Road Crash Victim’s Day - (3rd Sunday of Nov)
Youth task force is a public charitable trust, working for corrective measures in the society. ‘Youth task force’ has made several efforts to promote responsible driving since 2003. Arc (accident research centre) is working towards building right road environment with the objective of saving human lives and the financial damage caused by road accidents.
Ignorant drivers fatally knocking down the innocent humans need a massive feedback from the public. Each driver has mental tension due to various reasons. But can we permit the ‘dead line given to a driver becoming the death line’ for an innocent?
Road crash victim’s day gives a direct feedback about the past tragedies and the present reality of traffic. This might give them a new outlook and meaning to their profession when they are on road each day.
WHO (Visit the website)
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims - the third Sunday of November each year - is a time to remember the many millions of people killed in road traffic crashes annually worldwide and draw attention to the devastating consequences of these deaths on families and communities.
"In a split second, a traffic crash transforms forever the life of a family. Behind each statistic, there are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, grandchildren, colleagues, classmates and friends," says WHO.
The World Day of Remembrance was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 as a special day to acknowledge victims of road traffic crashes and their families. In adopting the resolution, the United Nations General Assembly also invited Member States to implement the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention, compiled by WHO and the World Bank, and to establish national lead agencies on road safety, along with action plans to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries.
Road crashes are the second leading cause of death globally among young people aged five to 29 and the third leading cause of death among people aged 30 to 44 years. Road crashes kill 1.2 million people every year and injure or disable as many as 50 million more. The economic impact is also significant. In low- and middle-income countries, the cost of road traffic injuries is estimated at US$ 65 billion, exceeding the total amount these countries receive in development assistance. Road traffic injuries cost countries between 1% and 2% of gross national product, amounting to US$ 518 billion every year.