Press releases

Norway wins 2025 ETSC PIN Award for outstanding road safety progress

Motorcycles up to 125cc excluded from new EU law on technical inspections despite risks of tampering and defects

Serious road injuries ‘massively’ underreported

Driving bans imposed abroad will apply across the EU

The danger of ‘cars for kids’ in new driving licence rules

EU backs down on forcing Member States to allow 17-year-old lorry drivers

Top European safety groups warn against lowering standards with U.S. vehicle imports

EU should set mandatory safety standards for e-scooters, including 20 km/h maximum speed

Finland Wins European Transport Safety Council’s Road Safety Prize for 2024

European city leaders unite in call for the right to set safer speed limits

EU crackdown on foreign drivers that commit traffic offences

10,000 killed on rural roads in the EU in 2022

EU auditors say EU road safety progress is ‘barely moving’

European Parliament vote on teenage lorry drivers is a wrong-turn for road safety

Board names Walter Eichendorf as the new president of the European Transport Safety Council

MEPs vote on driving licence changes, with devastating consequences for road safety

MEPs back tougher stance on cross-border enforcement of dangerous driving

Balancing safety and independence: ETSC report highlights road safety challenges faced by older road users

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

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