World Day Of Remembrance For Road Traffic Victims

EDM number 700 in 2015-16, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 16/11/2015.
Categorised under the topic of Roads.

That this House commemorates the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on 15 November 2015; mourns the many people killed and injured in road crashes across the world; sympathises with the families of road traffic victims; acknowledges the grief and distress that road traffic crashes can have on victims and their families; supports development of comprehensive programmes to improve road user behaviour; commits to the increased enforcement of driving laws; pledges to raise the standards of driving in the UK through firmer treatment of criminal driving and better education of drivers; recognises the magnitude of the issue of road traffic deaths and injuries, both in the UK and worldwide; notes that this is the 20th anniversary of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, and the 10th anniversary of its adoption by the UN; and further commits to creating safer roads, promoting safer driving, and designing and building safer vehicles, both at home and abroad, to prevent further deaths in road crashes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.