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<p>The UK Government supports UN Global Sustainability Goals on road safety and has
supported research to improve road safety and reduce the impact of road crashes on
poor people in developing countries. The UK Government has invested £20 million through
the Global Road Safety Facility through DFID and the Department of Health and Social
Care. This facility has generated new evidence on road safety, and has influenced
World Bank investments in roads. The facility succeeded in including Road Safety as
a criteria in the Bank’s corporate Safeguarding Framework. Several other Multilateral
Development Banks are now using this as a model. It is estimated by the World Bank
that as a result of this work over 2,100 road deaths and injuries were avoided in
developing countries in 2017.</p><p>DFID also works to share UK expertise on road
safety with developing country governments including Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda. The
Department for Transport held an International Conference on Road Safety in the UK
in September 2019 and will lead the UK delegation at the UN’s 3rd Ministerial Conference
on Road Safety in Sweden in February 2020.</p>
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