Why YOURS?
Road crashes are the leading cause of death among young people, aged 10-24 years. Worldwide, the number of people killed in road traffic crashes each year is nearly 1.3 million people, while the number injured could be as high as 50 million. Of the total who are killed, more than 400,000 are young people and millions more are injured or disabled. Unless more comprehensive global action is taken, the number of deaths and injuries is likely to rise significantly.
In order to change the situation, young people face several challenges:
- A lack of awareness and recognition in the world of the vulnerable position of young people in traffic;
- A fragmentized approach and divergences in strategies among youth and youth-led NGO's and their road safety initiatives.Youth road safety initiatives remain small-scaled and scattered;
- Absence of one strong voice to advocate on the behalf of youth and road safety on a global level;
- A lack of resources for youth road safety initiatives;
- A lack of a next generation of leaders who are passionate about road safety and involved in decision making within the road safety field;
- A lack of capacity development. Road safety knowledge and best practices from youth initiatives are not shared in a broader network;
- Insufficient evidence based effective youth programmes targeting youth and road safety.
