This report looks at the progress made in Europe in reducing road deaths among young people. It is based...
PINThe Road Safety Performance Index
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
Thanks to a bit of ETSC magic...the moment when we handed the 2021 Road Safety Performance Index Award to @gkefalogiannis, Deputy Minister of Transport for Greece 🇬🇷 #PIN2021@govgr@MediaGovGr@GreeceInEUhttps://t.co/5xzaPPMKkv pic.twitter.com/VVLueBQ7CE
— European Transport Safety Council (@ETSC_EU) June 16, 2021
2021 - Greece - Kostas Karamanlis, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
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)
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
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
Czechia Jiří Ambros, Jindřich Frič, Transport Research Centre (CDV)
Cyprus George Morfakis, Road Safety Expert, Alexis Avgoustis, Ministry of Transport
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 Gábor Pauer, Road Safety Research Centre (KTI)
Ireland Ben Breen, Sharon Heffernan, Velma Burns, Road Safety Authority
Israel Sarit Amram Katz, Dr. Assaf Sharon, Road Safety Authority
Belgium Stijn Daniels, Vias institute
Bulgaria Aleksi Kesyakov, State-Public Consultative Commission on Road Safety
Croatia Sanja Veić, Ministry of Interior
Czechia Jiří Ambros, Jindřich Frič, Transport Research Centre (CDV)
Cyprus George Morfakis, Road Safety Expert, Alexis Avgoustis, Ministry of Transport
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 Gábor Pauer, Road Safety Research Centre (KTI)
Ireland Ben Breen, Sharon Heffernan, Velma Burns, Road Safety Authority
Israel Sarit Amram Katz, Dr. Assaf Sharon, Road Safety Authority
Italy Valentino Iurato, Ministry of Transport
Latvia Juris Kreicbergs, Road Traffic Safety Directorate
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 Arild Engebretsen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration
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 Cristina Rodenas, Ministry of Interior
Sweden Anna Vadeby, National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Switzerland Yvonne Achtermann, Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu)
United Kingdom Alex Ma, Department for Transport, Mark Bell, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Latvia Juris Kreicbergs, Road Traffic Safety Directorate
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 Arild Engebretsen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration
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 Cristina Rodenas, Ministry of Interior
Sweden Anna Vadeby, National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Switzerland Yvonne Achtermann, Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu)
United Kingdom Alex Ma, Department for Transport, Mark Bell, 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.
7th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2013)
- 7th 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)
6th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2012)
- 6th 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)
5th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2011)
- 5th 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)
4th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2010)
- 4th 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)
3rd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2009)
- 3rd 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)
2nd Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2008)
- 2rd 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)
1st Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report (2007)
- 1st 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)
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.
In 2011 the European Union set the ambitious target of halving the number of road deaths between 2010 and...
This report examines the current state of play in PIN countries regarding the assessment of medical fitness to drive,...
In March 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, most European governments put in place unprecedented restrictions on travel...
22,660 people lost their lives on EU roads in 2019, representing a 3% reduction compared to 2018. Out of...
Since the last ETSC PIN report looking at the safety of goods and passenger transport was published in 2013,...
The European Union (EU) is facing a multitude of interconnected demographic, public health and environmental challenges: the climate is...
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...
Cities and towns are home to 72% of the population of the European Union. These are the places where...
Speed is a major factor in overall road safety performance. Excessive and inappropriate speed is accountable for about one...
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...
The goal of this PIN flash report is to gather information on road death data collection in different PIN...
Every day in the European Union, more than thirty children are seriously injured and two are killed in road...
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...
Over 25,600 lives were lost on the road in the European Union in 2016, of those a large proportion...
A third of road deaths in the EU are caused by collisions that involve a single motorised vehicle where...
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road...
Exceeding speed limits, drink or distracted driving and failure to wear a seat belt are still the leading causes...
In 2014 in Europe 25,964 people died in road traffic and 203,500 were seriously injured. However, the long term...
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improving road safety by setting a target of reducing road deaths...
Around 138,400 pedestrians and cyclists lost their lives on EU roads between 2001 and 2013. 7,600 were killed in...
Motorways are the safest roads by design and regulation. Nevertheless in 2013, around 1,900 people were killed on the...
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improving road safety by setting a target of reducing road...
Around 240,000 car occupants were killed in road collisions in the EU in the years 2001-2012. There were 12,345...
Regaining pace: road deaths down by 9% in 2012 A total of 27,700 people were killed in the EU27...
Just under 30,400 people were killed in 2011 in the EU27 in road collisions, approximately 7,200 females and 23,200...
In the European Union 4,254 people lost their lives in collisions involving heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in 2011, 3,999...
This 6th PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in three areas of road safety. It builds...
This 5th PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in three areas of road safety. It builds...
This 4th PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in five areas of road safety. It builds...
This 3rd PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in four areas of road safety. It builds...
This 2nd PIN Report provides an overview of European countries’ performance in four areas of road safety. It builds...
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.
This online event explored how to reduce road deaths among young people, in particular in light of the upcoming...
The event was held on 16 June 2021. The video recording is available above. Click here to download the...
On behalf of Mr. Eduardo Cabrita, Minister for Home Affairs of Portugal, acting as Presidency of the Council...
27 April 2021 – Online Event – Are Medical Fitness to Drive Procedures Fit for Purpose? 10am – 12pm...
14 December 2020 – Online Event – How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU? 14:00-15:45...
This online PIN Talk took place on Thursday 19 November from 10:00-12:00 using the Zoom platform. It was organised...
Online event Wednesday, 14 October, 10:00-12:00 CEST – This online event focussed on the safety of cyclists and pedestrians...
Online event Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 11.00-12.00 Central European Summer Time In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this...
In light of the current situation regarding the spread of the Covid-19 virus, ETSC has taken the decision to...
PIN Talk: Tackling van road risk – How to make last kilometres safe? Directorate General for Traffic, Sala Rosa...
PIN Talk: Effective road safety strategies save lives Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13e, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Monday, 30 September 2019,...
Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 11.00-17.00 The 13th ETSC’s annual Road Safety PIN...
Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Eesti Reede, 3. mai 2019 kl 09.00 – 13.30 Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium,...
Palace of the Parliament, Izvor Street 2-4, Bucharest, 20-21 March 2019, The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the...
14 Décembre 2018, 26 boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris La délégation à la Sécurité routière, l’association Prévention Routière (aPR) et le...
11 December 2018, 09.00 – 13.30 Venue: Automobile Club d’Italia, Via Marsala 8, 00185 Rome, Italy The Automobile Club...
13 November 2018, 08.30-14.30 Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria Ministerium für Verkehr, Innovation...
Spalio 4 diena, 2018 metai, 08.30-16.00 Diskusija vyko Europos namuose, Gedimino pr.16, Vilnius Technologijų demonstravimas vyko Vilniaus autodrome, Mokyklos g....
Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels 19 June 2018, 13.30-18.30 At the 2018 PIN conference, ETSC launches its Road...
1 December 2017, 9.30-15.00 Ministry of the Interior, Ilica 335, Zagreb The Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of...
Ministry of Transport, 38 Blvd. Dinicu Golescu, Bucharest, 27 June 2017, 09:30 – 17:00 Ministerul Transporturilor, Bd. Dinicu Golescu,...
Austria Trend Hotel, Dunajska cesta 154, 1000 Ljubljana, 23 June 2017, 10.00-17.00 Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency and European Transport...
Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 Brussels, 20 June 2017, 13.30-18.30 The EU has set a target to halve...
30 March 2017, 09:30-14:30 30 март 2017 г., 9:30 – 14:30 ч. Bulgarian Red Cross, James Bourchier Blvd. 76,...
14 March 2017, 09.00 – 14.00 Altis Grand Hotel, Rua Castilho 11, Lisbon The Portuguese Road Safety Association (PRP) and...
The EU-Commission Representation in Berlin, Unter den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin, 24 November 2016, 13.30-18.00 Die Vertretung der Europäischen Kommission in...
Župné námestie, Historical building of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, 19 September 2016, 09.10-16.00 In cooperation with...
Norway House, Brussels, 20 June 2016, 14.00-18.30 For two years, European progress on improving road safety has stalled. At...
25 May 2016, Wednesday, 9.30 – 16.00 The EU House, Korte Vijverberg 5-6, the Hague, the Netherlands The Institute for Road...
5 November 2015, 8:30 – 14:00 Ministry of Transport, Gogola street 3, Riga, Latvia The European Transport Safety Council...
21 Septembre 2015, 09:00-13:00 Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures, Salle Vianden, 4 Place de l’Europe, 1499 Luxembourg...
Norway House, Brussels, 18 June 2015 Last year European progress on improving road safety slowed dramatically. At the 2015...
Alcool au Volant: comment progresser grâce aux échanges de bonnes pratiques ? 29-04-2015, 09:00-13:00 Auditorium, Fédération française des sociétés...
19 March 2015, 09:00-13:00 EU House in Cyprus, Lordou Vyronos Avenue 30, Nicosia The National Road Safety Council of...
Parlamentino of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, 2 Via Nomentana, Rome 20 November 2014, 9.00 – 17:30 The...
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki 9:00 – 13:00, 7 October 2014 The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)...
In June each year, ETSC organises the PIN Conference to publicise the results of the ETSC PIN Annual Report...
ETSC, the Road Safety Institute (Panos Mylonas) and the Hellenic Institute of Transport at the Centre for Research and...
In June each year, ETSC organises the PIN Conference to publicise the results of the ETSC PIN Annual Report...