Why the big fuss on road safety?
Road TraffIc Accidents are the single biggest killer of young people in the world. This means that more young people die because of cars or unsafe roads than any disease, more than poverty and more than violence anywhere in the world...we think that this is unnaceptable.
Every day 1.3 million people die on the raods, 40% of them are young people. Millions more young people are injurred seriously. Young people are important, life is important.
We believe that every young person is our future and therefore every young person deserves a safe environment to live in so as they can enjoy their lives to the full.
Just imagine meeting someone who lost their brother, sister, friend or mother to a road accident...we have and we know the pain young people have felt...this is why we want all young people be safe and help other be safe too.
Statistics and Publications on the issue
The top five causes of death in all 10-24 year olds, male and female combined, globally are:
1) Road traffic accidents (10 percent);
2) Suicide (6.3 percent);
3) Violence (6 percent);
4) Lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia (5.9 percent);
5) Tuberculosis (5.5 percent)
Young people under 25 represent almost 40% of the victims of road traffic injuries.
Annually, we lose around 400,000 young lives and damage millions more. This means that every month we are losin more than 30,000 young lives, a day just like this one, we 1,000 young lives are coming to an end.
United Nations Road Safety Collaboration
Youth Declaration 2009 Moscow
World Youth Declaration for Road Safety
United Kingdom Commit to Road Safety
little bro please watch over us we miss u everyday Kieron x x
because young people deserve a world that is free of danger because we need protecting - youth of the world
Statistics on the issue
BBC Report on Young People and Road Safety
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