Background:

It is 25 years ago this year since a day dedicated to remembering road traffic victims began to be observed internationally – for the first ten years by the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and its many member organizations, including RoadPeace, the UK charity which introduced the day in 1995. With strong support from WHO and UNRSC members, UN Member States adopted UN General Assembly resolution 60/5 in October 2005, calling for an annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims as an “appropriate acknowledgement for victims of road traffic crashes and their families”. Since then the World Day of Remembrance has been increasingly marked in countries worldwide by governments, international agencies and NGO members of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and the International Road Victims’ Partnership and their many associated organizations.

Goal:

The World Day of Remembrance is a high-profile global advocacy event. Its goal is to provide a global platform to remember those killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads each year and highlight the need for a more appropriate and just post-crash response for road traffic victims and their bereaved families.

Objectives:

• Increase public recognition of the tremendous loss and suffering of road traffic victims and their families
• Acknowledge the great work of the emergency services
• Draw attention to the ways that road traffic victims and their families can be better supported post-crash
• Engage in evidence-based actions to prevent further road traffic deaths and injuries

Tagline:

Remember. Support. Act.

Call to action:

As per the above tagline, remember those killed and seriously injured in road traffic crashes better support victims and their bereaved families take concrete action to save lives on the roads

Partners:

• FEVR members
• International Road Victims‘ Partnership members
• Global Alliance members
• UNRSC members
• Others, including governments, international agencies, NGOs

Primary target audiences:

• Road traffic victims and their families
• Emergency services including first responders, police and fire services
• International organisations
• National and local governments
• Civil society/NGOs
• All road users

Secondary target audiences:

• Media
• Donors

Activities:

National and local activities to be held on or around 15 November, including those suggested in the toolkit for organizers (tailored in 2020 to respond to the constraints of COVID-19 outbreak)

Virtual global UNRSC-hosted webinar to be held on 13th November commemorating the World Day of Remembrance

Materials:

• Website, including https://worlddayofremembrance.org/ with its calendar of events and advocacy materials (videos, posters, photos, etc.), as well as the dedicated webpages of partner agencies such as WHO, Global Alliance, IRVP etc.
• Toolkit for organizers
• Social media kit (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube)
• Personal stories
• Webinars