Rodney residents will be joining with millions of other people across the globe on Sunday 15 November to pay their respects to the victims of road traffic accidents.
Residents are invited to attend a special ceremony on Sunday 15th November at 7pm at the Orewa Reserve to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and commemorate those who lost their life on the roads. The ceremony will take place near the Orewa surf club.
Residents are also being encouraged to add the names of loved ones who have been killed in road traffic accidents to displays at the Whangaparaoa, Orewa, Helensville and Warkworth libraries. The names collated from the libraries will be written on cards and placed on an illuminated Norfolk Pine at the ceremony.
An international Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims has been held every day for the past sixteen years since it was initiated in 1993 by Road Peace, a UK charity for road traffic victims. Each year, an estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic crashes around the world - leaving parents, siblings and children to mourn their loss. Over 3,400 men, women and children are killed every single day on the world’s roads while walking, cycling, or driving. They will never return home. An estimated 20 - 50 million people are also injured on roads every year.
The purpose of World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims is to increase awareness of the devastating impact that road deaths and injuries have on families and communities worldwide.
In 2008, there were 292 fatalities on New Zealand roads, and to date this year there have been 329, of which 15 occurred within Rodney District.
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