Commenting on the death of Zenani Mandela, and the deaths of three young British students on South African roads yesterday, the international Make Roads Safe Campaign said: “These tragedies on South Africa’s roads must focus attention on the global epidemic of road crashes."
Michelle Yeoh, Global Ambassador for the Make Roads Safe campaign has urged governments in Asia to support the UN goal of reducing road deaths in the Decade of Action, in a speech at the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines.
In March 2010, with the support of the FIA Foundation, the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) undertook a safety assessment of the N2 Highway, Bangladesh’s major road link between the capital Dhaka and Sylhet in the north, led by Greg Smith iRAP’s Asia/Pacific Director and Shakireh Ispahani from the Make Roads Safe campaign.