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Key MEP wants safety improvements for driving licences

Do road safety agencies and health systems lead to lower traffic injuries?

Commission wants to leave the door open to grey imports of vehicles that don’t meet European safety standards

France to reduce minimum driving age to 17

Car industry piling on the pressure for weak assisted driving system safety rules in Europe

Poland wins international road safety award as deaths fall by half in ten years

Mandatory driving licence renewals for over 70s “discriminatory”

Vehicle manufacturers and safety experts call for database of all speed limits on the EU road network

EU Member States take an axe to digital speed limit map data

Transport ministers speak out on ‘cars for kids’, teenage lorry driver training and alcohol limits for novice drivers

Thousands of complaints about driver assistance system safety issues on Tesla vehicles

E-scooter news roundup

New publication explores links between road safety education and encouraging children to walk and cycle

First comprehensive EU ‘audit’ on road safety launched

Pressure for 30 km/h limits in Austria and Italy

New EU driving licence rules would allow 16-year-olds to drive an SUV

A speed limit on German motorways could bring EUR 1 bn a year in economic benefits

Euro NCAP to test lorry safety

Lithuania considering penalty point system after driving re-offenders kill several people

France weakens rules on penalty points for speeding