Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety November 13, 2007 Rayburn House Office Bldg World Day of Remembrance for World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims Road Crash Victims REMEMBER AND RESPOND REMEMBER AND RESPOND Rochelle Sobel Association for Safe International Road Travel ASIRT
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Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety
November 13, 2007 Rayburn House Office Bldg
World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash VictimsVictims
REMEMBER AND RESPONDREMEMBER AND RESPOND
Rochelle SobelAssociation for Safe International Road
Travel ASIRT
Remember
1.3 million people are killed in road crashes each year worldwide
50 million are injured
United States Congress House of Representatives
July 20, 2007 Passed House Concurrent Resolution 87
recognizing an annual World Day of Remembrance for road crash victims to be held on
third Sunday of November each year.
Introduced by Congressman Robert Wexler (55 co-sponsors)
United States Congress Senate
October 23, 2007
Unanimously passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 39, supporting a World Day of
Remembrance for road crash victims.
Introduced by Senator Christopher J. Dodd
Road crashes are the Road crashes are the single greatest risk for single greatest risk for
REMEMBERREMEMBERThe nations of the world join The nations of the world join
together to remember and to honortogether to remember and to honor
those killed or injured in road those killed or injured in road crashescrashes
RESPONDRESPOND• Insist governments and society make roads safer• Improve support for victims and families• Raise public consciousness • Implement preventive measures • Urge immediate action
ASIRT – Kenya
United States
Letter to Turkish President urging road safety
improvements
Growing the caucus
Encouraging US support for UN Road Safety Resolution
Recent accomplishments of the Congressional Global Road Safety CaucusCongressional Global Road Safety Caucus
US CongressUS Congress
Saving Countless LivesSaving Countless Lives
The Caucus sent a letter to the
Secretary of State, the Honorable
Condoleezza Rice, asking for increased U.S. involvement in Global Road Safety