A UN scheme to take action on road safety, with the aim of reducing driving-related deaths around the world, has been backed by the Caravan Club. The UN Decade of Action for Road Safety began yesterday (May 11th) and has five main objectives, including making vehicles safer, responding to crashes better, making roads safer and raising awareness of road safety.
One main target is to reduce the number of road traffic fatalities around the world by 2010, saving around five million lives in the process.
It is currently estimated that 1.3 million people a year (more than 3,000 a day) die as a result of traffic collisions.
Martin Spencer, technical manager of the members group, said: “It is the Caravan Club’s aim to build on its long-standing record for providing comprehensive high quality advice and information to its members, and to those contemplating taking up caravanning.”
