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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, commemorated on the 3rd Sunday of November each year, 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.
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was founded in 1992 as a project of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration. World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2005, to honor those who have been killed on the world’s roads, and advocate for life-saving change. Families for Safe Streets held the first large-scale U.S. even in 2015 and supported others to hold events as well. FSS now joins the Vision Zero Network, Road to Zero Coalition and It Could Be Me to support those interested in holding World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims events in their communities.
Today, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is commemorated across all continents – not only by those advocating for road safety and road victims, but also by governments and related stakeholders.
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