Past events - Page 2
24 January 2019 | 09:30-16:00 MAPFRE Campus Monte del Pilar Ctra. Monte del Pilar, 28001 Madrid, Spain ETSC, Fundación MAPFRE and the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV) organised the 2019 edition of the European Traffic Education Seminar in Madrid on 24 January 2019. 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 […]
14 Décembre 2018, 26 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris La délégation à la Sécurité routière, l’association Prévention Routière (aPR) et le Conseil européen de la Sécurité des Transports (ETSC) ont le plaisir de vous inviter à un débat intitulé « Vision zéro : les collectivités locales au cœur du dispositif », vendredi 14 décembre 2018 de 9h00 à 12h30. Le débat aura lieu à la Fédération Française de l’Assurance, 26 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris. Parmi les intervenants : Emmanuel Barbe, Délégué Interministériel à la Sécurité Routière Matthew […]
European Commission Representation, 31 Vasile Lascar St, Bucharest Reprezentanța Comisiei Europene, Str. Vasile Lascăr nr. 31, București 13 December 2018, 9:00-13:00 13 Decembrie 2018, 9:00-13:00 In the framework of the SMART (Sober Mobility Across Road Transport) project, the Romanian Traffic Police and the European Transport Safety Council organised an international conference on tackling drink-driving on the 13th of December in Bucharest. În cadrul proiectului SMART (Sober Mobility Across Road Transport), Poliția Română – Direcția Rutieră și Consiliul European pentru Siguranța Transporturilor (ETSC) au […]
11 December 2018, 09.00 – 13.30 Venue: Automobile Club d’Italia, Via Marsala 8, 00185 Rome, Italy The Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) had the pleasure to host the PIN Talk event “Safer vehicles, saving lives” in Rome on 11 December 2018. The event featured a high level panel debate on vehicle contribution in saving lives. The PIN Talk brought together government officials, road safety experts, researchers, NGOs and representatives of the automobile industry. Agenda EN Agenda IT Presentations […]
20 November 2018, 09:00-13:00 Pulchri Studio Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA, The Hague, The Netherlands The European Transport Safety Council held the Safe and Sober Talk “Alcohol Interlocks and the Fight against Drink Driving” in The Hague on 20 November 2018. Last year, 613 people lost their lives on Dutch roads and hardly any progress has been made in reducing the annual number of road deaths since 2010. In addition, between 2006 and 2016, more than 199 people in the Netherlands died in road […]
15 November 2018, 09:00-13:30 Radisson Blu Sobieski Warsaw Plac Zawiszy 1, 02-025 Warsaw, Poland The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the Polish Motor Transport Institute (Instytut Transportu Samochodowego – ITS) held a seminar on drug driving on 15 November in Warsaw, Poland. Knowledge of the road safety toll from driving under the influence of psychoactive drugs is growing. In Poland, 10% of drivers have admitted to have driven under the influence of drugs. The prevalence of illicit drugs amongst killed drivers has been […]
13 November 2018, 08.30-14.30 Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria Ministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie, Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Wien, Österreich The Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a high level road safety conference in Vienna on 13 November 2018. Norbert Hofer, Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology made a keynote address. […]
The fourth REVIVE Round table focused on improving post-collision outcomes in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. In the framework of the REVIVE Project, experts in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Rescue/Fire Service (RFS) and road safety from Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain met in Madrid on 7 November 2018. They discussed the way forward for improving post-collision response and emergency care across the EU. The meeting gathered representatives from health agencies, rescue services as well as researchers and other actors […]
Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees Wednesday 17th October 2018, 09:30 -15:00 Renaissance Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held the 8th Annual European PRAISE Conference on work-related road safety in Brussels on 17 October 2018. 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 […]
Is Automation the Future of Vehicle Safety? ETSC’s 25th Anniversary Debate Tuesday 16 October 2018, 18:30 #ETSC25
Spalio 4 diena, 2018 metai, 08.30-16.00 Diskusija vyko Europos namuose, Gedimino pr.16, Vilnius Technologijų demonstravimas vyko Vilniaus autodrome, Mokyklos g. 21, 14182, Bukiškio k. Vilniaus r. Lietuvos Respublikos Susiekimo ministerija, Europos Komisijos atstovybė Lietuvoje ir Europos Transporto saugos taryba rengė saugaus eismo diskusiją Vilniuje. Renginio metu susisiekimo ministras Rokas Masiulis tarė sveikinimo žodį. Diskusijos tema – automobilių saugos reikšmė siekiant nulinės vizijos. Po diskusijos Vilniaus autodrome vyko autonominio avarinio stabdymo bandymas. Spauskite čia, norėdami parsisiųsti renginio programą. 4 October 2018, 08.30-16.00 Venue of the discussion: […]
Tuesday 18 September 2018, 09:30-13:00 Christiania Qvartalet Meeting Center Grev Wedels Plass 7, 0151 Oslo, Norway The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), the Norwegian Motorists Association (MA Rusfri Trafikk) and the Norwegian Council for Road Safety (Trygg Trafikk) organised the Safe and Sober Talk “Alcohol Interlocks and the Fight against Drink-Driving” in Oslo on 18 September 2018. During the Safe and Sober Talk in Oslo, experts outlined the drink driving situation in the Norway as well as the EU, while international experts presented their […]
12 September 2018, 09:00 – 13:30 Thon Hotel EU, Brussels The European Transport Safety Council is delighted organised the YEARS Final Conference in Brussels on 12 September. The YEARS (Young Europeans Acting for Road Safety) project looks at the latest EU data on road deaths involving young people, the main risks they face and what can be done to address these, in order to raise awareness among stakeholders and spur on national administrations to take action and reduce the number of young people killed […]
Fundación MAPFRE, the General Direction of Traffic and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a seminar “Fitting Safety As Standard” / “Hacia la seguridad de serie en todos los vehículos” in Madrid on 11 September 2018. On the 17 May 2018 the European Commission proposed a new set of mandatory vehicle safety standards for all vehicles sold in the European Union. These standards represent the most direct and effective measures the EU has to further reduce road deaths and injuries. 25,300 people lost their […]
Lunch debate hosted by Dr. Dieter-Lebrecht Koch MEP Fitting Safety As Standard Wednesday 27 June 2018, 12h15-14h45 European Parliament, Salon Members’ Restaurant (Ground Floor Altiero Spinelli), Brussels The German Association of Technical Inspection Agencies (VdTÜV), Transport & Environment (T&E) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a lunch debate in the Salon Members’ Restaurant of the European Parliament on 27 June to discuss the European Commission’s proposals published on 17 May for the revision of two critical regulations for road safety: the General Safety (661/2009/EC) and Pedestrian […]
21 June 2018, 9:00-13:00 Representation of the European Commission in Greece, 2 Vas. Sofias, Athens, 10674 The Road Safety Institute Panos Mylonas together with ETSC, organised an international conference on tackling drink-driving as part of the SMART (Sober Mobility Across Road Transport) project. The debate addressed policy and practice on enforcement, penalties, rehabilitation, alcohol interlocks and other measures to discourage and prevent drink driving. Representatives from the Greek ministries, traffic police, National Road Safety Council and universities presented the current state of drink driving […]
Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels 19 June 2018, 13.30-18.30 At the 2018 PIN conference, ETSC launches its Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) annual report. We presented the latest road safety figures and identified actions needed to accelerate road safety progress. Child road safety and data collection topics were highlighted. The event featured a high-level panel debate “the European Road Safety Strategy 2020-30”. Click here to download the agenda. Presentations: Road safety in Norway, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, Minister of Transport and Communications, Norway 12th PIN annual […]
iSAFER Dinner Debate 6 June 2018, 18.00-21.00 Members’ Salon, European Parliament, Brussels The event was kindly hosted by Olga Sehnalová MEP. The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) hold a dinner debate in the Members’ Salon of the European Parliament on 6 June at 18:00 to debate the Commission’s proposals for the revision of two critical regulations for road safety: the General Safety (661/2009/EC) and Pedestrian Safety (79/2009/EC) Regulations. On 17 May 2018, the European Commission proposed a set of new vehicle safety measures, including […]
28 May 2018, 10:00 – 14:40 Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic Meeting room No. 108/A Sněmovní 4, 118 26 Praha 1, Czech Republic The event was kindly hosted by Dan Ťok (Minister of Transport), Olga Sehnalová (Member of the European Parliament), Jiří Dušek (Member of the Senate), as well as Marian Jurečka and Milan Feranec (Members of Parliament). The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the Czech Transport Research Centre (CDV) organised the Safe and Sober Talk “The Influence of Alcohol on Road Safety” in […]
25 May 2018, 09:00 – 13:00 Altis Grand Hotel, Lisbon The Portuguese Road Safety Association (PRP) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) organised a YEARS national event in Lisbon to debate on the dangers and policy recommendations for young road users in the European Union on the 25th of May in Lisbon. The event was the occasion to learn about good practices and effective measures adopted across Europe presented by Road Safety experts from different EU countries. This conference welcomed road safety professionals […]