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Our Excellence in Road Safety Awards recognise the contributions of the European Road Safety Charter's community of members towards the common goal of improved road safety across Europe.  We were delighted to receive a large number of applications of a very high standard from our Charter…
It is widely understood that road safety impacts are greater for certain user groups such as young people, but does it impact gender groups equally? Understanding the differences and similarities in gender statistics can help us develop new measures and improve road safety actions.  Please…
As we approach International Youth Day (12 August), it feels like an important time to highlight the risks our young people face every day driving on our roads.  The fact that young novice drivers are over-represented in crashes is not a surprise. We must go back to the early 1960s to…
In this edition of our newsletter, we chose to shed some light on the European Commission's report focusing on road safety for cyclists, as summer usually ppresents seasonal peak for cycling fatalities. The report includes the latest statitstics on cyclist crashes, initiatives put in…
On the 23rd and 24th of June, international experts discussed the effects of digitalization on safety at the EU Safety Conference in the magnificent “Palais NiederÖsterreich” in Vienna. The conference was organised by KfV (Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit), our National Relay for Austria.