Every year, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims calls attention to the suffering and heartache felt by millions as a result of preventable traffic violence. Hundreds of events honoring the lives lost are hosted all over the world.

For information about this year’s World Day of Remembrance event, click here.

Every year, ITRE and the NC Families for Safe Streets hosts a shoe memorial to honor the lives lost on North Carolina roads.

Visitors to the exhibit can place a yellow paper flower on a pair of shoes to remember someone that they lost to a crash.

What will happen with the shoes after the World Day of Remembrance exhibit?

The shoes will be used for many years, travel all over North Carolina, and appear at various traffic safety events.

For more information, contact Tracy_Russ@ncsu.edu