Road safety week 2023 theme

Our theme for 2023: Road Safety Heroes The theme of Road Safety Week 2023 (15-21 May) is Be a road safety hero, recognising everyone who helps to make our roads safer and support people after a crash, and explaining how we can all play a part in making journeys safer for everyone. It is also a UN Global Road Safety Week, which has the theme Streets for Life #RethinkMobilityfocusing on transport systems that are built for people, and sustainable and active travel. Some of our hero messages during the week will link to this global theme too. Everyone can be a Road Safety Hero. Road Safety Week 2023 recognises everyone who is working to make our roads safer and support people following crashes - from emergency services to health professionals, transport engineers to school crossing patrols, road workers to community campaigners. It also enables everyone who uses roads to understand how they can take responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others. During Road Safety Week you can: • Celebrate the work of people who help to reduce casualties and care for people affected by crashes. • Speak up for everyone's right to make safe and healthy journeys where they live. • Join our community of road safety heroes. Some ways you can get involved in Road Safety Week are: • SCHOOLS - help children, young people and parents learn about road safety heroes and why road safety matters, and enable them to speak up for safe and healthy journeys. Celebrate your own heroes, such as y...

Building strong teams who work safely is the most important job for everyone on every construction site. It’s our common ground, a belief and a duty that unites us all. And at the center of all the activity, the hazards, and the frontline efforts to keep our team and environment safe on any project are the craft professionals. The dedicated teams with eyes and ears constantly open, on the ground observing, evaluating, and overcoming anything standing in the way of getting home safe at the end of the day. Those who are empowered to step in, speak up, and work together to stop anything that puts our safety at risk. Not all hazards are obvious or easy to recognize even to those who see and face them every day, some are hidden in plain sight. Hidden in the routine things we do every day, hidden in the reactions we have when things don’t go as planned. So we all have the responsibility and obligation to not just speak up, but to act, and to always have each other’s backs. That means craft professionals, management, customers, design professionals and trade partners have to work together to create a supportive environment, to hear and help one another when it’s time to pause, assess, and take charge of anything that could put ourselves or our team in harm’s way. Getting the job done well and as safely as possible is something we take great pride in every day, and we have the collective ability to see into every detail, to recognize when something isn’t right, and to stop these h...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India has announced the observance of the Road Safety Week Campaign from 11th to 17th January 2023. Every year typically on National Road Safety Week 2023 – Date Govt. of India has announced the observance of the Road Safety Week Campaign from 11th to 17th January 2023. It was in the year 1989 National Road Safety Week was celebrated for the first time to make public awareness about road safety. And at that time about 36,000 had lost their lives on the road, which once again urged public awareness. Later on, in the year, 15th March 2010 the sanction was given for the National Road Safety policy by the Cabinet Union of India that was recommended by the Sunder Committee through a written document in 2007 February. The Road Safety Week celebration is initiated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways with an aim to raise public awareness about traffic rules and ultimately reduce casualties due to road accidents. In this program, all the Charitable Organizations, Non-Government Organizations, and Private firms across the country join hand to hand with the government to provide logistic support to the Road Safety measurements. Importance and Aim of Road Safety As we all know the road accidents are increasing day by day due to many reasons like careless/ harsh driving, exceeding the speed limits, unawareness, or violation of traffic rules. While reading this article itself there are many accidents that happened!! How ma...

A Look at National Safety Month 2023 Explore the four key safety themes that will drive discussions and actions throughout the month. • By Alex Saurman • Jun 08, 2023 It's June, and that means it's National Safety Month—a time specifically dedicated to focus on the importance and value of safety. “Since its start, the National Safety Council [NSC] has been on a mission to promote safety and health,” Lorraine Martin, president and CEO of NSC—which founded the observance 27 years ago—said in a In 2023, 5,190 workers lost their lives to work-related injuries, and an additional 2,607,900 workers were injured on the job, according to the “This June,” Martin continued, “the National Safety Council encourages employers and individuals alike to be National Safety Month, now in its 27th year, will focus on a different theme every week. This year’s themes are: • Week 1: Emergency Preparedness • Week 2: Slips, Trips and Falls • Week 3: Heat-Related Illness • Week 4: Hazard Recognition Many agencies and organizations provide a wealth of information and resources on these topics that can be used to raise awareness and start discussions at your place of work. For a list of resources from NSC and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), visit NIOSH’s blog “ Industrial Hygiene Product Showcase • VAC-U-MAX offers a full range of compressed-air operated industrial vacuum cleaners for high volume recovery of combustible dust, flammable liquid, and reactive powder. S...

This year’s theme is “What’s Speed Got to Do With It?” Excessive speeds are a problem across the country. In fact, speeding deaths on rural roads account for 38 percent of all speed-related traffic fatalities in the U.S. That’s over 4,000 deaths a year. So, we’re going on a road trip – the Great American Road Trip! Join us each day of #RRSAW2023 as we discuss a speed topic related to rural roads. The RRSAW daily topics are: • Monday: Rural Speed Challenges • Tuesday: Why Speed Management is Important • Wednesday: Speed Countermeasures for Rural Roads • Thursday: Incorporating Speed into Your Local Road Safety Plan • Friday: Building a Culture of Safe Speeds We’ll make and compile resources for each topic that you can grab for free. So stay tuned and let’s save lives!! If you missed our Sneak Peek webinar on Rural Road Safety Awareness Week 2023, you can now view the archived version Submit a proclamation One way the National Center for Rural Road Safety is promoting Rural Road Safety Awareness Week is by proclamation.

Every year, National Road Safety Week is observed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways from January 11 to January 17. According to “Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society”, a report published by the World Bank in 2021, road accident deaths in India are among the highest in the world. To outline the nature of the roads, it is important to note that India is home to only 1 per cent of world’s vehicles, while it accounts for almost 10 per cent of all crash related deaths. Needless to say, pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists are among the least protected, and account for nearly half of the deaths, as per the World Bank report. Road safety is a matter of public health concern, and of significant importance to the government. With the goal of reducing the number of accidents due to speeding, potholes, carelessness, and drunk driving, this awareness week is organised every year. During the course of the week, various activities are organised across the nation with the aim of creating, and spreading awareness among the masses, and to allow stakeholders at all levels to participate and contribute to this cause. ADVERTISEMENT History of National Road Safety Week The first National Road Safety Week was organized in 1989 by the National Safety Council which was established by the Ministry of Labour in 1966. In 2023, the National Road Safety Week is in its 34 th edition. Theme of National Road Safety Week 2023 While the theme of last year...

iRAP calls on our partners and the community to support this year’s Road traffic injures are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with around 1.3 million people killed and as many as 50 million people injured each year. For people aged 5-29 years, there is no greater threat to their lives. Globally, 1 of every 4 deaths occur among pedestrians and cyclists. The The World Health Organisation, in collaboration with global partners, is organising this 7th UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) focussed on sustainable transport and, in particular, the need to shift to walking, cycling and using public transport. Road safety is both a prerequisite for and an outcome of this shift. Safer roads that put vulnerable road users at the heart of design are mandatory. We encourage our partners to mark this year’s week by organizing events and activities and sharing messages and materials on social media that celebrate and call for safer roads with the hashtags: #RethinkMobility #StreetsforLife #RoadSafety Campaign key messages and iRAP tools, training, support and partnerships for UNGRSW and safer roads • There is a desperate need for governments and their partners to rethink mobility Across the world, countries are including 3-star or better targets for safe road infrastructure in their National Road Safety Strategies and Action Plans. The targets provide clear and measurable key performance indicators, supported by globally recognised iRAP tools, • Safety must be at the cor...