Road crashes are the leading cause of death globally among children and young people, with 1.3 million people dying in preventable road accidents every year. In addition to this, 50 million people are injured on roads annually. In August 2020, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on global road safety, proclaiming 2021-2030 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety and setting the goal of preventing half of all road deaths and injuries by 2030. As part of this work, a high-level meeting on global road safety was held in New York on 30 June-1 July 2022, during which Ylva Wessén, President and CEO of ICMIF member Folksam (Sweden) was invited to speak about how insurance and pension companies can contribute to the financing of global road safety projects.