Renault Group and the United Nations, via the UN Economic Commission for Europe, have entered into a two-year strategic partnership agreement to support the work of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt.
With this partnership, Renault Group has become the first automobile manufacturer to take a stand alongside the Special Envoy’s Secretariat and is stepping up its long-standing commitment to increasingly safe and accessible mobility in all its markets.
The partners will take action together to promote road safety by providing training, raising awareness and deploying innovation, with a view to benefiting everyone on roads.
Boulogne-Billancourt and Geneva – Renault Group and the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety announce today a partnership to draw attention to road safety around the world, provide training and deploy technological breakthroughs to save lives. By supporting the UN’s endeavor, Renault Group is reasserting its determination to work towards ever safer and more accessible mobility benefiting everyone on roads. During this two-year partnership, Renault Group will share with the Special Envoy the expertise it has gathered through its long-standing commitment to road safety.
Renault Group’s commitment supports the UN’s aim to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes.
“For Renault, taking safety seriously doesn’t just mean ticking boxes. It means fulfilling our regulatory obligations but also pushing further, guided by what we believe in and our determination to make a difference. By coming up with solutions that make our cars even safer and by pushing innovation everywhere it makes sense. So, we are pioneering technology, but also taking action that can potentially make mobility safer, while ranking the issue at the top of the agenda everywhere. That is why I feel very happy that we are supporting Jean Todt’s and the United Nations’ commitment to road safety” Luca de Meo, Chief Executive Officer of Renault Group
A major societal concern
In a world where road crashes remain the leading killer of children and youth aged 5 to 29 years, there is an urgent need for collective efforts to address this crisis and pave the way for safer roads.
“There were an estimated 1.19 million road traffic deaths in 2021. These new WHO figures give us a sense of the horror we have to deal with. This is why it is so urgent to join forces with partners such as Renault to put an end to the carnage and shine a light on this silent pandemic. Without the active involvement of all actors, including institutional and public sector partners, civil society and the private sector, including car manufacturers, we won’t achieve our objective of halving the number of victims on roads by 2030. I commend Renault Group for its leadership and commitment at our side in this battle.” Jean Todt, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety.
Road safety facts and figures worldwide (World Health Organization, 2023)
- 1.19 million road traffic deaths in 2021
- The leading cause of deaths among children and youths aged 15 to 29
- Only 7 countries – France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden have applied the WHO’s legislative best practices relating to five risk factors: speeding, drinking and driving, not wearing seat belts, not wearing helmets, and not transporting children in child restraints
- Only 10 countries – Belarus, Brunei Darussalam, Denmark, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, Russian Federation, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela succeeded in reducing road traffic deaths by over 50% between 2010 and 2021.