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UN meets on road safety as new data suggests slow progress
Countries adopt new action declaration, with only US voting against.
UN Road Safety Fund pledging event “scratching the surface”
Pledges at fundraising event fall short of the urgent demand for safety interventions.
Uganda scrambles after devastating school bus crash
Deaths of 22 schoolchildren prompts belated attention to bus safety.
Bike lanes and speed control cut from US safety list
Safety is a stated DoT priority, but could fall victim to culture war tropes.
WHO and CJID aim to reframe road safety reporting in Africa
Journalism training aims to bring safe system awareness to media reporting.
WHO's Safe System lens for new advisory group
WHO launches technical expert review of road safety legal guidance