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The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday 20th November 2011: remembering what harms us the most

We hope you will be able to join us this Sunday as we remember lives lost and broken on the road on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

We will be remembering road crash victims in over 25 services around the country below, including;

• in Bath, a service will take place at the Chapel Arts Centre next to the memorial to those killed on the roads in the South West which will include the laying of roses on seats for those lives lost in the past year in Avon and Somerset, including the M5 crash.
• in Liverpool, there will be a minute's silence and the release of five doves in memory of those who have died on our roads.
• in London Mike Penning, the Road Safety Minister, will be speaking at the London service at St James's Church, Piccadilly where Cynthia Barlow, RoadPeace Chair will also speak.

With road deaths on the increase for the first time in five years and proposals underway which even the government admits will increase deaths, now is the time to reflect on the leading cause of death to the young and healthy.

The huge scale of road death can now also be visualised with a powerful new mapping tool that has been launched to coincide with the World Day on Sunday. The casualty map shows locations of road crashes over a ten year period and is available to the public free of charge. It should be remembered that the casualty data is based on STATS19 data collected by the police, and therefore underestimates the numbers of those injured, as pointed out by the DfT in the report that they publish on this data. 

You can read our World Day of Remembrance press release here, and statements of support from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon can be found here, and from Dr Etienne Krug, Chair of the UN Road Safety Collaboration here.

Amy Aeron-Thomas
Executive Director

World Day of Remembrance services 2011

National Services

All services take place on Sunday 20th November 2011

You can download a list of services and your invitation here

Aberdeen, Kings College Chapel, 3pm Contact: June Ross 07595 904360 Ashburton, St Andrew's Church, 2.30pm Contact: Jeff Baker 01392 435627 Bath, Chapel Arts Centre, 3pm Contact: Sandra Green 01275 399025 Brecon, Brecon Cathedral, 3:30pm Contact: Cathedral: 01874 623857 Cambridge, St Luke's Church, 3.30pm Contact: Rev Lance Stone 01223 351174 Carlisle, Carlisle Cathedral, 3pm Contact: Rev Mark Boyling 01228 523335 Chichester, Chichester Cathedral, 3:30pm Contact: Paul Foster 0781 069 7781 Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, 3pm Contact: Canon Celia Thomson 01452 415824 Hailsham, St Peter & St Pauls Church, 3pm Contact:Gill Powell 01323 847714 Halifax, Piece Hall, 3pm Contact: David Short 01422 392142 Hereford, Hereford Cathedral, 3:30pm Contact: Jackie Boys 01432 373311 Hull, St Mary's The Virgin, Lowgate, 2pm Contact: Rev Michael Hills 01482 214551 Kidderminster, St Ambrose R.C. Church, 6.30pm Contact: Christine Sollom 01299 832581

Leeds, Leeds Parish Church, 3pm Contact: Carole Whittingham 0845 1235541 Lincoln, Central Methodist Church, 3pm Contact: Simon 01522 504 0711 Liverpool, St John's Gardens, 1pm Contact: Pauline Fielding 01513 426381 Liverpool, Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, 3pm Contact: Pauline Fielding 01513 426381 London, St James's Church, Piccadilly, 2:30pm Contact: RoadPeace Office 020 7733 1603 Northampton, Holy Sepulchre, 3pm Contact: Chris & Nicole Taylor 01604 705171 Norwich, R.C. Cathedral of St John the Baptist, 3.30pm Contact: Bridget Wall 01366 382433 Preston, Christ Church Precinct, 11am Contact: Maria Hodgson 01772 720279 Ripon, Ripon Cathedral, 3pm Contact: Rev Keith Jukes 01765 603462 Sheffield, Upper Chapel, Unitarian Church, 6.30pm Contact: Rev David Shaw 0114 272 5338 Thame, St Mary the Virgin Church, 3pm Contact: Elizabeth Richardson 01189 231802 Worksop, St John's Church, 3pm Contact: Mrs A Moat 01909 472324

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