This request was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in May 2004[4] and resulted in the formulation of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) later in October 2004.
[5] Currently there are 70 full members of the UNRSC[6] including United Nations and associated specialized agencies, governments, foundations and academic institutes, road safety nongovernmental organizations and private companies.
[10] Members of the UNRSC have published guidance on how to set up and monitor programmes around helmet wearing,[11] drinking and driving,[12] speed management,[13] seat-belt and child restraint usage[14] as well as how to set up and maintain optimal road safety data systems[15] and road safety management systems.
[18] WHO and the UN regional commissions, with assistance from the UNRSC, developed a global Plan of Action for the Decade[19] as a guiding document to Member States and organizations around the world wishing to contribute to actions to reduce the carnage of road traffic crashes, deaths and injuries.
Members of the UNRSC will work towards the goal of the Decade which is to save millions of lives[20] by promoting and implementing good practices in five main areas, viz.