AKIPRESS.COM - A silent march to raise awareness of victims of road accidents will be held in Bishkek on May 28, organizers told AKIpress.
The activists will march under the slogan "keep silent to be heard."
"This campaign is an attempt to draw attention of drivers and pedestrians to the appalling scale of mortality on the roads, an attempt to make people think about the responsibility that every citizen of our country bears, which unfortunately most of them tend to forget. It is also an opportunity to honor the memory of the victims of the road accidents," the organizers said.
According to findings of the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries are the biggest killer of teenagers globally. In 2015, more than 1.2 million adolescents died. Road injuries were to blame for about one in 10 of these deaths. And most are preventable. Most young people killed by the top cause - road crashes - are "vulnerable" road users: pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Males aged 15-19 make up the biggest share of these 115,302 fatalities, mostly in poorer countries in Europe, the Americas and the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Although far fewer in number, road injuries are still the leading cause of adolescent death in high-income countries, shortly followed by deaths from self-harm.