Leading the Worldwide Movement to Improve Road Safety

Bloomberg Philanthropies' $125 million, five-year Global Road Safety program is aimed at reducing preventable road traffic deaths and injuries in ten countries through initiatives including increased seat-belt and helmet usage, reduced speed limits, drinking and driving enforcement, and improvements in road infrastructure and sustainable transport.This midway status report finds that 1.6 billion people are now covered globally by new or improved laws in road safety. The early accomplishments are focused in the following target countries: Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam