Reducing road mortality by half, which is a UN target for 2030, could save 675,000 lives a year. Knowing where and when road traffic crashes happen is crucial to address the problem. Unfortunately, many countries have little or no data on road traffic crashes and no means to effectively analyse the data they do have to identify effective solutions.

In the current scenario, it is crucial to identify the various elements that influence road safety and especially the role that AI can play to enhance crash data collection and analysis, to improve road infrastructures, to enable more effective post-crash responses as well as to inspire more modern regulatory frameworks in the transport sector. These solutions are all the more needed in low- and middle- income countries, where most of the road fatalities and injuries occur.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety and the UN Envoy on Technology are launching a new initiative entitled, “AI for Road Safety”.

The AI for Road Safety initiative is in line with the UN General Assembly Resolution (UN A/RES/74/299) on Improving global Road Safety, which highlights the role of innovative automotive and digital technology, as well as in line with the UN Secretary General’s roadmap on digital cooperation. The focus of this new initiative will be to harness the value of AI in enhancing the safe system approach to road safety.

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