Giant safety project the logo on the MSU

"Decade" was officially launched worldwide on 11 May. The purpose of this ambitious campaign that will run until 2020 – at times to reduce the accident rate on roads. The slogan of the Decade "-" Together we can save millions of lives – today is relevant to all countries around the world as a high accident rate in many of them is the problem number one. Worldwide each year in road accidents killed 1.3 million people, 50 million more – are injured or disabled. "Road traffic injuries are a major public health problem and a major cause of mortality worldwide, especially for children and young people under the age of 29 years – emphasize the traffic police in Russia. – If you continue to continue to do nothing, then, under forecasts of experts, by 2020 road traffic injuries will become the main cause of mortality in low and middle income countries. " With the initiative of the "Decade" Russia came in 2009 at the First Global Ministerial Conference on road safety in Moscow. This proposal was supported. A year later, the UN General Assembly declared the period from 2011 to 2020 "Decade of Action for Road Safety". In the countries for this period is planned a range of different activities designed to reduce the accident rate. In "Decade" will be attended by automobile manufacturers, the banking community, public authorities, public and charitable organizations. In anticipation of starting the official symbol of the Decade "will be projected as high-rise buildings and in other cities around the world, particularly in London and New York. In addition, a number of known sites and monuments will also be highlighted in yellow, told ITAR-TASS.