Leaders from around the world have joined young people in launching commitments to tackle the major issues facing adolescents and youth during the SDG Summit in New York.
The FIA Foundation has joined philanthropies and international organisations in pledging support to address major priorities for adolescents and young people.
Honduras is focusing on youth issues including road safety ahead of a special event on adolescent commitments during the UN SDG Summit, showcased during a visit by the FIA Foundation.
The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is receiving US$2 million in grant funding from Google.org’s ‘AI for the Global Goals Impact Challenge’ to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve road safety for children. The funding will be used to scale up iRAP's Star Rating for Schools and AiRAP partnerships, which use AI to identify and prioritize high-risk roads around schools.
In a significant milestone for road safety in India, the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (Bharat NCAP) has been launched by the Indian government.
Botswana school zone received vital road safety improvements through collaboration between the automobile club Emergency Assist 991 and road safety NGO Amend, supported by FIA Foundation.
The Jamaican National Helmet Wearing Coalition, mandated to advocate for increased helmet-wearing among riders and pillions, has been launched by the JN Foundation and National Road Safety Council, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The FIA Foundation has led advocacy aiming to secure political commitment on priorities for adolescents, which has resulted in support from the Presidency of South Africa.
The European Union has implemented a new law to improve visibility for truck drivers, a measure advocated for by Transport and Environment, supported by the FIA Foundation.
At the UN’s High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals, the FIA Foundation convened Governments and partners to take key steps towards the launch of commitments for adolescents.
The Citroen C3, produced in Brazil, received a disappointing zero-star rating in the 2023 publication of the New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP). The independent consumer crash test initiative is supported by the FIA Foundation.
Heads of National Road Safety Agencies from around 100 countries came together for the first time for a global road safety summit to tackle the scourge of road crash deaths and injuries worldwide, with support from the FIA Foundation.
TotalEnergies has become the first private sector company to receive 3 stars as part of the newly launched FIA Road Safety Index, the FIA has announced.
Governments, donors, international organisations and young leaders have given support to the ‘1.8 Billion for Change’ advocacy campaign in a series of G20 events in India.
In Maputo, Mozambique, the FIA Foundation and its partners have been advocating for sustainable mobility and safe school journeys resulting in firm commitment for the agenda from city authorities.
The first-ever Nepalese Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) campaign has been completed by Nepal Automobile Association (NASA Nepal), with the support of the FIA Foundation.
The FIA Foundation played a key role during the 2023 International Transport Forum Summit (ITF) launching three reports with partners and hosting a sustainable mobility panel side event. The work covered a range of issues from global decarbonisation, gender imbalance and active mobility investment, connecting to the Summit’s theme ‘Transport enabling sustainable economies.’
Without targeted support for low- and middle-income countries to transition toward zero-emission mobility, progress will be critically slowed, risking serious and inequitable outcomes, warns a new report by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) and the UK Government’s ZEV Transition Council (ZEVTC), supported by the FIA Foundation.
International Transport Forum (ITF) member countries are increasing their commitment to walking and cycling policies and strategies but more needs to be done to link climate, health and equity agendas, says a new report by the Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH), supported by the FIA Foundation.
Women face persistent barriers when entering and working in the transport sector at all levels, according to new research and toolkit from World Bank’s Sustainable Urban Mobility for All (SUM4All) initiative and POLIS, funded by the FIA Foundation.
The impact and lessons of the South African Walking Safely To School (WATCH) project, implemented by ChildSafe South Africa and supported by the FIA Foundation, were presented at a special event bringing together regional road safety leaders and decision-makers.
The Zambian capital of Lusaka has been named the recipient of the 2023 International Vision Zero for Youth Leadership Awards by the National Center for Safe Routes to School, with support from the FIA Foundation.
Children, families, school officials and community leaders across the United States took part in Bike & Roll to School Day, organized by the National Center for Safe Routes to School and supported by the FIA Foundation.
The Safe Schools Africa programme, a joint project between Amend and FIA Foundation has received the inaugural International Road Federation (IRF) Excellence in Roads African Award, presented by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana.
Adolescent girls’ journeys to access sexual health services in four countries across Africa are often expensive, dangerous, and inaccessible, with key transport infrastructure needed to improve equitable access, says a new report from Girl Effect and the FIA Foundation.
Mexico is working to improve transportation and road safety by creating a National Strategy on Mobility and Road Safety (ENAMOV).
Costa Rica’s roads are being made safer by a series of projects and partnerships, bringing together government activity, international expertise, and long-term mobility activity by the Automobile Club of Costa Rica (ACCR), supported by the FIA Foundation.
Ten cities working to make streets safer, more accessible, and more enjoyable for children and their caregivers will take their work to new levels this year as Streets for Kids Selected Cities with the help of the Global Designing Cities Initiative’s (GDCI) team of experts.
The Maruti Suzuki Wagon achieved a one-star safety rating for adults and zero for children in the latest Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) testing for the Indian market, part of the #SaferCarsForIndia campaign, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The City of Lincoln, Nebraska has been named the recipient of the 2023 Vision Zero for Youth Leadership Awards by the National Center for Safe Routes to School with support from the FIA Foundation.
The Road Safety Council of Costa Rica (COSEVI) and International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote programmes and projects to eliminate high-risk roads in Costa Rica, supported by the FIA Foundation.
Up to three-quarters of European diesel vehicles are producing “extreme” NOx emissions which indicate they have cheat devices installed, warns new analysis from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) which drew on TRUE Initiative data.
Road safety practitioners from around the world took part in a Traffic Conflict Technique webinar hosted by FIA Foundation, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Center for Disease Control Foundation (CDC Foundation).
The FIA Foundation took part in panels, workshops and receptions during the eighth Global meeting of the Global Alliance for Road Safety NGOs (the Alliance) in San Salvador, El Salvador.
A new report examining how gender impacts cycling uptake in Nairobi, Kenya and outlining key measures to encourage women to cycle has been launched by the NGO Flone Initiative, supported by the FIA Foundation.
Mozambique auto club ATCM has joined forces with road safety NGO Amend on new school zone safety assessments, infrastructure change and child-led advocacy supported by FIA Road Safety Grants and the FIA Foundation.
Safety training for Formula E racing vehicles is protecting drivers, medics and rescue teams from electric hazards on the race track, supported by the FIA Foundation through ongoing research grants.
The FIA Foundation has brought together a range of partners in Mexico to develop a commitment to deliver on policy priorities for adolescents and youth.
The FIA Foundation and Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) joined the Automobile Association Of Tanzania (AAT) to support the implementation of their existing road safety grant and learn about ongoing mobility and motorsport projects.
The United States is making headway in its commitment to embed safe systems into road design to save lives and prevent injuries with initiatives supported by the FIA Foundation.
The French language version of the Amend and FIA Foundation report on the rise of motorcycles in sub-Saharan motorcycles and their impact on safety, sustainability, and climate has been launched in Lomé, Togo.
The FIA has hosted its first Safety Week, a hybrid digital conference over three day, highlighting innovation, research, and best practice across all levels of motor sport, supported by the FIA Foundation’s research and motorsport grants.
A low-emission zone (LEZ) in Warsaw, Poland could help reduce NOx emissions by 30% and PM emissions by 57% by 2025, says TRUE modelling following the city’s newly announced plans to tackle poor air quality.
Suzuki Maruti disappoints with three popular models scoring only one star each while Mahindra scores a welcome five-star safety rating as part of Global NCAP’s #SaferCarsforIndia testing campaign, supported by the FIA Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
The FIA Foundation Annual General Meeting has heard reports from NGO partners and clubs about work over the past year to deliver for people and planet.
New child road safety technical guidance from UNICEF, joint authored and supported by the FIA Foundation, has been launched to help UNICEF regional and country offices embed road safety into their activities.
The FIA Foundation has been announced as a ‘Spoke’ partner of the UK COP26 Presidency’s new Zero-Emissions Vehicle Rapid Response Facility (ZEV-RRF) during Solutions Day at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Urgent action is needed to address the boom in sub-Saharan motorcycles to deliver on safety, sustainability, and climate warns a new report by NGO Amend, the FIA Foundation, and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).
The Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH) has launched as a new global coalition calling on governments and cities to make a real commitment to walking and cycling, with the support of the FIA Foundation.
Investment in urban protected bicycle lanes can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, lower transport costs, and prevent road fatalities compared to investment in other infrastructure, says a new report developed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s (ITDP) global Cycling Cities campaign, supported by the FIA Foundation.
A Global Regional Road Safety Observatories (GRRSO) Dialogue on Powered Two-Wheeler Safety has thrown a spotlight on the increasing global road traffic injury challenge posed by motorbikes.
One of the most popular Latin American car models by carmaker Stellantis, alternately branded as the Fiat Strada and the Ram 700, received a disappointing one star rating in the latest testing of the New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP). The independent consumer crash test initiative is supported by the FIA Foundation.
Two cars built for the Indian market, the Volkswagen Taigun and Skoda Kushaq, have been awarded top ratings for adult and child occupant safety in the first round of demanding new Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) crash test requirements. The independent consumer crash test initiative is supported by the FIA Foundation.
A campaign to promote anti-lock braking system (ABS) crash avoidance technology for motorcycles in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region has been launched by a coalition led by the Towards Zero Foundation and including the FIA Foundation.
Moldova has taken an important step to improve road safety with new low-speed legislation to protect vulnerable road users, advocated by the FIA Foundation’s partner the Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM) and supported through the FIA Foundation’s Advocacy Hub.
A road safety campaign created by a University of the Arts London (UAL) student is featuring on prominent London billboards seen by more than 5 million road users in an initiative supported by FIA Foundation, alongside Transport for London, Zurich Insurance and Ocean Outdoors.
A new report, the first to gather and analyse data on walking and cycling from highly diverse contexts in all 54 African countries, has been published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the Walk21 Foundation, the development of which was been supported by the FIA Foundation.
National and local governments in Vietnam have been awarded two prestigious international road safety awards - the Vision Zero for Youth Award 2022 and the Prince Michael International Road Traffic Safety Award 2020 - for work in Pleiku City at a special award ceremony in Hanoi, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The Honda WR-V has received one star for its poor safety provisions, says the Latin America New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP), while the Brazilian-made Volkswagen Nivus achieved a five-star rating, only the second ever awarded. The independent consumer crash test initiative is supported by the FIA Foundation.
A lack of gender diversity in its workforce and leadership is undermining the transport sector's net zero carbon targets, warns a new report by the International Transport Forum (ITF), supported by the FIA Foundation.
The FIA Foundation joined mobility and sport clubs from across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, for the FIA Americas Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, organized by the Automobile Club of Colombia.
The C40 Cities International Air Quality and Climate Solutions Summit has brought together city policy-makers from across the world to discuss and share policy and best practices, supported by the FIA Foundation.
A first ever High Level Meeting on Road Safety has heard calls for action and funding, as ministers and officials met at UN headquarters in New York.
Chile has announced it will include NCAP safety ratings on labelling for new vehicle models, the first country in the region to do so. The move follows years of testing and advocacy for labelling in the country by New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP), which was supported by the FIA Foundation.
A new initiative targeting vehicle speeds around schools has launched in Kitwe, Zambia, supported by the FIA Foundation’s Child Health Initiative and local partners Zambia Motor Sport Association and the Zambia Road Safety Trust.
New Global NCAP car-to-car crash test results, supported by the FIA Foundation, is demonstrating the double standards that apply to vehicle safety across national borders ahead of the first UN General Assembly High Level meeting on Road Safety.
The FIA Foundation hosted its ‘Design for Life: for people & planet’ Forum in London, with policymakers, partners and supporters, as part of a celebration of its twentieth anniversary.
Almost 12 million serious injuries to children and youth can be prevented between now and 2050 if proven road safety interventions are implemented across 77 low- and middle-income countries, according to new modelling by the Victoria University Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, in a new study commissioned by the FIA Foundation.
The Africa Regional Forum for Action – Inclusive and Active Mobility in a Changing Climate, was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 7th to 9th June.
FIA Foundation Chairman Lord Robertson of Port Ellen has convened leading global donors, international organisations and young advocates to advance plans for a Global Forum for Adolescents.
The UN Road Safety Fund has launched its 2021 Annual Report with public and private sector and civil society partners, including the FIA Foundation, at a media event during the International Transport Forum Summit in Leipzig, Germany.
The Mexican Motorcycle Helmet Coalition has launched with new data on motorcycles trends at its first meeting, organised by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) with support of the FIA Foundation.
‘School streets’ schemes have increased five-fold in less than four years and deliver low-cost interventions for cleaner, safer journeys to schools world-wide, according to new global analysis by the Child Health Initiative’s Global Advocacy Hub.
A TRUE study of real-world emissions has begun in Mexico City, marking the first TRUE Latin America remote sensing campaign. The testing and analysis, led by the ICCT and supported by FIA Foundation, is being performed in collaboration with Mexico City Secretaría del Medio Ambiente (SEDEMA).
A new TRUE study of real-world vehicle emissions in New York City has two key findings in relation to truck emissions in NYC: First, less than 10% of diesel trucks on the road are responsible for more than two-thirds of the fleet's tailpipe PM2.5 emissions; and second, people of colour living in the city are exposed to more PM2.5 from diesel trucks than average while non-Latino white residents are exposed to less.
New research from The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Initiative in Warsaw highlights the impact of old and imported used vehicles on urban air quality and recommends actions for the city to take to address their high real-world emissions.
A €1 million contribution on behalf of the FIA and the FIA Foundation is being made to support humanitarian actions to alleviate the suffering of refugees caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
An emergency convoy of donated fire engines and lifesaving equipment to Ukraine has been organised by UK charity FIRE AID, supported by the FIA Foundation.
THUMS (Total Human Model for Safety) is a computer model that represents the human body, able to simulate injuries for real-life safety research that is difficult to measure on crash test dummies. Supplementing the existing methodology of full-scale real car crash testing, THUMS and the continual advance in computer capabilities is allowing the testing to move into the virtual world. Multiple changes to vehicle design, be that the seats, seatbelts, or chassis can now be iterated through to determine the safest installations, as well as allowing accident and injury reconstruction.
The Halo, introduced by the FIA and designed by researchers at the Global Institute for Motor Sport Safety, with funding support from the FIA Foundation, was initially designed as a device to provide additional frontal protection from flying objects for open cockpit racing drivers.
The World Resources Institute’s Vision Zero Challenge has recognized four Latin American cities that have taken important strides to make their streets safer and more equitable in a project supported by the FIA Foundation.
The Global Network for Road Safety Legislators, a network supporting parliamentarians to understand and advocate for global road safety has marked its first five years of activity. The Global Network is coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) with funding support from the FIA Foundation.
Seven out of ten Moldovans with limited mobility feel unsafe moving around the streets of Chișinău, according to a survey by the Automobile Club of Moldova (ACM), as part of the Equal Road Rights project in partnership with the Center for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CDPD) and Universal Access Ltd and Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) with the support of the FIA Foundation.
Child pedestrians are among the highest-risk groups in Mozambique for road traffic injuries, the leading cause of death for children over the age of five in the country.
The FIA Foundation has been at the heart of many discussions and debates at COP26 in Glasgow raising the importance of the changes needed in the road transport sector as it rises in prominence on the global climate action agenda.
Urgent improvements in vehicle policies globally are needed to meet 2050 zero emission targets, warns new report ‘Securing global fleet transformation: GFEI's ZERO Pathway’, launched at COP26 in Glasgow by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The Safe System approach to road safety could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle-related deaths and injuries if implemented in the U.S., according to a report from a consortium of experts convened by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Institute of Transportation Engineers, supported by the FIA Foundation.
A new €15 million Advocacy Hub for safe streets has been launched by the FIA Foundation to support the policy change needed to limit speeds to 30 km/h (20 mph) on streets where children walk, live and play, at the start of UN Global Road Safety Week.
As the international community embarks on a critical decade for sustainable development and the Climate, the FIA Foundation has finalised its plans to contribute to the global effort to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Over the past two years the FIA Foundation’s Board of Trustees has undertaken an in-depth review of our work and our future strategy. As we enter the UN Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals, and a second Decade of Action for Road Safety, what do we as a Foundation want to help to achieve by 2030? There are six, inter-related, goals that we want to influence.
The Stockholm Declaration calling for default 30km/h speed limits on urban streets, prioritisation of Safe System design to enable walking and cycling, a stronger focus on safe infrastructure on highways, and better integration of traffic safety within the Sustainable Development Goals, including the UN’s strategy for children and adolescents, has been adopted by the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19-20 February 2020.