The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay

The Observer (UK)

Are significantly more people injured on Europe’s roads than reported in official statistics? A new study identifies major weaknesses in data collection.

Welt (DE)

Approving US-made cars would make UK roads less safe

James Foxall, Daily Telegraph (UK)

Serious Traffic Injuries In Europe Worse Than Reported, Study Finds

Tanya Mohn, Forbes

Will 15-year-olds soon be allowed to drive 2.5-ton cars?

Der Spiegel

Small electric cars were said to be the future – but SUVs now rule the road

BBC

Brussels can’t give ground on vehicle safety standards

Financial Times

Beware pitfalls on the road towards automated driving

Frank Mütze, Financial Times

Europe should ban the Ram

Dudley Curtis, The Guardian

European Council raises concerns over raised speed limits

Antonio Avenoso, Radio New Zealand

The EU needs to consider structural ways of shifting the market towards lighter cars that make the streets safer for all road users.

Dudley Curtis, The Economist

Why Can’t All Countries Be Like Finland When It Comes To Road Safety?

Tanya Mohn, Forbes

Pick-ups are quintessentially American; they have so far played hardly any role in Europe. But now even monsters like the Ram 1500 are coming here more and more often – via a legal loophole. Experts are appalled.

Lukas Kissel, Spiegel

20mph: Wales first UK nation to drop speed limit from 30mph

BBC

Swapping ideas in the EU.

Dudley Curtis, The Economist

While the recent opposition to the implementation of Brussels ‘Good Move’ mobility plan to make the city safer for pedestrians and cyclists was not unexpected, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is urging the capital’s politicians not to give up.

Ellen Townsend, The Brussels Times

In Italy road safety is on the front page, but sympathy from politicians is not enough. It’s time for action.

Antonio Avenoso, Corriere della Sera

Europe changes gear over speed limits on country roads.

BBC

Limiti di velocità, abbassandoli di 10 km all’ora si risparmierebbero duemila vite l’anno.

La Stampa

The European Union plans to require speed-limiting and emergency braking technology in all new car models starting in 2022, along with dozens of other technical features to improve road safety.

The New York Times