Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety

November 13, 2007 Rayburn House Office Bldg

World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash VictimsVictims

REMEMBER AND RESPONDREMEMBER AND RESPOND

Rochelle SobelAssociation for Safe International Road

Travel ASIRT

Remember

1.3 million people are killed in road crashes each year worldwide

50 million are injured

United States Congress House of Representatives

July 20, 2007 Passed House Concurrent Resolution 87

recognizing an annual World Day of Remembrance for road crash victims to be held on

third Sunday of November each year.

Introduced by Congressman Robert Wexler (55 co-sponsors)

United States Congress Senate

October 23, 2007

Unanimously passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 39, supporting a World Day of

Remembrance for road crash victims.

Introduced by Senator Christopher J. Dodd

Road crashes are the Road crashes are the single greatest risk for single greatest risk for

healthy Americans healthy Americans traveling abroadtraveling abroad

Americans Americans Killed Killed

AbroadAbroadDeana Blanchard Deana Blanchard

EgyptEgypt

Meghan Sennot Meghan Sennot PeruPeru

Jenna Druck Jenna Druck IndiaIndia

HaleyHaley Surti Surti PeruPeru

Lauren Alpert Lauren Alpert MoroccoMorocco

Kyrstin Kyrstin Scharninghause Scharninghause NamibiaNamibia

Ben Baker Ben Baker ItalyItaly

J.J. Greenberg J.J. Greenberg IsraelIsrael

Josh Ringel SpainPhilippe WambaPhilippe Wamba

KenyaKenya

Cherese LauhereCherese Lauhere IndiaIndia

Aron Sobel Aron Sobel TurkeyTurkey

Joline Elmer Joline Elmer MozambiqueMozambique

Aron Sobel Aron Sobel TurkeyTurkey

Aron Sobel, Aron Sobel, 25

Killed along with 22 other passengers in a bus

crash in Turkey

Deana Blanchard Deana Blanchard EgyptEgypt

Meghan Sennot Meghan Sennot PeruPeru

Jenna Druck Jenna Druck IndiaIndia

HaleyHaley Surti Surti PeruPeru

Lauren Alpert Lauren Alpert MoroccoMorocco

Kyrstin Kyrstin Scharninghause Scharninghause NamibiaNamibia

Ben Baker Ben Baker ItalyItaly

J.J. Greenberg J.J. Greenberg IsraelIsrael

Josh Ringel SpainPhilippe WambaPhilippe Wamba

KenyaKenya

Cherese LauhereCherese Lauhere IndiaIndia

Joline Elmer Joline Elmer MozambiqueMozambique

Americans Americans Killed Killed

AbroadAbroad

REMEMBERREMEMBERThe nations of the world join The nations of the world join

together to remember and to honortogether to remember and to honor

those killed or injured in road those killed or injured in road crashescrashes

RESPONDRESPOND• Insist governments and society make roads safer• Improve support for victims and families• Raise public consciousness • Implement preventive measures • Urge immediate action

ASIRT – Kenya

United States

Letter to Turkish President urging road safety

improvements

Growing the caucus

Encouraging US support for UN Road Safety Resolution

Recent accomplishments of the Congressional Global Road Safety CaucusCongressional Global Road Safety Caucus

US CongressUS Congress

Saving Countless LivesSaving Countless Lives

The Caucus sent a letter to the

Secretary of State, the Honorable

Condoleezza Rice, asking for increased U.S. involvement in Global Road Safety