| The United Nations
has declared 2011-2020 as the Decade of Action for road safety
with the goal to stabilize and then reduce the level of global
fatalities forecast to rise to 1.9 million by 2020. The Decade
challenges the governments of the world to act to reduce the
toll of road traffic death and injury now recognised as a
major public health crisis and human catastrophe for the developing
world in particular. Read
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The Decade will be officially launched on May 11, 2011. As
part of the UN's global
NGO network and Oman's
NGO focal point, we will be supporting the Decade with
a number of road safety activities. Any stakeholder interested
in supporting these is welcome to contact us here
 
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From
2000 to mid-2009 over 6500 men, women and children lost their
lives in crashes on Oman's roads and 75,000 or more have been
injured, some disabled for life. This is a staggering number
in a population of under three million. Browse our 
