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2008

November 2008
Commission for Global Road Safety issues 2006-2008 progress report [pdf 4.6Mb]

28 October 2008
New website marks the 3rd anniversary of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

26 September 2008
OECD International Transport Forum releases report "Towards Zero: Ambitious Road Safety Targets and the Safe System Approach"

August 2008
iRAP issues "Vaccines for Roads", a report describing the development of new inspection tools

10 July 2008
European Union Road Federation (ERF) releases 2008 edition of European Road Statistics

July 2008
New CDC "Health Information for International Travel (2008 edition)" includes section on road safety for travelers

9 June 2008
RTIRN makes scholarships available to researchers in low- and middle-income countries

31 March 2008
UN General Assembly calls for Ministerial meeting on road safety

03 March 2008
WHO launches the "Good practice manual on speed management"

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2007

16 July 2007
US congress supports World Day of Remembrance for Crash Victims

31 May 2007
Desmond Tutu launches Make Road Safe Africa campaign

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2006

19 November 2006

The world remembers victims of road traffic crashes

31 October 2006

5th Meeting of the UN Road Safety Collaboration held in Geneva

23 October 2006

OECD/ECMT launches a comprehensive report on Speed Management

2 October 2006

OECD/ECMT launches report which identifies road safety risks to youth and countermeasures

18 September 2006

Fourteen young "ambassadors" meet in Geneva to prepare Youth Assembly on road safety

15 September 2006

Oscar Arias calls for more attention to road safety at the Latin American and Caribbean Road Safety Forum in San José

25 August 2006

”Good practice manual on helmets” released, the first in a series of good practice manuals

23 August 2006

UNHCR 2006 report shows fewer deaths to humanitarian workers due to increased road safety consciousness by UN organizations

18 August 2006

OECD reports on road safety performance for 38 countries

26 July 2006

FIA publishes report on road safety policies in France

22 June 2006

Russian version of Make Road's Safe report launched in Moscow

9 June 2006

Commission for Global Road Safety frames road safety as a development issue

8 June 2006

Robertson Commission launches safer roads campaign

2 June 2006

Fleet forum launches project

26 May 2006

World loses a strong advocate for road safety

24 May 2006

In memoriam: Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General, WHO">

18 May 2006 
ECMT transformed into International Transport Forum

26 April 2006

ECMT/OECD/WHO launch joint report on road safety performance in Russia