Latin America road safety conference in Mexico

Plans are in hand for a road safety event to be held in the Mexican city of Cancun. The IV Ibero-American Congress of Traffic Safety (CISEV) meeting will be held from September 30th to October 2nd in Cancun (Mexico) under the theme Progress in the Decade of Action for Road Safety Decade. Together we can save lives. The CISEV was established in 2008 with the aim of becoming Latin America’s key event for providing effective solutions to improve traffic safety. The attendance figures and the technical contribu
July 21, 2014 Read time: 1 min

Plans are in hand for a road safety event to be held in the Mexican city of Cancun. The IV Ibero-American Congress of Traffic Safety (CISEV) meeting will be held from September 30th to October 2nd in Cancun (Mexico) under the theme Progress in the 3439 Decade of Action for Road Safety Decade. Together we can save lives. The CISEV was established in 2008 with the aim of becoming Latin America’s key event for providing effective solutions to improve traffic safety. The attendance figures and the technical contributions of the three editions held so far in Costa Rica, Argentina and Colombia have continued to develop and the organisers believe this latest event in Cancun will be even more successful.

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