A new coalition has been launched to address Jamaica’s high motorcycle death toll in a programme convened by the Jamaican National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and the JN Foundation, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The rising role of motorcycles in Kenya's economy is coming at too high a cost, with an urgent need for a helmet testing facility to enforce standards, says a new report by the Kenyan National Helmet Wearing Coalition, supported by the FIA Foundation.
An investigation into the health costs of motorcycle taxi crashes in Kenya. This study sets out to understand helmet usage, and the scale and impact of motorcycle related deaths and injuries, to highlight the urgent need for immediate action to strengthen the enforcement of the Kenyan motorcycle helmet standard to help reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries linked to low helmet prevalence.
The National Assembly of Thailand is setting its sights on making progress towards the country’s ambitious road safety targets, receiving input and advice from the FIA Foundation and its programme partners on strategies to save lives and prevent injuries.
The United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) campaign, led by the FIA and supported by the FIA Foundation, has announced the first recipients of its Global Research Scholarship.
African automobile clubs learned more about road safety concepts and advocacy in a special training event on road safety principles, implementation, and advocacy in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The first-ever US legislation to mandate Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) for repeat speeding drivers has been passed in Washington, DC, following intensive advocacy by Families for Safe Streets, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The first ever industry-wide barometer survey identifies serious concerns about the effect of online abuse on sport and its competitors, undertaken by the United Against Online abuse campaign and supported by the FIA Foundation.
Leaders from the public and private sectors gathered to highlight collaborative actions towards the upcoming midpoint of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety at a reception during the annual Transportation Research Board meeting, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The FIA has launched two new sets of safety guidelines on helmet and safety clothing regulation for competitors and scrutineers, funded through the FIA Foundation’s Motor Sport Safety Grant.
The FIA’s Disability and Accessibility Commission has released the latest Vehicle Adaptation Guidelines, supported by funding through the FIA Foundation’s motor sport safety grant.
The FIA has launched its first-ever Youth & Mobility report as part of the FIA Global Advocacy Programme, supported by the FIA Foundation.
This is the latest update of the GFEI benchmarking report looking at the specific fuel consumption of light-duty vehicles (LDVs). It focuses on changes between 2019 and 2022, in particular the impact of Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and electric vehicle (EV) market changes.
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Representatives of Vietnam’s Ministry of Transportation (MOT) and the AIP Foundation visited Melbourne to study best practice in school zone road safety, with the support of the FIA Foundation and other leading partners.
High level stakeholders met in Baku to discuss the urgent need to prioritise road safety around schools in Azerbaijan with the FIA Foundation, FIA, and EASST.
The FIA Foundation held its Annual General Meeting during the FIA AGM in Baku, Azerbaijan, to report on its 2023 work in road and motor sport safety, climate, environment and adolescent health.
Motorcycle safety was among the key road safety areas brought into the spotlight by the FIA Foundation and key stakeholders at a high-profile regional road safety seminar in Manila.
EASST’s local partner the National Road Safety Council NGO (NRSC), organised Armenia’s first-ever multi-stakeholder dialogue on road safety and low-speed school zones, with support from the FIA Foundation.
Global road traffic deaths have fallen by about 5%, despite increasing motorisation, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023.
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The need for significant changes to road transport to address the climate crisis was a key focus of the activities of the FIA Foundation during COP28 in the United Arab Emirates.
The FIA Foundation reports on its charitable activities in 2023, including advocacy for youth at the UN Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals; accelerating the electric vehicle transition; the latest progress in car and truck safety; protecting children on the journey to school; and playing a key role in the safety of top level motor sport.
An accelerated transition to electric vehicles is imperative to limit warming—combining with additional strategies can align road transport with well below 2 degrees Celsius says a new International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) report, supported by the FIA Foundation.
FIA Region II Clubs learnt about the principles of school zone safety with a training programme organised by iRAP in collaboration with AIP Foundation and supported by the FIA Foundation.
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The growing market share and huge size of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are undermining opportunities to mitigate the impact of vehicle improvements even with the growing shift to electric vehicles (EVs), says a new report by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI), supported by the FIA Foundation.
A new framework for prevention-focused investigations has been proposed in a peer-reviewed paper supported by the FIA Foundation and the Canadian Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF).
Globally, walking and cycling have been undervalued as a key part of action on the climate emergency, according to a new analysis and report by the Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH), supported by the FIA Foundation.
Aspiring motorsport leaders from across the globe took part in the intensive ten-day FIA Immersion Programme supported by the FIA Foundation.
Strong low-emission zone (LEZ) policies could cut fleet-wide emissions by up to 90% in Warsaw, shows a new analysis from the Real World Emissions Initiative (TRUE), ahead of the city’s forthcoming LEZ plan announcements.
New federal helmet regulations must be adopted by all states to reduce the rising death toll of motorcyclists across the country, says the Mexican Motorcycle Helmet Coalition, supported by the FIA Foundation.
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Mexico (ITDP Mexico) launched the Walk and Roll to School Guide for Mexican Cities to encourage and support urban leadership to develop safe and healthy journeys to school. The guide is part of the Vision Zero for Youth programme, supported by the FIA Foundation.
A new collaboration to build road safety capacity for all FIA Region II Clubs through knowledge and tools has been launched by AIP Foundation and iRAP, supported by the FIA Foundation.
Safe journeys to school across Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan have been in the spotlight thanks to advocacy and implementation by Public Association ‘Road Safety’ (PARS), an EASST local partner, supported by the FIA Foundation.
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The National Government of Vietnam has endorsed the AIP Foundation Safe School Zones Guide, supported by the FIA Foundation, in a milestone step towards ensuring safe school journeys for every child across the country.
The global investment case for adolescents prioritises road safety as essential for ensuring the health and well-being of young people.
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The Global Forum for Adolescents, the world’s largest gathering of young people aimed at galvanising action and policy commitments has concluded with a strong focus on road safety.
Road infrastructure upgrades already implemented using International Road Assessment Programme tools will prevent 3.2 million serious injuries or deaths, according to estimates by Johns Hopkins University. This was the headline announcement by iRAP CEO Rob McInerney at the organisation’s tenth innovation workshop, held during the PIARC World Road Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.
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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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 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.
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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.
This report from the World Bank’s Sustainable Urban Mobility for All (SUM4All) gender working group was the results of pioneering research undertaken by POLIS & Heather Allen and funded by FIA Foundation, which examined existing data and conducted in-depth interviews and polling to build a comprehensive global snapshot of lived experiences of women working in the transport sector.
This report by US research body ITS UC Davis and the UK Government’s ZEV Transition Council (ZEVTC), supported by the FIA Foundation examines the status of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) uptake across the world and considers how to accelerate the transition as part of emergency measures to avoid a climate catastrophe. Recommendations include the need to recognise the varied levels of ZEV policies across the Global South, to appreciate the profound need for equitable funding, and secure collective global buy-in to address the global challenge.
The FIA Foundation is an international charity, working closely with grant partners to shape projects and advocate to secure change in policy and practice. Our Strategy 2030 firmly establishes our focus on contributing to achieve the ambitious targets of the United Nations’ Global Goals, in the areas of road traffic injury, air quality, climate action and youth empowerment. Our mission: Design for Life, For People & Planet.
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.
Adolescent girls’ journeys to access sexual health services in four countries across Africa are often expensive, dangerous, and inaccessible. This report from Girl Effect identifies the key changes needed to improve equitable access.
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.
Mexico is working to improve transportation and road safety by creating a National Strategy on Mobility and Road Safety (ENAMOV).
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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 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 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.
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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.
At a time when an increased uptake of sustainable mobility is vital for climate, health and air quality reasons, this report examines why women in Nairobi, Kenya are less keen than men to cycle. Based on a study by the NGO Flone Initiative, and drawing on front-line evidence from women in the city, it also outlines key measures to reverse this trend.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
The FIA Foundation reports on its charitable activities in 2022, including participating in the first UN High Level Meeting on Road Safety; expanding its TRUE emissions campaign to new cities, including New York; supporting refugees and emergency response to the war in Ukraine; advancing advocacy for the global youth agenda; and playing a key role in the safety of top level motor sport.
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).
This report aims to provide an overview of the key issues surrounding motorcycles in Africa to give context and facts – and to provide recommendations – to help all involved to make informed decisions that will maximise the benefits that motorcycles offer and to reduce the risks.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Why is adopting a gender-based analysis necessary when considering decarbonising transport policies? How can we strengthen awareness of the gender, transport and climate change policy nexus? What role do governments play? This report examines the linkages between gender equality, transport and climate change to help develop policies that can achieve both gender equality and decarbonising transport goals by 2050. It provides guiding principles with specific actions to help countries and companies align their gender equality and decarbonising transport goals.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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This paper aims to contribute to achieving a ‘safe and healthy journey for every child’. This is a key part of the Habitat III New Urban Agenda, and will contribute to achieving a range of Sustainable Development Goals.
This report reviews the state of play in terms of transport data, and the gaps in our knowledge about women’s transport behaviours, as reported in a survey of over 140 transport professionals.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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TRUE data provides cities with a clearer understanding of the levels and causes of high emissions, information on vehicle fleet characteristics, and insights into effective emission curbing measures such as vehicle bans, fee-charging schemes, low emissions zones, or incentive programs.
The FIA Foundation, working with partners through the Global Fuel Economy Initiative, the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative, the Climate & Clean Air Coalition and the Partnership for Clean Fuels & Vehicles, is part of efforts to make road transport more fuel efficient and to reduce toxic tailpipe emissions.
This advocacy research, a joint report by the FIA Foundation and UNICEF, examines the impact of road traffic injury on families living in poverty in low- and middle-income countries.
The report highlights the disproportionate exposure to risk of child pedestrians in sub-Saharan Africa and calls for a concerted effort to provide footpaths and reduce vehicle traffic speeds.
This report takes London as a case study, focusing on the issue of air pollution from vehicles and exploring the actions and policies in place to enable safe, clean and healthy journeys to school.
Published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Vietnam’s 2007 introduction of a universal helmet law, ‘Head First’ details the decade-long campaign to secure the legislations, and the decade-long implementation effort since.
Unfinished Journey: The Global Health Response to Children & Road Traffic highlights the gap between evidence on the scale of road traffic’s impact on child and adolescent health and the action.
China's Quest for Car Ownership is an independent report from Cultural Dynamics, commissioned as part of the FIA Foundation's Research Series of policy, thought and discussion papers. The report reviews the values of young Chinese consumers in relation to mobility and environmental issues, and particularly attitudes to car purchase and use.
'In for a Penny: Can micro-donations benefit global road safety?' is a research report by Price Waterhouse Coopers examine the potential of corporate/consumer micro-donations as a new source of funding for global road safety.
'Breaking the Deadlock: A Social Impact Investment Lens on Reducing Costs of Road Trauma and Unlocking Capital for Road Safety' is a report by Social Finance and Impact Strategist examining the potential of using 'payment for success' Social Impact Bonds to deliver health cost savings through direct and transparent attribution of specific road safety interventions.
'Financing for Development: Catalytic Funding for Global Road Safety in the SDGs' is a paper by the FIA Foundation highlighting the need for increased international financing for global road safety and partnership with mainstream infrastructure and climate SDG financing mechanisms.
FIA Foundation is interested in supporting work on key areas with the most potential to significantly reduce emissions in the transport sector, and commissioned Clean Air Asia to identify the most relevant issues.
The report explores the implications of inadequate personal security on public transport, and reviews a large number of published international papers, reports and news articles, to scope the extent of harassment and identify potential responses.
‘Investing to Save Lives’ make a compelling case for strategic investment in preventative road safety measures. The case studies, developed by Social Finance UK and Impact Strategist, are drawn from road safety programmes in Australia and Cambodia.
This report summarises the findings of an event hosted by the FIA Foundation, which gathered a group of world experts to discuss how civil society could contribute towards ensuring vehicles comply with emission legislation and consumers are provided with reliable information.
The analysis undertaken in this report focuses on the subset of London’s schools most affected by poor air quality. It presents data for these schools on the issues of deprivation, obesity and physical activity.
The Ella Se Mueve Segura study, funded by FIA Foundation and CAF – Latin American Development Bank, explores women’s personal security on public transport in three cities; Quito, Ecuador; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile.
The FIA Foundation factsheets are intended to give a brief overview of the key issues in specific areas of sustainable mobility. This factsheet covers Non-Motorised Transport.
The FIA Foundation factsheets are intended to give a brief overview of the key issues in specific areas of sustainable mobility. This factsheet covers Women's Mobility and Personal Security.
The FIA Foundation factsheets are intended to give a brief overview of the key issues in specific areas of sustainable mobility. This factsheet covers Fuel Economy.
The FIA Foundation factsheets are intended to give a brief overview of the key issues in specific areas of sustainable mobility. This factsheet covers Air Quality.
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A new report by Share the Road, led by UN Environment Programme, and funded by the FIA Foundation, highlights the importance of investment in walking and cycling infrastructure in cities worldwide.
The Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) is a global partnership, hosted by UN Environment, working with developing and transitional countries to reduce air pollution from vehicles by promoting cleaner fuels and vehicles.
The Safe and Sound international research includes a global overview report of published literature with evidence from South Africa, and a new South American study, ‘Ella se mueve segura’ (‘She moves safely’) jointly funded with the CAF, the development bank of Latin America.
GFEI’s new ‘COP23 update’ shares progress made since the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris. It includes summaries of recent activities in the past year and a progress chart for all the countries where GFEI works.
The report was published to coincide with the UN High Level Political Forum in July 2018, which included a focus on energy efficiency as part of a review of SDG7. The report also includes a special case study of GFEI’s work with Jamaica.
This report provides an overview of GFEI’s work globally, highlighting how improved vehicle fuel economy is vital for tackling climate change. It was published to coincide with the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September 2018.
The report highlights the disproportionate exposure to risk of child pedestrians in sub-Saharan Africa and calls for a concerted effort to provide footpaths and reduce vehicle traffic speeds.
This report calls for region-wide action and global support to implement the solutions that are already proven to save lives, and to end the preventable epidemic destroying children’s futures.
This booklet describes priority interventions proven to reduce casualties, calls for new donors to the cause, and sets out the key advocacy initiatives that are building on the legacy of the Make Roads Safe campaign.
This report summarises innovative new work between schools, led by the London Sustainability Exchange (LSx), in partnership with UN Environment and Clean Air Asia.
Potential changes to the vehicle emissions regime after Brexit could pose real risks to public health, as well as a loss of access to valuable EU markets for the £4.9bn UK motor industry. This report examines some potential regulation scenarios and their impact on a post-Brexit Britain.
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The FIA Foundation’s Annual Report 2018 highlights our advocacy for the mobility targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and for child rights; and showcases the achievements of our grant partners around the world.
The FIA Foundation’s 2019 Annual Report highlights our campaign for child and adolescent health, support for new clean air initiatives, and research and advocacy for low carbon mobility to address the climate emergency.
The FIA Foundation reports on its charitable activities during 2021, including participating in COP26 to argue for cleaner vehicles and investment in zero carbon travel; campaigning for ‘Streets for Life with the United Nations; supporting motor sport safety research and programmes; and providing grants to UNICEF and IFRC to support equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Oscar Edmundo has devoted his 22-year career to urban planning, transportation, and road safety. He is recognized for leading the planning and implementation of transport projects, including Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, and safe infrastructure for non-motorized transport-NMT (cycling and walking) in cities in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
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This special document marks the first 20 years of the FIA Foundation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our 2020 Annual Report, ‘Safe & Green Mobility in a Time of Pandemic’, highlights the charity’s response to COVID-19, including our Solidarity Fund and support for policy efforts to ‘Build Back Better’.
GFEI’s global targets and capacity building support policies for vehicle efficiency and electrification. Our new report on GFEI’s ZERO pathway sets out key actions to secure global fleet transformation to zero carbon vehicles by 2050.
The FIA Foundation partnered with Safetipin to build a picture of how adolescent girls make their journeys. The study uses innovative technology, supported by discussions with local women, to understand how their experiences and behaviours are shaped by the physical and social framework in which they live.
The Manifesto calls for a transformation of urban streets by 2030 into safe, low speed and accessible space that puts people first, encouraging zero carbon walking and cycling, by deploying the ‘Speed Vaccine’: safe footpaths and crossings; protected cycleways; and maximum 30 km/h speed limits anywhere children and traffic mix.
Launched to coincide with the UN Streets for Life campaign, the FIA Foundation’s new Advocacy Hub, based within the Child Health Initiative, will focus on supporting global, national and city campaigns for 30km/h streets where children and youth live, walk and cycle.
The report Renewable Energy Pathways in Road Transport points out five key pathways to limit the growing impact of transport, and especially that of road transport, on global greenhouse gas emissions.
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 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.
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).
‘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.
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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.
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