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• Press releases
• June 24, 2025

Norway wins 2025 ETSC PIN Award for outstanding road safety progress

• Press releases
• April 24, 2025

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

• Press releases
• March 31, 2025

Serious road injuries ‘massively’ underreported

• Press releases
• March 26, 2025

Driving bans imposed abroad will apply across the EU

• Press releases
• March 25, 2025

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

• Press releases
• March 25, 2025

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

• Press releases
• March 7, 2025

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

• Press releases
• November 13, 2024

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

• Press releases
• June 19, 2024

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

• Press releases
• April 25, 2024

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

• Press releases
• April 24, 2024

EU crackdown on foreign drivers that commit traffic offences

• Press releases
• March 28, 2024

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

• Press releases
• March 13, 2024

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

• Press releases
• February 28, 2024

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

• Press releases
• December 12, 2023

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

• Press releases
• December 7, 2023

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

• Press releases
• November 29, 2023

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

• Press releases
• November 7, 2023

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

• Press releases
• June 20, 2023

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

• Press releases
• June 8, 2023

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

• Press releases
• March 29, 2023

Call to make ABS brakes mandatory on all motorcycles as well as practical tests and a minimum age of 16 for mopeds

• Press releases
• March 1, 2023

EU to introduce a two-year zero-tolerance alcohol limit for all novice drivers

• Press releases
• February 28, 2023

ETSC and PACTS set out safety recommendations for e-scooters and their riders

• Press releases
• February 21, 2023

Five ways Europe can tackle road deaths

• Press releases
• January 11, 2023

New film shows alcohol interlocks can save lives and change the lives of those that use them

• Press releases
• December 13, 2022

Drink-driving checks need a post-Covid booster

• Press releases
• October 4, 2022

6000 children died on EU roads in ten years

• Press releases
• July 5, 2022

July 6th 2022 – Vehicle safety in Europe takes a giant leap forward

• Press releases
• June 15, 2022

Lithuania awarded road safety prize after deaths fall more than 50% in a decade

• Press releases
• May 18, 2022

ETSC statement on ‘EU Save Energy’ speed recommendations

• Press releases
• March 28, 2022

ETSC Reaction to the 2021 EU Road Safety Figures

• Press releases
• March 15, 2022

Enforcement of rules on drink-driving and mobile phone use at the wheel decreases in majority of European countries

• Press releases
• October 28, 2021

Young drivers: call for EU to mandate zero-tolerance alcohol and drug limits and graduated driving licences

• Press releases
• June 23, 2021

New publication sets out eight steps to improved road safety education

• Press releases
• June 16, 2021

EU Road Deaths Down by 3900 in 2020

• Press releases
• March 23, 2021

Overhaul of EU rules on driver medical fitness needed

• Press releases
• November 26, 2020

Ministers warned weakening of vehicle safety regulations could lead to up to 1300 extra road deaths a year

• Press releases
• July 9, 2020

PIN report: Lockdowns resulted in an unprecedented 36% drop in road deaths in the EU

• Press releases
• June 17, 2020

This list of countries making the most progress on road safety in Europe might surprise you

• Press releases
• May 26, 2020

Report calls for action on goods vehicle safety

• Press releases
• January 30, 2020

Urgent action needed to tackle deaths of pedestrians and cyclists

• Press releases
• December 11, 2019

Zero tolerance could help prevent up to 5,000 alcohol-linked road deaths a year in the EU

• Press releases
• November 13, 2019

ETSC statement on Dutch 100 km/h motorway speed limit proposal

• Press releases
• June 19, 2019

Ireland’s leadership on road safety is “a model for the European Union”

• Press releases
• June 11, 2019

70% of road deaths in European cities are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists

• Press releases
• April 16, 2019

European Parliament backs new vehicle safety standards

• Press releases
• April 4, 2019

ETSC comments on publication of 2018 EU road death figures

• Press releases
• March 26, 2019

ETSC welcomes provisional deal on new vehicle safety standards

• Press releases
• February 21, 2019

European Transport Safety Council welcomes deal on safer EU road rules

• Press releases
• February 21, 2019

MEPs back life-saving vehicle safety standards in key vote

• Press releases
• February 18, 2019

In-vehicle technology vital to tackling speeding in Europe

• Press releases
• January 10, 2019

MEPs back new road and vehicle safety rules

• Press releases
• November 30, 2018

Transport ministers aiming to weaken new road infrastructure safety rules

• Press releases
• November 29, 2018

EU Member States agree on new vehicle safety standards – ETSC statement

• Press releases
• November 26, 2018

Automotive supplier industry, cities and campaigners call on EU industry ministers to back new vehicle safety standards without delay

• Press releases
• November 13, 2018

Last Night the EU Saved My Life: ETSC launches new campaign in support of future EU vehicle safety standards

• Press releases
• October 17, 2018

ETSC announces 2018 fleet safety award winners

• Press releases
• September 27, 2018

Call for EU infrastructure safety rules to be extended beyond main motorways

• Press releases
• September 12, 2018

Eight European students win the YEARS awards for upgrading dangerous road infrastructure in their communities

• Press releases
• June 19, 2018

“Two passenger planes crash, killing everyone on board…” – This is how many people die on EU roads every week

• Press releases
• May 17, 2018

New EU vehicle safety standards could prevent 25,000 deaths within 15 years

• Press releases
• April 10, 2018

500 people a week still dying on EU roads

• Press releases
• February 26, 2018

New EU vehicle safety standards essential to reducing child road deaths

• Press releases
• February 20, 2018

Call for mandatory alcohol interlocks in vans, lorries and buses across the EU

• Press releases
• November 14, 2017

European Parliament demands higher safety standards for new cars, vans and lorries

• Press releases
• October 24, 2017

ETSC announces 2017 work-related road safety award winners

• Press releases
• October 12, 2017

MEPs call for new car safety tech to be fitted as standard

• Press releases
• June 20, 2017

Up to 40% of road deaths in Europe are work-related

• Press releases
• June 8, 2017

EU sets new target to cut serious road injuries

• Press releases
• May 24, 2017

Industry, NGOs and cities call for urgent action on vehicle safety standards

• Press releases
• March 29, 2017

Transport ministers call for target to reduce serious road injuries

• Press releases
• March 28, 2017

EU road death figures: third year of poor results

• Press releases
• March 8, 2017

Governments urged to step up fight against drug driving

• Press releases
• February 10, 2017

EU transport ministers back ‘ambitious’ vehicle safety improvements

• Press releases
• January 26, 2017

Targeted safety measures needed to prevent road deaths among young drivers

• Press releases
• December 19, 2016

Commission outlines plans for safer cars, vans and lorries

• Press releases
• November 22, 2016

Report supports calls for an EU target to reduce serious road injuries

• Press releases
• November 18, 2016

REVIVE: ETSC launches a new programme focused on post-collision care

• Press releases
• October 19, 2016

Awards highlight the companies driving down road collisions at work

• Press releases
• June 20, 2016

Cuts to police enforcement across Europe doubly damaging for road safety

• Press releases
• May 13, 2016

Five transport ministers say it’s time for Europe to tackle serious road injuries

• Press releases
• April 26, 2016

Automated vehicles need ‘driving tests’

• Press releases
• March 31, 2016

Urgent action needed on road safety as new figures show increase in deaths

• Press releases
• March 22, 2016

Europe’s car safety framework needs ‘overhaul’

• Press releases
• February 5, 2016

Road safety campaigners meet Juncker to ask for EU serious injury reduction target

• Press releases
• February 1, 2016

New film highlights life-saving potential of Intelligent Speed Assistance tech for new cars

• Press releases
• October 20, 2015

Reducing road deaths and injuries at work – five companies recognised

• Press releases
• September 9, 2015

MEPs renew calls for serious road injury reduction target

• Press releases
• June 18, 2015

EU road safety targets at risk as deaths increase in France, Germany and UK

• Press releases
• June 11, 2015

Commission road safety review leaves out serious injury target

• Press releases
• June 10, 2015

Call for Juncker to reverse decision to drop serious road injury target

• Press releases
• June 4, 2015

Europe must boost safety for cyclists and walkers

• Press releases
• May 18, 2015

Civil society groups form ‘Better Regulation’ Watchdog to protect citizen, worker and consumer rights

• Press releases
• March 24, 2015

EU road safety progress grinding to a halt

• Press releases
• March 5, 2015

New vehicle technologies and extension of EU infrastructure safety rules could prevent thousands of collisions on motorways

• Press releases
• February 11, 2015

European Parliament lifts road block on cross border traffic penalties

• Press releases
• December 11, 2014

Campaigners and traffic police hail approval of revised cross-border road safety enforcement rules

• Press releases
• December 11, 2014

Setback for safer lorry rules

• Press releases
• December 4, 2014

Final deal reached on mandatory automated emergency calling for new cars

• Press releases
• October 13, 2014

European employers show road safety is good for business

• Press releases
• October 8, 2014

EU member state backing for cross-border road safety enforcement welcomed

• Press releases
• September 22, 2014

Young engineering students recognised for improving cycling safety in Valencia, Milan and Munich

• Press releases
• July 24, 2014

EU urged to fast-track revised law on cross-border enforcement of traffic rules

• Press releases
• June 18, 2014

Slovakia leads on cutting road deaths

• Press releases
• June 5, 2014

Transport ministers hold back progress on lorry safety

• Press releases
• April 29, 2014

12,000 killed in cars in EU in 2012

• Press releases
• April 15, 2014

European Parliament backs safer lorries

• Press releases
• March 31, 2014

EU releases 2013 road death figures

• Press releases
• March 18, 2014

MEPs say yes to safer lorries

• Press releases
• February 26, 2014

Parliament green light for new car emergency call system

• Press releases
• February 11, 2014

MEPs back plan for cars to call 112 automatically

• Press releases
• December 18, 2013

EU urban mobility plan lacks teeth say road safety campaigners

• Press releases
• December 17, 2013

In-car automated emergency calls move a step closer

• Press releases
• December 17, 2013

EU U-turn on mandatory safety checks for motorcycles