Coalition member helps lead road safety initiative in Jordan for World Day of Remembrance

Coalition member founded road safety Initiative مبادرة رادع عالطريق – Road Deterrent – and the Crown Prince Foundation Initiative for Youth Engagement and Volunteering Movement is organizing a youth webinar last Saturday, 21 November, at 10 AM CET to commemorate World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for Road Traffic Victims. 

مبادرة رادع عالطريق Founder and Coalition Member, Sana’a Khasawneh, writes that this is the first online road safety initiative of its kind set in Jordan.

The webinar is titled Toward Safer Roads, Jordanian Youth Initiatives. The session will discuss youth engagement in road safety in Jordan. 

The speakers of the event included Hadeel Abou Soufeh – a road crash survivor who has been permanently handicapped since the crash when she was just 11 years old, Mr. Maher Kaddourah – Founder of Hikmat Road Safety NGO and Youth leadership program, Hikmat Leaders, Muna Labadi – a member of Jordanian Society for the Prevention of Road Accidents (JSPRA), Aladdin Attieh - founder of Road Safety Jordan, and Sherbel Dissi - journalist and a road safety activist.

Research shows that there is a “relatively low level” of traffic safety in Jordan compared to developing countries. One of the key problems is the increase in the number of vehicles and the lack of significant change or development in the present traffic system. 

“It is terrifying that one Jordanian dies every 13 hours in a car crash! Since we are not offered a seat at the table, we brought our own table and we’ll be having a discussion about the unacceptable death toll on our roads.”

— Sana’a Khasawneh

If you want to learn more about the Coalition and road safety in Jordan, watch the session! If you want to be part of the road safety revolution by joining the Coalition!