Contributing globally through traffic collision analysis and other support for road safety policies
TOKYO, Japan, Divyarasthra*– Honda Motor Co., Ltd. became the first automobile manufacturer to partner with the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) to contribute to global initiatives to reduce fatalities from traffic collisions, including a previously announced commitment of US$3 million over 5 years. Honda and UNRSF revealed the direction of the joint initiatives of their partnership at the UNRSF High-Level Pledging Forum*1, held on February 17, 2025 in Marrakech, Morocco.
By combining the knowledge and know-how Honda has amassed through its long history of developing safety technologies and promoting safe driving/riding with the global network of the UNRSF, Honda and UNRSF will support traffic collision analysis and the road safety policies of various countries.
Hideaki Takaishi, General Manager of the Honda Safety Planning Division, delivered a speech at the UNRSF High-Level Pledging Forum
Nneka Henry, Head of the UN Road Safety Fund (left), Jean Todt, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety (middle), Hideaki Takaishi, General Manager of the Honda Safety Planning Division (right)
Striving to realize a collision-free society for everyone sharing the road, Honda has been committed to pursuing safety initiatives from both hardware and software perspectives, under the Honda global safety slogan of “Safety for Everyone.” Honda is striving to achieve zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles worldwide by 2050, with a milestone to reduce fatalities by 50% by 2030*2.
In this partnership, Honda and UNRSF will focus on two key areas – traffic collision analysis and support for road safety policies – and contribute to the reduction of fatalities from traffic collisions by working together with various countries around the world. Moreover, striving to reduce traffic collision fatalities involving motorcycles in emerging countries, which account for a significant portion of worldwide traffic collision fatalities, Honda and UNRSF have made emerging nations, particularly in Asia, as a focus area.
*1 A concurrent event of the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held from February 18 through 20, 2025 in Marrakech, Morocco.
*2 Reduce traffic collision fatalities involving Honda motorcycles and automobiles per 10,000 units sold by 50% by 2030 compared to 2020.
■Focus of Honda-UNRSF Partnership
1. Traffic collision analysis in each country
(Understanding the actual situations of traffic collisions and strengthening the monitoring of the effects of road safety measures)
To enhance the effectiveness of initiatives taken to reduce traffic collision fatalities, Honda and UNRSF will strive to establish a system for understanding the actual situations of traffic collisions and monitoring the effectiveness of road safety measures in each country. In emerging countries, there is a lack of data necessary for the analysis of traffic collisions, making it difficult to analyze the causes of such incidents. To address this issue, Honda and UNRSF will clarify the types of data that should be collected and encourage each country to gather such data. Moreover, by leveraging the know-how in traffic collision analysis Honda has amassed over many years, monitoring of the effects of road safety measures will be strengthened to enhance the practical effectiveness of the measures.
