Road Safety Matters - FedEx

1 Road Safety Matters Training, infrastructure improvement and capacity building Kids in cities across China are trained to be safe pedestrians at FedEx -sponsored Safe Kids China Walk This Way events. Letter from the Chairman We deliver more than 15 million packages and 30 million freight pounds to our customers each business day. With every delivery we strive to show that Safety Above All is a core FedEx belief. We integrate Safety into everything we do . from workplace education programs to exacting Safety standards to the millions of dollars we invest in Safety equipment and technology. We also focus philanthropic contributions to keeping roads safe, and our drivers and Safety experts donate their time and talent in their local communities. One of the most important things we can do as a company is to share our expertise and resources to make roads safer around the world. By 2030, traffic deaths worldwide are expected to reach million a year.

2 Every four minutes a child is killed in a road crash, and most of these occur in low- and middle-income countries. FedEx is committed to helping reverse these trends. This report highlights some of the Safety investments we believe will go a long way toward putting Safety above all for millions of people around the world. Sincerely, Frederick W. Smith Chairman & CEO. Road Safety Strategy INFRASTRUCTURE. We are investing in environmental improvements including signs, crosswalks and sidewalks that lead to safer, more efficient roads. TRUCTU. FRAS R. N. E. I. LDING. TR AI. BUI. NI. TY. TRAINING. G I CAPACITY BUILDING. AC. N. We are raising awareness of We are sharing FedEx road Safety expertise CAP. pedestrian dangers in our communities and knowledge products to help NGOs by training children, teachers, parents, and around the world more effectively train drivers on important Safety measures to take drivers, improve roads and influence while walking or driving.

3 Safety policy. 2 8 9 12 14. Celebrating Training Infrastructure Capacity Building Safety Above All 20 Years Working Together to Keep Kids Safe Celebrating 20 Years Working Together to Keep Kids Safe Our collaboration with Safe Kids Worldwide grows from pilot program to award-winning global road Safety initiative The worst nightmare of any FedEx courier is a child running into the street in front of their vehicle. FedEx safe driver training and policies help couriers make smart decisions on the road. To help keep communities safe, FedEx extends financial support and road Safety expertise to organizations working towards greater road Safety through infrastructure improvement, education and training initiatives, and advocacy efforts. In 1999, we embraced our role as a leader in road Safety and set out to help keep the most vulnerable members of our communities safe: kids. When we discovered Safe Kids Worldwide, we knew we had the opportunity to create something meaningful together.

4 Safe Kids Walk This Way was born out of Safe Kids' vision to scale child pedestrian Safety programs globally and the FedEx commitment to provide dollars, team member time, and thought leadership every step of the way. In 2000, Safe Kids and FedEx piloted Walk This Way in three cities: Memphis, Indianapolis, and Washington, Over the next two years, the program grew to 40 and then 120 cities throughout the Now, 20 years later, Safe Kids and FedEx are proud to share that the Walk This Way campaign has grown to reach 566 cities across the and nine other countries: Brazil, Canada, China, India, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. What began as a simple idea has now spread across oceans and continents to reach more than 17 million children worldwide. FedEx and Safe Kids have dedicated the last two decades not only to educating and training kids to practice safe pedestrian behavior, but also to advancing research and efforts to improve Safety for children across the globe.

5 Walk This Way has multiple components, including International Walk to School Day, the Safe School Zone project, and pedestrian Safety research all designed to meet four important goals: Prevent pedestrian- Teach safe behavior to Create safer, Advocate for better related injury to motorists, caregivers, more walkable pedestrian laws and children and child pedestrians communities enforcement Timeline Details FedEx and Safe Kids Safe Kids Walk This Way launch the Walk This Way launches in 1 million Program in 3 US cities Brazil and Canada students reached 2000 2002 2006. 2001 2004 2007. Safe Kids Walk This Way Safe Kids Walk This Way FedEx helps Safe Kids program grows to grows to include China, establish Safe Kids 40 cities South Korea and Philippines Foundation, India 2 | 2019 PROGRAMS IN PEDESTRIAN AND ROAD Safety . FedEx volunteers paint road Safety markings at the traffic simulation corner at the Nguyen Tri Phuong Primary school in Vietnam.

6 Walk This Way awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Walk This Way Award, Walk This Way Walk This Way reaches launches in Vietnam begins in Thailand 10 countries 2009 2011 2015. 2010 2012 2018. Walk This Way reaches million 17 million children 8 countries students reached reached 2019 PROGRAMS IN PEDESTRIAN AND ROAD Safety | 3. 2018 Walk This Way Country Highlights Brazil Canada China India Philippines 56,377 students 2,680 students 403,214 students 226,409 students 78,235 students 2,384 teachers completed Fredericton, police 2,318,000 students in 204,331 students and 29 schools sent 12. Safe Kids Brazil's online signed on to the Pace 1,009 schools received 416 teachers participated students each to an initial teacher training course Car program, meaning education through Safe in interactive workshops Walk This Way manual on road traffic injury 159 city vehicles will Kids China workshops and on topics like safe training day for peer-to- prevention.

7 Serve as pace cars to trainings in more than walking and crossing, peer learning activities raise awareness on speed 30 cities around China. types of traffic signals, on road Safety . SK Brazil conducted reduction in pedestrian- and identification of road research and analyzed dense areas. Safe Kids China conducted hazards. Walk This Way post-event data on road traffic deaths two activities that reached surveys showed students of children and shared Parachute reached 1,470 700 families and educated After Walk This Way who knew the shape of their findings with 9 cities children, parents, and them on pedestrian Safety . programming, more a STOP road sign had and capitals as well as teachers across 5 cities than 65% of students increased by 137%. the Department of Traffic and 3 schools through surveyed had knowledge because of programming. in 11 states. the Pace Car program. of curb drills, up from 40% of students before programming.

8 Did you know? Each year, drivers representing FedEx compete in the National Truck Driving Championship, which challenges the country's safest professional drivers to put their skills and Safety knowledge to the test. Each driver competes in a series of tests, including a written exam, vehicle pre-trip inspection and a driving skills In 2018, FedEx joined the Road to Zero Coalition challenge. Over the past 16 years, Team FedEx has alongside hundreds of organizations dedicated to established a reputation of excellence with 5 National ending roadway fatalities by 2050. The Road to Zero Grand Championships, 57 National Champions, and Coalition is managed by the National Safety Council 8 National Rookie of the Year titles. and committed to research and action on motor vehicle Safety issues such as automated vehicles, investing in In 2019, the American Trucking Association welcomed infrastructure, distracted driving, and alcohol- and four women as members of the 2019-20 America's Road drug-impaired driving.

9 Team and FedEx is proud to recognize Tina Peterson ( FedEx Ground) and Nicolette Weaver ( FedEx Freight) FedEx is excited to be a member of the coalition and to among this group. help save lives on the road. 4 | 2019 PROGRAMS IN PEDESTRIAN AND ROAD Safety . South Africa South Korea Thailand USA Vietnam 29,941 students 15,174 students 83,888 students 234,778 students 44,610 students Students in 10 schools The Mom's Hand 293 primary schools More than 150,000 32 school coordinators across Cape Town and Campaign reached across 3 provinces people participated in and teachers from Johannesburg received 67 schools and 8,491 conducted PHOTOVOICE International Walk to 9 secondary schools road Safety training students across South and Safe-Walking Zones School Day, including received training on through interactive Korea. Training. students, PTAs, community teaching pedestrian Safety workshops and leaders, and pedestrian skills and then trained demonstrations.

10 16 students received 41 schools completed Safety stakeholders across 13,849 students. the Good Idea Award 134 risk improvements 700 communities. ChildSafe helped 9th grade from Safe Kids Korea for as a result of the Safe Kids Vietnam piloted students distribute 250 ideas on how to decrease PHOTOVOICE project and Three Safe School Zones in the Star Ratings for School pamphlets, road Safety pedestrian accidents 45 schools now have a Des Moines, Huron Valley, app in 37 schools in Ho bumper stickers, and caused by distracted use plan for environmental and Southeast Wisconsin Chi Minh City. information sheets to of electronic devices. modifications in risk areas received environmental drivers during peak rush around their schools. modifications and Safety hours before school. improvements. Safe Kids Worldwide: Program Highlights clifford Takes a Walk Safe Kids and FedEx collaborated with Scholastic to write and design a clifford book about pedestrian Safety .