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WHY WE CELEBRATE THE DAY?

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year.

It is a high-profile global event to remember the many millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the world’s roads and to acknowledge the suffering of all affected victims, families and communities – millions added each year to countless millions already suffering: a truly tremendous cumulative toll.

This Day has also become an important tool for governments and all those whose work involves crash prevention or response to the aftermath of crashes, since it offers the opportunity to demonstrate the enormous scale and impact of road deaths and injuries, call for an end to the often trivial and inappropriate response to road death and injury and advocate for urgent concerted action to stop the carnage.

As every year, the objectives of WDoR are to provide a platform for road traffic victims and their families to:

• Remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads;

• Acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services;

• Draw attention to the generally trivial legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries and advocate for an appropriately serious response;

• Advocate for better support for road traffic victims and victim families;

• advocate for road safety and road victims, but also by governments and all related and relevant stakeholders

• promote evidence-based actions to prevent and eventually stop further road traffic deaths and injuries

The statistic that “of all-cause mortality, road traffic injury remains the leading cause of death for children and young people” is straight-forward and haunting. That’s why we let it speak for itself and directly use it as the main message of our “Lost talents” campaign. Communication concept “Lost Talents”, Visuals and toolkits are available for everyone to use. Get the materials!

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) is organized by the World Health Organization (WHO); The United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety; The United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC).

With the collaboration of the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR); The FIAF Foundation; The SAFE Delaware County Coalition;The Mindanao Motorcycle Riders Alliance;The Uganda Professional Drivers' Network;The Kansas Department of Transportation, US; The Brake, UK; The Asociación de Motociclistas Voluntarios Unidos por Guatemala; The Foro de Familiares de Víctimas de Siniestros Viales - Córdoba; The National Automobile Club of Uzbekistan; The NADA Foundation for Safer Egyptian Road;The DEPARTAMENTO MUNICIPAL DE TRÂNSITO E URBANISMO, BRAZIL; The Traffic Police Department BULGARIA; The P(A)T - Prevención de Accidentes de Tráfico, SPAIN; The RoadPeace, UK; The RoadPeace, UK; The Victimes&Citoyens, FRANCE; The Trygg Trafikk, NORWAY; The Przejście, POLAND; The SADD, New Zeland; The TRSF, Pakistan; The Safe Drive Africa Foundation; The Association ‘Road Safety’, of Kyrgyzstan; The Forum for Prevention of Road Accidents, India; The Churches Together in All Lincolnshire; The Patiala Foundation, India; The Biking Community Of India; The Industrie Mică Prahova, Romania; The Amber Community, Australia; The Women & Child Welfare Society, India; The St.George Orthodox Church, Puthuppally, India; The Asociacion Mexicana de Administradores de Flota de Automoviles A.C.; The Doctors for Road Safety, Malta.