" Marrakech Declaration on Global Road Safety " & WHO Conference on Road Safety

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have brought together more than 40 leading officials from 14 countries to advance progress in making vehicles safer in Asia and worldwide. 

Nearly 1.2 million lives are lost to road crashes around the world each year, and vehicle safety regulations are a crucial tool in reducing road deaths and serious injuries. Despite this, less than 20% of UN Member States have laws that meet all core areas of UN vehicle safety regulations.

Among ASEAN Member States, outdated or unsafe vehicles dominate the markets due to weak import controls and regulatory frameworks. This puts more lives at risk in a region that sees hundreds of thousands of road crash fatalities each year and has a rapidly growing fleet of motor vehicles.

Marrakech Declaration on Global Road Safety:

The third ASEAN+China road safety capacity building workshop, held in Shenzhen, China, on 25–27 November, built on recommendations in the Marrakech Declaration on Global Road Safety that was adopted by Ministers from around 100 countries in February 2025.

The Declaration calls on countries to improve national vehicle safety legislations in line with UN regulations to ensure all new vehicles meet minimum safety standards. This will protect people both within and outside of motor vehicles. It promotes vehicle safety technologies, such as connectivity to prevent crashes and the role of automation to improve road safety.

The Marrakech Declaration calls for safety to be a primary concern in all road infrastructure planning and related policies, laws and regulations. It calls for greater coordination across government ministries, including health, transport and the environment. 

The declaration urges governments to adopt policies and infrastructure that advance safe, green and equitable mobility, such as walking, cycling and public transport. It recognizes that safe and accessible mobility drives equitable economic growth across society. 

The declaration also calls for more cross-border knowledge-sharing, technical support and technology transfer, and to advance research into emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). It highlights the need to work with civil society and academia. 

  1. " WHO convenes experts to strengthen vehicle safety across Asia " - WHO News
  2. " Leaders make new road safety commitments, endorse new declaration to reduce road deaths " - WHO News

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