National Traffic Safety Day

National Traffic Safety Day
Observed by	China
Significance	Day to enhance traffic safety awareness
Date	2 December
Next time	2 December 2025 (2025-12-02)
Frequency	Annual
First time	2012

The National Traffic Safety Day is a festival in the People's Republic of China established by the Ministry of Public Security at the end of November 2011 to "enhance the traffic safety awareness, legal awareness and civilized awareness of mainland residents". ^[1] 122 is also China's traffic accident emergency number. ^[2]

History

On November 21, 2012, the State Council of China agreed to establish December 2 of each year as "National Traffic Safety Day" starting from 2012. It specifically mentioned school bus safety, which is closely related to the 2011 Gansu school bus crash. ^[3]

Theme

• 2011: Civilized Traffic, Saying Goodbye to Bad Habits ^[4]
• 2012: Obey traffic signals and travel safely and civilly ^[3]
• 2013: Abandoning bad traffic habits and traveling safely and civilly ^[5]

References

1. "公安部决定每年12月2日定为"全国交通安全日"" (in Chinese (China)). 人民网. 2011-11-30. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
2. 王清波 (2011-12-03). "公安部将12月2日定为交通安全日 今年交通安全日的主题是"文明交通，告别陋习"". 中华人民共和国公安部. Archived from the original on 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
3. "公安部决定每年12月2日定为"全国交通安全日"" (in Chinese (China)). 新华网. 2012-11-21. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
4. 王清波 (2011-12-02). "公安部将12月2日定为交通安全日 今年交通安全日的主题是"文明交通，告别陋习"" (in Chinese (China)). 中华人民共和国公安部. Archived from the original on 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
5. "摒弃交通陋习安全文明出行" (in Chinese (China)). 法制日报. 2013-11-27. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-02.