13/07/2021

Improving child road safety in Central America

Road traffic crashes are, according to the WHO, the leading cause of death for children and young people between 5 and 29 years of age. In the Americas, the mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 15.6, but across the region the figures are extremely disparate.

02/07/2021

Together with Intrant we signed an agreement for children's road safety

This agreement seeks to promote, implement and manage public policies and programs for Child Road Safety in the Dominican Republic.

25/05/2021

The legislative role for safe and healthy mobility

On 20 May, with the support of PAHO/WHO, we held the online seminar "The role of legislators for safe and sustainable mobility", to raise awareness of the key role of legislators in developing mobility with special emphasis on road safety.

23/04/2021

Street for life

On our streets, all over the world, where we walk, enjoy and live together, we demand action against speeding. Streets that facilitate coexistence and have low speed limits are essential and urgent.

08/04/2021

Second Decade of Action for Road Safety

In September 2020, governments around the world pledged to halve road traffic deaths and injuries during a new decade of action.

17/03/2021

Safe Children. Everyone´s responsibility

Together with CONASET, and with the support of ISA Intervial and FIA Foundation, we carried out an international online event to show how Chile has managed, in just a few years, to generate a cultural change that has led to a reduction in the number of children killed and seriously injured in traffic accidents.

17/03/2021

Presentation of the Chilean success story

During the event "Safe Children - Everyone's Responsibility", the publication "Child Restraint Systems, A multidimensional approach to strengthen their use. The Case of Chile", which summarizes the lines of action that made up the long-term policy for strengthening the use of CRS in Chile.

04/03/2021

Uruguay is a reference in the region for its zero alcohol tolerance law in traffic

OPS and the Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez conducted a research based on national and international publications to determine the impact of alcohol on accident rates.