UN to take action
Every six seconds someone is killed or maimed on the world’s roads.
The United Nations General Assembly will debate the Make Roads Safe campaign’s proposal for a UN Conference on road safety at the end of March.
Help to make the debate more meaningful – the Make Roads Safe Petition now approaching a 800000 signatures – help to make this one million.
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