http://www.makeroadssafe.org/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&web=/media/PressReleases&page=3e6386f3-a827-4aae-b393-2a1faca499e6&wp=d2b9e17c-7830-4bfb-bb3f-0986604f51f460http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/LatinAmericastopsellingcarsnotsafeenoughsaysLatinNCAP.aspxPoor structural integrity and absence of airbags put Latin American motorists at risk.2011-11-24 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/Buyacarstoparoaddeathopt-outschemetohelpfundUNDecadeofActionforRoadSafety.aspxThe automobile industry should play a leading role in promoting the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety with an ‘opt out’ consumers’ contribution added to the sale price of each new car in order to fund road injury prevention programmes, according to a new report published today.2011-04-12 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/ZenaniMandelaScholarshiplaunchedtosupportUNDecadeofActionforRoadSafety.aspxThe mother and grandmother of Zenani Mandela have today vowed to help the United Nations’ bid to save lives on the world’s roads as a tribute to the 13 year old who tragically died in a car crash on the eve the 2010 World Cup.2011-04-12 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/ZenaniMandelaandSouthAfricaroaddeaths.aspxCommenting 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."2010-06-11 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/GlobalMinisterialdeclarationonroadsafetyactionmustfollowwords.aspxThe new global Ministerial ‘Moscow Declaration’ on road safety has given a crucial high level political boost to the world’s most neglected humanitarian crisis.2009-11-20 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/Millionsoflivesatstake-TimeforAction.aspxFirst ever global road safety summit must deliver, say campaigners2009-11-19 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/ActressMichelleYeohurgesUSCongresstoActonGlobalDeathsEpidemic.aspx5 Million lives at stake says report; Road crashes set to become No. 1 child killer; Top threat to humanitarian workers2009-10-14 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/MichelleYeohlaunchesbidtocut10millionroaddeathsandinjuriesinthenextdecade.aspx$10 million scheme for road safety in developing countries announced at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting2009-09-24 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/AfricantransportministerscallforDecadeofActionforroadsafety.aspxRoad deaths in Africa are proving to be an obstacle to efforts to overcome poverty and are placing a huge burden on health systems, a pan-African conference will hear today.2009-07-08 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/LewisHamiltonweneedaglobalDecadeofActionforroadsafety.aspxA worldwide ‘Decade of Action’ to combat the growing global road deaths crisis is needed to save 5 million lives and prevent 50 million serious injuries, says Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton in support of a new report by the Make Roads Safe campaign.2009-06-16 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/5millionlivesmustbesavedontheworldsroadsby2020.aspxUN ‘Decade of Action’ needed as death rates set to double2009-05-05 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/MakeRoadsSafecampaignchildroaddeathsandinjurieshavereachedepidemicproportions.aspxRoad crashes are the leading cause of child injury worldwide, with 260,000 children killed and 10 million injured on the roads every year, a new report by WHO and Unicef says today.2008-12-10 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/UNshouldaimforambitiouscutsinroaddeathby2020saysCommissionforGlobalRoadSafety.aspxThe United Nations should set ambitious targets for reducing global road deaths if an immense human disaster is to be avoided, warns the Commission for Global Road Safety.2008-09-16 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/BuildsaferoadsinAfricasayUKdrivers.aspxBritish motorists want the government to set aside part of its overseas aid budget for improving road safety in developing countries, according to a survey by the AA on behalf of the Make Roads Safe campaign.2008-08-12 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/DevelopmentbanksandaiddonorsmeetinLondontocutroaddeaths.aspx$4 billion of annual aid for road construction in developing countries is helping to fund ‘killer roads’ and must instead be used more effectively to stem a rapid increase in road deaths and injuries, a high level meeting of development banks and aid donors in London was told today (4).2008-07-04 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/FirstUNMinisterialsummitonglobalroadsafetyapproved.aspxThe United Nations General Assembly has today approved the first ever global UN Conference on road safety, in an effort to reduce the rapidly growing death toll on the world’s roads.2008-04-01 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/NobelPeacePrizelaureatescallforactiononroaddeathsaheadofkeyUNdebate.aspxThe United Nations must take urgent steps to address the world’s growing road deaths crisis, Nobel Prize winners and leading international figures supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign warn today (31).2008-03-31 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/ArsenalFCaimstoMakeRoadsSafe.aspxArsenal fans joined their striker, Eduardo in supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign ahead of the Premiership win against Newcastle.2008-01-30 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/LilianThuramFrancemustbackUNroadsafetycall.aspxFrench international footballer Lilian Thuram has joined the Make Roads Safe campaign in calling on his government to back a UN Ministerial conference to tackle road deaths which kill more than 1.2 million people each year globally.2007-10-23 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/UNSecretaryGeneralbackscallforglobalconferenceonroadsafety.aspxUN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has urged the international community to support the Make Roads Safe campaign’s call for a first ever UN conference on road safety.2007-10-18 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/Worldfirstdrivetocutroaddeaths.aspxBritish drivers Richard Meredith and Phil Colley are set to become the first people in the world to cross the full Asia-Pacific highway in a 10,000 mile call for action to stop the thousands of deaths on the roads every day.2007-07-14 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/DesmondTutuG8mustacttopreventroaddeathsinAfrica.aspx31/05/20072007-05-31 00:00:00http://www.makeroadssafe.org/media/PressReleases/Pages/MichaelSchumacherjoinsTonyBlairincallingforUNconferenceonroaddeaths.aspxRoad deaths are becoming the new disease of the global young and poor warns the Make Roads Safe campaign today at the start of the first ever UN Global Road Safety Week in London (23).2007-04-23 00:00:00