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Ranking road safety performance across the EU

ETSC's PIN programme covers 32 countries: the 27 Member States of the European Union, together with Israel, Norway, the Republic of Serbia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

The ETSC Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) is a policy tool to help EU Member States improve road safety. By comparing Member States' performance, it serves to identify and promote best practice in Europe and bring about the kind of political leadership that is needed to create a road transport system that maximises safety. Launched in June 2006, the index covers all relevant areas of road safety including road user behaviour, infrastructure and vehicles, as well as road safety policymaking more generally. National research organisations and independent researchers from 32 countries participate in the programme and ensure that any assessment carried out within the programme is based on scientific evidence and is effectively communicated to European road safety policymakers. Since the beginning of the programme, cross-national comparisons have addressed a wide range of road safety themes and indicators.

Interactive maps and charts

Explore the latest data on road safety from across the EU and other PIN countries in our interactive maps and charts.

Financial support

The Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) programme receives financial support from the German Road Safety Council (DVR), Toyota Motor Europe, the Swedish Transport Administration, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and CITA - the International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee.

Click here to view the archived PIN website featuring all publications and events prior to 2014.

Past winners of the PIN award

#Estonia is the winner of this year's #PIN2020 award for #RoadSafety performance. https://t.co/f3LT9j6RFu

— Estonia in the EU (@EEinEU) June 17, 2020

2020 - Estonia - Taavi Aas, Minister for Economic Affairs and Infrastructure
2019 - Ireland - Shane Ross, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
2018 - no PIN award
2017 - Switzerland - Jürg Röthlisberger, Director of the Swiss Federal Road Office (FEDRO)
2016 - Norway - Tom Cato Karlsen, State Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Communications
2015 - Slovenia - Peter Gašperšič, Minister of Infrastructure
2014 - Slovakia - Tibor Gašpar, President of the Slovak Police
2013 - Denmark - Morten Bødskov, Minister of Justice
2012 - Hungary - László Felkai, State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, and Zoltán Schváb, Deputy State Secretary responsible for infrastructure at the Ministry of National Development
2011 - Sweden - Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, Minister for Infrastructure - joint winner with Lithuania - Eligijus Masiulis, Minister for Transport and Communications
2010 - Estonia - Juhan Parts, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications - joint winner with Ireland - Noel Dempsey T.D., Minister for Transport
2009 - Spain - Justo Zambrana, State Secretary, Ministry of Interior - joint winner with Latvia - Nils Freivalds, State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Latvia
2008 - Portugal - Mário Lino, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
2007 - France - Cécile Petit, Interministerial Delegate for Road Safety

The PIN Panel and Steering Committee

To facilitate the collection of accurate data from all 28 EU Member States, as well as Norway, Switzerland, the Republic of Serbia and Israel, ETSC has set up the PIN panel of national focal points, national experts from ETSC's network of member organisations and other experts. By lending their expertise to this process, the experts guarantee that the results published are sound and receive the deserved public attention both at national and EU level.

Steering Committee

Henk Stipdonk, Netherlands Institute for Transport Analysis (Co-chair)
Heather Ward, PACTS (Co-chair)
Richard Allsop, ETSC Board of Directors (Adviser)
Letty Aarts, Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV)
Lars Ekman, Swedish Transport Administration
Eduard Fernández, CITA
Jacqueline Lacroix, the German Road Safety Council (DVR)
Astrid Linder, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

Wiebke Matysik, Toyota Motor Europe
Guro Ranes, Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Peter Whitten, European Commission
Pete Thomas, Loughborough University
George Yannis, Technical University of Athens
Antonio Avenoso, ETSC
Graziella Jost, ETSC
Dovile Adminaite, ETSC

PIN Panel

Austria Klaus Machata, Road Safety Board (KfV)
Belgium Stijn Daniels, Vias institute
Bulgaria Aleksi Kesyakov, State-Public Consultative Commission on Road Safety
Croatia Sanja Veić, Ministry of Interior
Czech Republic Jiří Ambros, Jindřich Frič, Transport Research Centre (CDV)
Cyprus George Morfakis, Road Safety Expert, Aristotelis Savva, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Denmark Pernille Ehlers, Danish Road Safety Council
Estonia Maria Pashkevich, Road Administration
Finland Esa Räty, Finnish Crash Data Institute (OTI)
France Malo Quancard, Manuelle Salathé, National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory
Germany Jacqueline Lacroix, German Road Safety Council (DVR)
Greece George Yannis, Technical University of Athens
Hungary (pending), Institute for Transport Sciences (KTI)
Ireland Ben Breen, Sharon Heffernan, Velma Burns, Road Safety Authority
Israel Sarit Amram Katz, Dr. Assaf Sharon, National Road Safety Authority

Italy Valentino Iurato, Ministry of Transport
Latvia Aldis Lāma, Ministry of Transport
Lithuania Vidmantas Pumputis, Ministry of Transport
Luxembourg Claude Paquet, Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
Malta Patrick Cachia March, David Sutton, Malta Transport Authority
Netherlands Peter Mak, Ministry of Transport
Norway Alena Høye, Institute of Transport Economics (TOI)
Poland Dagmara Jankowska-Karpa, Motor Transport Institute (ITS)
Portugal João Cardoso, National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC)
Romania Florentin Brăcea, Romanian Traffic Police
Serbia Lidija Stanojević, Road Traffic Safety Agency
Slovakia Roman Török, Ministry of Transport
Slovenia Andraž Murkovic, Traffic Safety Agency
Spain Manuel Avilés Lucas, Ministry of Interior
Sweden Anna Vadeby, National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Switzerland Yvonne Achtermann, Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu)
United Kingdom Delphine Robineau, Department for Transport, Bell Mark, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)

Projects Director

Graziella Jost

Graziella joined ETSC in 2005 and manages the iSAFER project focused on Intelligent Speed Assistance. She is also responsible for overseeing all the ETSC's projects. Email: graziella.jost@etsc.eu | Phone: +32 2 738 0332

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PIN flash reports from 2014 onwards were published as separate documents - scroll below under 'Publications'. For topics covered between 2007 and 2013, please see the list below.

7^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2013)

7^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: Regaining pace: road deaths down by 9% in 2012 (pages 10-25)
PIN Flash 25: Risk on the roads: a male problem? The role of gender in road safety (pagers 59-71)
PIN Flash 24: Towards safer transport of goods and passengers in Europe (pages 26-58)

6^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2012)

6^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: Mixed results in the first year of the 2020 target – reduction in deaths slows down (pages 10-24)
PIN Flash 22: Institutional setups fit do deliver road safety (pages 25-41)
PIN Flash 21: Reducing road deaths among young people aged 15 to 30 (pages 42-63)

5^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2011)

5^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: Eight countries reach the EU 2010 road safety target – and all gain by trying to reach it (pages 10-24)
PIN Flash 19: Unprotected road users left behind in efforts to reduce road deaths (pages 25-48)
PIN Flash 18: Reducing deaths on rural roads – A priority for the UN Decade of Action (pages 49-64)

4^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2010)

4^th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: Making up for the lost time: good progress in 2009 – especially in Central and Eastern Europe (pages 8-24)
PIN Flash 16: Tackling the three main killers on the roads (pages 41-70)
PIN Flash 15: Set targets for serious injury reduction in Europe (pages 25-40)

3^rd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2009)

3^rd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: Six countries within sight of the EU target (pages 8-22)
PIN Flash 13: Boosting the market for safer cars across the EU (pages 23-39)
PIN Flash 12: Reducing child deaths on European roads (pages 40-56)
PIN Flash 11: En route to safer mobility in EU capitals (pages (57-69)

2^nd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2008)

2^rd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: EU falling short of the target (pages 8-17)
PIN Flash 9: Reducing older people’s deaths on the roads (pages 41-53)
PIN Flash 8: Reducing deaths on motorways (pages 29-40)
PIN Flash 7: Reducing motorcyclist deaths in Europe (pages 18-28)

1^st Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2007)

1^st Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report: Progress toward the EU target (page 10-15)
PIN Flash 5: Reducing deaths from drink driving (pages 23-30)
PIN Flash 4: Increasing the level of seat belt use (pages 16-22)
PIN Flash 3: Getting car users to belt up (pages 38-41)
PIN Flash 2: Moderating driving speeds (pages 31-37)

PIN Flash 1 – Pinning them down on their promise

Publications

Cross-country comparisons on a range of different road safety topics are published in a series of PIN Flash reports. ETSC also publishes the flagship PIN Report annually, launched at the PIN conference in Brussels. For the archive of older publications, click here.

Are medical fitness to drive procedures fit for purpose? (PIN Flash 40)

This report examines the current state of play in PIN countries regarding the assessment of medical fitness to drive,...

The Impact of Covid-19 Lockdowns on Road Deaths in April 2020 (PIN Briefing)

In March 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, most European governments put in place unprecedented restrictions on travel...

14th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

22,660 people lost their lives on EU roads in 2019, representing a 3% reduction compared to 2018. Out of...

How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU? (PIN Flash 39)

Since the last ETSC PIN report looking at the safety of goods and passenger transport was published in 2013,...

How safe is walking and cycling in Europe? (PIN Flash 38)

The European Union (EU) is facing a multitude of interconnected demographic, public health and environmental challenges: the climate is...

13th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...

Safer Roads, Safer Cities: How to improve urban road safety in the EU (PIN Flash 37)

Cities and towns are home to 72% of the population of the European Union. These are the places where...

Reducing Speeding in Europe (PIN Flash 36)

Speed is a major factor in overall road safety performance. Excessive and inappropriate speed is accountable for about one...

12th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...

An Overview of Road Death Data Collection in the EU (PIN Flash 35)

The goal of this PIN flash report is to gather information on road death data collection in different PIN...

Reducing child deaths on European roads (PIN Flash 34)

Every day in the European Union, more than thirty children are seriously injured and two are killed in road...

11th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...

Tapping the potential for reducing work-related road deaths and injuries (PIN Flash 33)

Over 25,600 lives were lost on the road in the European Union in 2016, of those a large proportion...

Reducing deaths in Single Vehicle Collisions (PIN Flash 32)

A third of road deaths in the EU are caused by collisions that involve a single motorised vehicle where...

10th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...

How traffic law enforcement can contribute to safer roads (PIN Flash 31)

Exceeding speed limits, drink or distracted driving and failure to wear a seat belt are still the leading causes...

How safe are new cars sold in the EU? (PIN Flash 30)

In 2014 in Europe 25,964 people died in road traffic and 203,500 were seriously injured. However, the long term...

9th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improving road safety by setting a target of reducing road deaths...

Making Walking and Cycling on Europe’s Roads Safer (PIN Flash 29)

Around 138,400 pedestrians and cyclists lost their lives on EU roads between 2001 and 2013. 7,600 were killed in...

Ranking EU Progress on Improving Motorway Safety (PIN Flash 28)

Motorways are the safest roads by design and regulation. Nevertheless in 2013, around 1,900 people were killed on the...

8th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improving road safety by setting a target of reducing road...

Ranking EU Progress on Car Occupant Safety (PIN Flash 27)

Around 240,000 car occupants were killed in road collisions in the EU in the years 2001-2012. There were 12,345...

7th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

Regaining pace: road deaths down by 9% in 2012 A total of 27,700 people were killed in the EU27...

Risk on the Roads – A Male Problem? (PIN Flash 25)

Just under 30,400 people were killed in 2011 in the EU27 in road collisions, approximately 7,200 females and 23,200...

Towards Safer Transport of Goods and Passengers in Europe (PIN Flash 24)

In the European Union 4,254 people lost their lives in collisions involving heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in 2011, 3,999...

6th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

This 6th PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in three areas of road safety. It builds...

5th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

This 5th PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in three areas of road safety. It builds...

4th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

This 4th PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in five areas of road safety. It builds...

3rd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

This 3rd PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in four areas of road safety. It builds...

2nd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

This 2nd PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in four areas of road safety. It builds...

1st Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report

This report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in five areas of road safety. It shows how countries...

Events

Each year ETSC hosts the PIN Event which is also the platform for the presentation of the PIN Award to the best performing country. ETSC also organises PIN Talks in several member states each year. For older events (prior to 2014) click here for the archive.

14 December 2020 – Online Event – How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU?

14 December 2020 – Online Event – How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU? 14:00-15:45...

Online event – Road Safety and Society: Involving Stakeholders in Road Safety Programmes – 19 November – 10:00-12:00

This online PIN Talk took place on Thursday 19 November from 10:00-12:00 using the Zoom platform. It was organised...

14 October 2020 – What it takes to deliver safer cycling and walking in European cities – online event

Online event Wednesday, 14 October, 10:00-12:00 CEST – This online event focussed on the safety of cyclists and pedestrians...

17 June 2020 – The Road Safety Performance Index Award 2020 – Online Event

Online event Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 11.00-12.00 Central European Summer Time In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this...

CANCELLED: 24 March 2020, Safer walking, safer cycling, safer roads: can Belgium be a leader in Europe? Brussels

In light of the current situation regarding the spread of the Covid-19 virus, ETSC has taken the decision to...

12 November 2019, Tackling van road risk – how to make last kilometres safe? Madrid

PIN Talk: Tackling van road risk – How to make last kilometres safe? Directorate General for Traffic, Sala Rosa...

30 September 2019, Effective road safety strategies save lives, Helsinki

30 September 2019, Effective road safety strategies save lives, Helsinki

PIN Talk: Effective road safety strategies save lives Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13e, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Monday, 30 September 2019,...

19 June 2019, Safer Roads, Safer Cities – The 2019 Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Conference, Brussels

19 June 2019, Safer Roads, Safer Cities – The 2019 Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Conference, Brussels

Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 11.00-17.00 The 13th ETSC’s annual Road Safety PIN...

3 May 2019, Speed: how to tackle the most important factor in road collisions? Tallinn

3 May 2019, Speed: how to tackle the most important factor in road collisions? Tallinn

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Eesti Reede, 3. mai 2019 kl 09.00 – 13.30 Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium,...

20-21 March 2019, International Road Safety Conference, Bucharest

Palace of the Parliament, Izvor Street 2-4, Bucharest, 20-21 March 2019, The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the...

14 Décembre 2018, Vision zéro : les collectivités locales au coeur du dispositif, Paris

14 Décembre 2018, 26 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris La délégation à la Sécurité routière, l’association Prévention Routière (aPR) et le...

11 December 2018, Safer vehicles, saving lives, Rome

11 December 2018, Safer vehicles, saving lives, Rome

11 December 2018, 09.00 – 13.30 Venue: Automobile Club d’Italia, Via Marsala 8, 00185 Rome, Italy The Automobile Club...

13 November 2018, A Europe that Protects. Road Safety 2020+: the Future of Safe EU Road Transport, Vienna

13 November 2018, A Europe that Protects. Road Safety 2020+: the Future of Safe EU Road Transport, Vienna

13 November 2018, 08.30-14.30 Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria Ministerium für Verkehr, Innovation...

4 October 2018, The role of vehicle safety in Vision Zero, Vilnius

Spalio 4 diena, 2018 metai, 08.30-16.00 Diskusija vyko Europos namuose, Gedimino pr.16, Vilnius Technologijų demonstravimas vyko Vilniaus autodrome, Mokyklos g....