The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year to remember the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads, together with their families and many others also affected, as well as reflect on the tremendous burden and cost of this daily continuing disaster. The Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was first established in 1995 on the initiative of the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims. Since 2005 the World Day of Remembrance is endorsed by the United Nations and recognised and honoured on all continents.  

  In the last years, several special events are organised all over Greece by road safety NGOs (RSI-Mylonas, Efthita-Rhodes, SOS Road Crimes) in order to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance. On the occasion of the 2014 WDR, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transportation and Networks,Michalis Papadopoulos highlighted that it is high priority for the Governement, the design and implementation of a set of measures for wide sensibilisation of citizens in changing driving behaviour and realizing that road safety is a high personal responibility issue for all.