Launch of the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023

Published on November 24, 2023

The launch of the Global status report on road safety 2023 will be held at 10:00 CET in Geneva on 13 December 2023. It will be live streamed on this page. 

The Global status report on road safety 2023 details the scale of global road traffic deaths, and progress in advancing laws, strategies and policies to reduce them around the world. 

The 2023 report provides the first complete overview of progress made during the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 and sets a baseline for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030.

Speakers include: 

  • Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization. 
  • Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder Bloomberg L.P and Bloomberg Philanthropies. WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries [by video]. 
  • Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety. 
  • Khuất Việt Hùng, Vice Minister, Chairman of the National Road Safety Committee, Viet Nam.
  • Ambassadors, mayors and policy-makers from all WHO Regions. 
  • Leaders from civil society and philanthropic organizations. 

The report will be launched with a mobile data application and data profiles for 194 countries.

Watch the live-stream here