YOURS for free: Road Safety Action Kit for kids

Each year, 400,000 young people aged 15-29 die on the world's roads. This translates to more than 1,000 young lives lost unnecessarily every day, making road crashes the number one killer of young people ahead of HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria.

Added by Irma Belisario

In response to this crisis, many young people have set out to become road safety activists, raising public awareness and urging their governments to take more serious action.

To be sure, the global youth movement for road safety is gaining ground, but there is still a dearth of information and guidance on how to get started.