Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety

  • October 8, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety

Subject – Infrastructure

Context – Fifty-one passengers of an overcrowded bus died in an accident on the morning of February 16 when it fell into a canal near Sarda Patan village in Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh.

Concept –

  • The declaration was signed at the Second Global High-Level conference on Road Safety held in Brazil.
  • Through the Brasilia Declaration Countries plan to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.6: By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.
  • United Nations has also declared 2010-2020 as the decade of action for Road Safety.
  • The main points of the Brasilia Declaration are:
    • Countries should form transport policies in order to favor more sustainable modes of transport such as walking, cycling and using public transport.
    • It highlights strategies to ensure the safety of all road users,
      • by improving laws and enforcement;
      • making roads safer through infrastructural modifications;
      • ensuring that vehicles are equipped with life-saving technologies;
      • and enhancing emergency trauma care systems.
Brasilia Declaration on Road Safety Infrastructure