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Services Held To Remember Road Accident Victims
Tue, 17 Nov 2009

Services have been held across the UK and Ireland to remember people who have died in road accidents across the world.

The services were part of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, which is now globally observed following the UN General Assembly’s call in October 2005 for all member states to acknowledge victims of road traffic crashes and their families on the third Sunday in November.

The event was first held in Britain in 1993. It was set up by the UK charity Road Peace in a bid to raise public awareness of the costs and consequences of road accidents, and safety measures that could prevent them.

" Road crashes are the leading cause of violent deaths and injuries worldwide and World Day of Remembrance is drawing attention to the scale of this global disaster," the charity said.

It added that "more young people (age 15-29) are killed in collisions than by any other cause".

Road accidents have claimed the lives of more than 1.2 million people worldwide over the past year, and the World Health Organisation has estimated that road-related fatalities will be the 5th leading cause of death by 2030, surpassing those caused by HIV/AIDS.
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