Europe & North America

UNECE serves a region with some of the best performing countries in the world; the region also includes countries with fatality rates that are twenty to forty times the rate of the best performing nations. UNECE is working to encourage new countries, in and outside the UNECE region to effectively implement the Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic and on Road Sign Signals, to disseminate best practices on road safety, and to encourage countries to organize road safety campaigns. In these different aspects, stakeholders have an important role to play. Significant contributions to regional road safety have been made by both developed and transitional countries. Three member countries of UNECE illustrate the critical impact of public policy commitment. In addition to Sweden’s “Vision Zero” program, great progress has been made in both France and the Russian Federation. In France, a national road safety policy prioritized by President Jacques Chirac has realized significant reduction in fatalities and serious injuries.