New York: Three UN Special Envoys, who are leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative, said on Thursday that countries and investors need to accelerate the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain roads safe for everyone.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) feature a call to action to reduce annual road deaths by half and guarantee that everyone has access to safe, affordable, and sustainable transportation by 2030. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.3 million people die each year as a result of traffic accidents.
AI can aid in a variety of ways, including improving crash data collection and analysis, improving road infrastructure, increasing the efficiency of post-crash response, and stimulating regulatory framework innovation. This strategy necessitates equal data access and the ethical application of algorithms, both of which many countries now lack, making them unable to identify road safety improvements.
The Special Envoys for Road Safety, Technology, and the International Telecommunication Union have come together to form AI for Road Safety (ITU). The new program intends to expand worldwide AI initiatives in the public and private sectors to improve road safety for all road users, whether they are going by car, motorcycle, bicycle, foot, or other means of transportation.
