roads Safe report

The UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has met with Lord Robertson, the Chairman of the Commission for Global Road Safety to discuss the Make Roads Safe report. At the meeting in 10 Downing Street, Lord Ro...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:15:00 PST

Desmond Tutu Calls for Action to Make Roads Safe

Desmond Tutu Calls for Action to Make Roads SafeArchbishop Desmond Tutu has added his voice to the demand for international action to tackle road deaths.In an interview filmed for the FIA Foundation, ...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:18:00 PST

Weller, Brand join Dirty Pretty Things for Make Roads Safe gig

Weller, Brand join Dirty Pretty Things for Make Roads Safe gig Dirty Pretty Things were joined onstage by surprise guest Paul Weller at the Make Roads Safe gig last night. Rock legend Weller played tw...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:05:00 PST

Dirty Pretty Things Back Campaign to Make Roads Safe

Dirty Pretty Things Back Campaign to Make Roads Safe Dirty Pretty Things will support the Make Roads Safe campaign with a concert in London in September. The band will play a special gig at The Corone...
Posted by Make Roads Safe on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:57:00 PST