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Safe Kids Worldwide currently has 23 members across the globe.

Our members work together to educate families, create safer environments and advocate for improved laws to protect children.

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Launch: The Decade of Action for Road Safety will be officially launched on Wednesday 11 May 2011. A truly global event, national and local launches in every time zone of the world will combine with one message: it is Time for Action.

Our Network: As a member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, Safe Kids Worldwide is committed to improving global road safety for the most vulnerable road users, children. 

During the Decade, Safe Kids members will work with governments and our partners to support the five pillars outlined in the Global Action Plan as they relate to children, particularly pillar four, enhancing the behavior of road users.

The Safe Kids Worldwide network members will advocate for the rights of children as road users and will share best practices with communities around the world. 

Throughout the Decade we will feature successes on our website, including launch activities taking place on May 11, 2011. 

About the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020: Most of us know someone who has been affected by a road crash, either by being injured themselves, or through suffering a bereavement or injury to a family member or friend.

Every day, around the world, 3,500 people leave home and never return because they have been suddenly, violently, killed in a road crash.

These tragic deaths and the misery and grief they cause are not inevitable. They can be prevented, if measures are taken by governments, police, health practitioners and all road users to improve safety.

The United Nations General Assembly has set the goal for the decade: "to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world" by 2020. Millions of deaths could potentially be prevented as a result.

The United Nations' Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 is our opportunity to make our communities and streets safer wherever we live.

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Wear the Tag

There are some symbols that unite the world: the red ribbon which brought such momentum to awareness of HIV/AIDS and the white band against global poverty. Now these are joined by a new symbol.

The Road Safety Tag is the global symbol of the movement to improve safety on the roads. It has been adopted as the official symbol for the United Nations' Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, which aims to reduce road deaths and injuries across the world. Nearly 1.3 million people die every year on the world's roads, and up to 50 million are injured.

By wearing the Tag you are demonstrating your support for the Decade of Action, and your personal commitment to be safe on the road.

Ten Reasons to Act
on Road Deaths

Nearly 1.3 million people are killed on the world's roads each year.
Up to 50 million people are injured, and many remain disabled for life.
90% of casualties from road deaths occur in developing countries.
Annual road traffic deaths are forecast to rise to 1.9 million people by 2020.
Road traffic injuries are the number one cause of death for young people worldwide.
By 2015 road traffic injuries will be the leading health burden for children over the age of five years in developing countries.
The economic cost to developing countries is at least $100 billion a year.
Road traffic injuries place an immense burden on hospitals and health systems generally.
Road crashes are preventable.
A global Action Plan includes practical measures which, if implemented, could save millions of lives.

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