Past events
Lunch debate, Members’ Salon, European Parliament, 20 February 2018, 12:30 – 14:30 This event was kindly hosted by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch MEP. Up to a quarter of the 26,000 deaths on European roads each year are estimated to be alcohol-related. Improved enforcement, lower blood alcohol limits, alcohol interlocks, awareness campaigns and rehabilitation programmes are some of the measures in place across Europe to tackle the scourge. But for the European Union to meet its road safety targets, more will need to be done in the near […]
1 December 2017, 9.30-15.00 Ministry of the Interior, Ilica 335, Zagreb The Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure and the European Transport Safety Council held a high level Road Safety Performance Index debate. Government representatives, local authorities, police, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders were invited to discuss priority measures and actions to improve young road user and cyclist safety in Croatia. Experts from Austria and the Netherlands shared their experience in improving young road user and cyclist safety. Download the […]
17 November 2017, 09:00-13:00 Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) organised a seminar on drug driving on 17 November in Vienna, Austria. Knowledge of the road safety toll from driving under the influence of psychoactive drugs is growing. In Austria, 7% of drivers have admitted to have driven under the influence of drugs. The […]
The second REVIVE Round table focused on improving post-collision outcomes in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia In the framework of the REVIVE Project, experts from Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Rescue/Fire Service (RFS) and road transport safety representatives from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia met in Vienna on 8 November 2017. They discussed the way forward for improving post-collision response and emergency care in Central Eastern Europe. The meeting gathered representatives from Ministries of the Interior, Health, Defence, […]
Mechelen, Belgium To sufficiently equip young road users to become safe road users, education remains of chief importance. This is especially true for secondary school pupils (aged 12 – 18) as they start to travel independently and have to deal with more complex traffic situations, either as pedestrians, cyclists or moped riders. The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV) therefore held an European Traffic Education Seminar on 25 October in Mechelen, Belgium. The seminar featured presentations on […]
Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees Tuesday 24 October 2017, 10:00 -15:00, Brussels The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held the 7th Annual European PRAISE Conference on work-related road safety in Brussels on 24 October. Using the roads is a necessary part of our working lives. But it’s an ordinary activity that leads to an incredibly high level of injury and death. It is estimated that in Europe six out of ten work accidents resulting in death are road collisions, including both crashes while […]
17 October 2017, 10:00 – 13:00 bfu/bpa Conference Room Hodlerstrasse 5a, 3011 Bern, Switzerland The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu/bpa) organised the Safe and Sober Talk “Alcohol interlocks for drink driving offenders: what can Switzerland learn from other countries?” on 17 October 2017. During the Safe an Sober Talk, the use of alcohol interlocks as part of rehabilitation programmes was discussed with representatives from the Swiss Federal Roads Office (FEDRO/ASTRA), the Road Traffic Office of the Canton […]
European Commission Representation to Finland, Helsinki 5th of October 2017, 9:00 – 13:00 The Finnish Transport Safety Agency and Liikenneturva, together with ETSC, are holding an international conference on tackling drink-driving as part of the SMART (Sober Mobility Across Road Transport) project. Representatives from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, national Police and medical environment will be attending and animate the debate. Download the agenda here. Presentations Drink Driving in the EU, Antonio Avenoso – ETSC Experiences of Alcogates in Sweden, Liza Jakobsson – Swedish […]
MAPFRE Foundation, Assembly Hall, Paseo du Recoletos 23, Madrid 5 October 2017, 9.00 – 13.45 Fundacion MAPFRE, together with ETSC, are holding a seminar on work related road safety as part of the PRAISE Project. The seminar will mainly focus on success stories in relation to fleet and road-related risk management, and will feature businesses and experts from across Europe. English-Spanish interpretation will be provided. For questions and more information, please email laurence.atchison@etsc.eu The full agenda can be viewed here here (in Spanish).
29 September 2017, 13:00-14:00 ITS.be Congress Bluepoint Conference Centre, Boulevard Auguste Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held the Knowledge Sharing Session “ISA on all policy levels” during the ITS.be Congress on Friday 29 September. Speakers included David Schoenmaekers (Belgian Federal Government, Department of Mobility and Transport), Ben Van Roose (Agoria), Bert Boterbergh (Ministry of Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Government), and Graziella Jost (ETSC). ISA – Intelligent Speed Assistance – is an overridable system that communicates the current speed limit […]
The European Transport Safety Lecture 2017 Artificial Intelligence: The consequences for society and transport safety Presented by the Dutch Safety Board Pulchri Studio, Lange Voorhout 15, The Hague – 21 September 2017 – 15:45-19:00 Organised by the Dutch Safety Board, the European Transport Safety Council’s 19th European Transport Safety Lecture addressed artificial intelligence and related future developments. Professor dr. A. E. (Gusz) Eiben gave an insight into technological developments in the field of artificial intelligence and the effects on our society and transport safety. Following the […]
Hotel Holiday Inn, Str. Španskih boraca 74, Belgrade 10th of July 2017, 9:00 – 16:00 The European Transport Safety Council together with the Road Traffic Safety Agency of the Republic of Serbia organised a Safe and Sober national event in Belgrade on the 10th of July 2017. The event gathered representatives from the Ministry of Interior and the National Traffic Police, as well as the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia to discuss how to develop a systematic approach to reduce alcohol misuse in […]
Traffic Control Centre, 21 Ferrymuir Gait South Queensferry, Edinburgh 4th of July 2017, 9:00 – 13:00 The European Transport Safety Council, together with the Road Safety Scotland and the UK Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) have the pleasure of inviting you to a round-table event to raise awareness amongst policy makers, the private sector and key opinion leaders on how to develop a systematic approach to reduce alcohol misuse in road transport. Measures to tackle drink driving such as the use of […]
Ministry of Transport, 38 Blvd. Dinicu Golescu, Bucharest, 27 June 2017, 09:30 – 17:00 Ministerul Transporturilor, Bd. Dinicu Golescu, nr. 38, Bucureşti, 27 Iunie 2017, 09:30 – 17:00 The Ministry of Transport of Romania, the Romanian Road Transport Authority, the World Bank and the European Transport Safety Council organized a PIN Talk within the framework of the international road safety experts conferences. Ministerul Transporturilor, Autoritatea Rutieră Română, Banca Mondială și Consiliul European pentru Siguranța Transporturilor (ETSC) au organizat evenimentul PIN Talk ”Siguranța rutieră în România: […]
Austria Trend Hotel, Dunajska cesta 154, 1000 Ljubljana, 23 June 2017, 10.00-17.00 Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency and European Transport Safety Council together had a pleasure to hold an experts’ conference – European approach towards better road safety: safe roads, safe vehicles and safe infrastructure. The conference gathered ministers, decision makers, police, representative from national authorities, road safety experts, NGOs and other road safety stakeholders. Opportunities to improve road safety in Slovenia were discussed. Click here to download the agenda. Presentations Road Safety Performance Index – Slovenia within the […]
Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels, 20 June 2017, 13.30-18.30 The EU has set a target to halve road deaths by 2020. Which countries are on track, and which are playing catch-up? At the 2017 PIN conference, ETSC launched its latest Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) annual report looking at why some countries are still making progress on road safety and some are going in reverse. We also highlighted two areas where action is needed to ensure future progress: work-related road safety and reducing deaths […]
The Road Safety Institute Panos Mylonas and the European Transport Safety Council organised a country seminar in Athens to debate policy recommendations for young road users on the European and national level. Download the final agenda here. RSI Panos Mylonas press release Presentations Vassiliki Danelli Mylona – RSI Panos Mylonas Antonio Avenoso – ETSC Panagiotis Papantoniou – Athens Technical University Thomas Kakadiaris – Greek Motorcycle Federation Lena Plaiti – Axa Insurance Jacqueline Lacroix – German Road Safety Council Liesje Pauwels – Belgian Road Safety Institute
The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), Tallinn University of Technology and the Estonian Roads Administration have the pleasure of inviting you to the European PRAISE seminar on preventing road risk for employees. The PRAISE project “Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees” addresses road safety risks in the work context. The project was co-funded by the European Commission, and is now supported by the Fundación MAPFRE, the German Road Safety Council (DVR), and the Dräger Foundation. PRAISE aims to promote best […]
Final Project Conference, Brussels, Thon Hotel EU, 10 May 2017, 09:00 – 14:30 The ECOROADS (Effective and Coordinated Road Infrastructure Safety Operations) team has the pleasure to announce the project’s final conference presenting the results of this two-year Horizon 2020-funded research project. In the presence of the European Commission (DG MOVE) and European road research stakeholders, this conference will present the results of the tunnel testing sites as well as the final guidelines. Download the agenda. For directions to the venue, click here. Download […]
First REVIVE Round table focused on improving post-collision outcomes in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Norway In the framework of the REVIVE Project, experts from the Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Rescue/Fire Service (RFS) and Road Transport Safety representatives from Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Norway met in Helsinki on the 12 April 2017. In the first regional REVIVE round table, they discuss the way forward for improving post-collision response and emergency care. The meeting gathered representatives from Ministries of the Interior, Health, and […]