A light that unites us
On Sunday 15 November 2026, the world will once again pause for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR). Held on the third Sunday of November each year, it is a day to honour everyone killed or seriously injured on the world’s roads, and to stand with the families, friends and communities whose lives were changed forever.
This year’s campaign, coordinated by FICVI with fellow federations FEVR and IRVP, carries the theme “A light that unites us.” Inspired by the light of the stars, it reminds us that those we have lost still guide us. Their memory can become a force that shapes safer choices and protects others.
The campaign asks us to turn memory into action, empathy into support, and awareness into commitment. At iRAP, we are proud to stand as a WDoR 2026 partner and to answer that call once again: REMEMBER. SUPPORT. ACT.
A toll that keeps growing
Behind every death and injury on the world’s roads is a family carrying trauma, grief and often financial hardship, and those lost are mainly among our most vulnerable and our young. Since the first road death, more than 50 million people have been killed and hundreds of millions injured, and every year millions more are added to that toll.
World Day gives road victims and their families a global platform to:
- remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads;
- acknowledge the vital work of the emergency services;
- call for a serious legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries;
- advocate for better support for victims and families; and
- promote evidence-based action to prevent further deaths and injuries.
That last objective matters more than ever. With just over four years left in the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030, every year of action counts towards the target of halving road deaths and injuries.
Stars that guide us to safer roads
This year’s campaign looks to the stars for meaning. At iRAP, stars are also how we measure safety. A road’s Star Rating, where 5-star is the safest, shows how well it protects the people who use it, and where lives can be saved.
Road deaths are predictable and preventable. Pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists are hit hardest by high-risk roads, and the evidence on what protects them is clear. Our action is to put that evidence in the hands of the people who design, fund and build roads:
- See the scale of the loss. The Safety Insights Explorer shows how often road deaths and serious injuries happen in your country.
- Find where risk is highest. Crash Risk Mapping uses crash data to show where fatal and serious crashes have occurred across a road network.
- ViDA: Software to Save Lives. iRAP’s free online platform produces Star Ratings, fatal and serious injury estimates and investment plans.
- Test a fix in minutes. The Star Rating Demonstrator in ViDA lets anyone change a road’s features at one location and see how its Star Rating improves.
- Build roads safe from the start. Star Rating for Designs (SR4D), developed with World Bank support, rates new and existing road designs before they are built.
- Make the investment case. Safer Roads Investment Plans use Star Rating data to show which upgrades save the most lives for the money spent.
- Protect children on the way to school. Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) is an award-winning, evidence-based programme of tools, training and support to measure, manage and communicate the risk children are exposed to on their journey to school.
- Keep people on bikes safe. CycleRAP finds high-risk locations for bicyclists and other light mobility users, without needing crash data.
- Set 3-star or better targets. Countries are already writing 3-star or better policies into law and practice to eliminate high-risk roads.
- Celebrate progress. Star Rating Certification verifies when a road, network or design reaches 3-star or better for all road users.
Explore the full suite of iRAP tools, and build the skills to use them through iRAP training. Together they support active, sustainable mobility and help partners deliver the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030.
Join us this World Day
On WDoR 2026, we invite partners, governments, road authorities, engineers and financiers to let this year’s light guide real decisions. Every road project and every policy is a chance to protect the next family from loss.
REMEMBER the lives lost, whose light still guides us. SUPPORT the families, survivors and emergency workers who carry the weight of every crash. ACT by investing now in 3-star or better roads for everyone, so more people reach their destination safely.
Here is how you can take part:
- Download the WDoR 2026 campaign materials, including visuals, Canva templates and ready-to-use social media copy.
- Register your event so it appears on the global map.
- Share the campaign using #WDoR2026 and #RememberSupportAct.
Our hearts go out to every family affected by road crashes, and to the first responders who meet that trauma every day. Our work is done in remembrance of your loved ones. We support you, and we commit to act, together with our partners, to create a world free of high-risk roads.