Organisers: Global NCAP
In the first quarter of the 21st century nearly 2 billion motor vehicles and 1.1 billion motorcycles have joined our roads. This is the highest level of motorisation in human history but at a cost of 30 million deaths and many more injuries. Since 2000 passenger car safety has greatly improved. Levels of road trauma have stabilised but not yet substantially reduced. To achieve faster progress the vehicle safety recommendations of the UN Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road must be implemented. The event will identify ‘demand pull’ and ‘regulatory push’ priorities for safer vehicles to 2030 and beyond.
Linked to this event will be vehicle technology demonstrations of autonomous emergency braking (AEB), and motorcycle anti-lock braking systems (ABS) to highlight their safety benefits and the need to accelerate their uptake globally to reduce road trauma. Both technologies are recommended for priority implementation in the Global Plan.
