Initiative details
In Europe, the application of Victims’ Rights Directive has been very disappointing for victims of road crashes, since a very small percentage has benefited from the Victim’s Statute. One of the reasons is the lack of recognition of victims of road crashes as victims of a crime, even though most of the time it is the result of assaults in traffic as a result of illicit, reckless and illegal conduct.
That is why we want to remind that road crash victims are also victims of violent acts that fall within the criminal sphere and that road violence causes deaths and injuries with lifelong consequences and must be protected by the Victims’ Rights Directive.
That is why we want to remind that road crash victims are also victims of violent acts that fall within the criminal sphere and that road violence causes deaths and injuries with lifelong consequences and must be protected by the Victims’ Rights Directive.
Initiative date
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Who was/is your target audience?
Policy makers
Public authorities
Topic
Create awareness
Provide alternative solutions
Organisation details
PAT - Prevención de Accidentes de Tráfico
Association
Spain
Spain
Contact name
Yolanda Domenech
Telephone number
+34630020392
pat-apat@pat-apat.org
Website
Project activities
If you work together with external partners, list the most important partners and briefly describe their role.
As part of the European Federation of Road Victims, we have requested the FEVR and its member associations to join the #invisiblevictims campaign so that the European Directive protects road traffic victims.
Please describe the project activities you carried/are carrying out and the time period over which these were implemented.
Now a reform of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of October 25, 2012, is going to be debated in the European Parliament and for this reason we ask for your signature, so that the European parliamentarians support the victims and recognize explicitly to this group to equate road crash victims with the rest of victims of violent acts, avoiding creating categories of victims.
Evaluation
What has been the effect of the activities?
P(A)T launched a change.org petition, aswell as a campaign in social media to raise awereness on this topic.
At the same time demand to politiciants and stakeholders to change the law and garantee nformation, protection and support for road crash victims.
At the same time demand to politiciants and stakeholders to change the law and garantee nformation, protection and support for road crash victims.
Please briefly explain why your initiative is a good example of improving road safety.
Denying this protection and not acknowledging the loss and suffering suffered by victims of road crashes by society, the Community and the judicial system can lead to secondary victimization, accentuating and chronicling their anguish and prolonging their pain unnecessarily.
How have you shared information about your project and its results?
Invisible Victims project is still a running project
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