2017 Members of Parliament warn that global road traffic deaths rise again

Published on December 12, 2017

At their Annual Leadership Council in the UK House of Commons on 12-13 December 2017, Members of Parliament from the Global Network adopted a resolution urging UN member States to redouble their efforts in the current Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. The members of parliament also urged governments to support the establishment of a UN Road Safety Trust Fund to encourage greater investment in road traffic injury prevention programmes, implement agreed road safety performance targets that will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, and recognize the vital contribution that parliamentarians can make to the adoption of effective road safety policies and laws. The Leadership Council also participated in a major conference on road safety and the Sustainable Developments Goals hosted at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; attended the Awards Ceremony of the 2017 HRH Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards; and met with the UK Road Safety Minister, Jesse Norman MP and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Chairman of the FIA Foundation. The Leadership Council also discussed recent developments on road safety with senior representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the International Transport Forum of the OECD and with a range of leading road safety experts convened by the Towards Zero Foundation.

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