111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 74 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas according to the 2004 World Report on Road Traf-
fic Injury Prevention, 40,000 people in the United States 
and 1,300,000 people globally die in road crashes each 
year; 
Whereas another 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 people globally 
are injured each year as a result of speeding motor vehi-
cles and the increased use of motor vehicles;
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Whereas road crashes are the leading cause of death globally 
for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 years 
around the world; 
Whereas the current estimated monetary cost of motor vehi-
cle crashes worldwide is $518,000,000,000 annually, rep-
resenting between 3 and 5 percent of the gross domestic 
product of each nation; 
Whereas according to the World Health Organization, over 
90 percent of motorist-related deaths occur in low- and 
middle-income countries; 
Whereas according to the World Health Organization, motor-
ist-related deaths and costs continue to rise in these 
countries due to a lack of appropriate road engineering 
and injury prevention programs in public health sectors; 
Whereas the United States, other countries, and international 
organizations should promote the improvement of data 
collection and comparability, including by adopting the 
standard definition of a road death as ‘‘any person killed 
immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of a road 
traffic crash’’ as standard definitions of injury, and the 
facilitation of international cooperation to develop reliable 
data systems and analytical capability; 
Whereas it is critical that the international community sup-
port collaborative action to enhance global road safety 
and reduce the risk of road crash death and injury 
around the world by fostering partnerships and coopera-
tion between governments, private and public sectors, and 
within civil society, as well as relationships between the 
National 
Highway 
Traffic 
Safety 
Administration 
(NHTSA) and other national and international road safe-
ty authorities;
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Whereas the United Nations General Assembly adopted a res-
olution in 2005 designating the third Sunday of Novem-
ber as a day of remembrance for road crash victims and 
their families, and calling on nations globally to improve 
road safety; 
Whereas the United States Congress passed H. Con. Res. 87, 
as well as S. Con. Res. 39, in the 110th Congress sup-
porting the goals and ideals of a world day of remem-
brance for road crash victims; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly adopted a res-
olution in 2008 highlighting the impact of global road 
safety issues, encouraging nations to take action to re-
duce road crash risks across the world, and creating the 
first global high-level conference on road safety, to be 
hosted by the Russian Federation in Moscow in Novem-
ber 2009; and 
Whereas the Ministerial Consultative Committee of the First 
Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Moscow 
has drafted a declaration to designate 2010–2020 as the 
‘‘Decade of Action for Road Safety’’: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of a decade of 
action for road safety with a global target to reduce 
by 50 percent the predicted increase in global road 
deaths between 2010 and 2020; 
(2) urges the Obama Administration and the 
Department of State, in conjunction with the Na-
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tional 
Highway 
Traffic 
Safety 
Administration 
(NHTSA), to set ambitious road traffic casualty re-
duction targets for United States citizens traveling 
abroad and at home; 
(3) encourages enhancement of global efforts, 
including international harmonization of road safety 
regulations and good practices, to improve road safe-
ty and reduce road crash deaths and injuries; and 
(4) urges the Obama Administration to take a 
leadership role at the First Ministerial Conference 
on Road Safety in Moscow and for the United States 
to work with nations around the world to achieve the 
goals and ideals of a decade of action for road safe-
ty. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.