World Remembrance Day For Traffic Victims

From Walk SF:

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims takes place on the third Sunday in November every year as the appropriate acknowledgment of victims of road traffic crashes and their families.

World Day of Remembrance started in 1993 and was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005.

 

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This map shows the locations of traffic deaths in Seattle over the last 10 years. Map: Seattle Department of Transportation

A Day to Remember the Tens of Thousands of Americans Killed in Traffic

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Traffic collisions are one of the leading killers in America, particularly for young people. But outside of the occasional roadside memorial, there is little lasting public remembrance of the victims — and the problem. We don’t see football players wearing colored socks to raise awareness about traffic violence. There aren’t large walks to remember victims, or heated […]