The EU is supposed to halve the number of road deaths by 2020 compared to 2010, but fatalities decreased by 18,2%. Bulc: «It's time to step up our work»
by Emanuele Bonini
Still too many casualties on the road, still a lot do to in order to provide a safer road transport system. In other words Europe is not doing enough to improve security and the EU targets are far from to be reached, according to a study published today. The first report on road safety from the European Commission shows that the number of road fatalities in 2014 has decreased by approximately 1% compared to 2013. This follows on the 8% decrease in 2012 and 2013. The figures reveal a total of 25.700 road deaths in 2014 across all 28 Member States of the EU. Whilst this is 5.700 fewer than in 2010, it falls short of the intended target decrease. The European Commission estimated that in Europe 22% of all the people killed on the roads are pedestrians, 8% of all fatalities hit cyclists, 15% of fatal accidents involves motorcycle riders and 3% of moped riders. Having a look at numbers, in the year 2000 very few member States had a fatality rate lower than 80 deaths per million inhabitants. By 2014 only five EU Member States had a fatality rate above that (Latvia 105, Romania 91, Bulgaria 90, Lithuania 90, Poland 84). The European Union as a whole counts eight-teen Member States with a fatality rate above the average value (51 deaths per million inhabitants). The total number of EU road deaths has decreased by 18.2% since 2010, with the European target set at -50% by 2020.
«We need to step up our work for the coming years, to reach the intended EU target of halving the number of road deaths by 2020», stressed the EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc. «We are moving slow», she added. Having a look to numbers, in the year 2000 very few member States had a fatality rate lower than 80 deaths per million inhabitants. By 2014 only five EU Member States had a fatality rate above that (Latvia 105, Romania 91, Bulgaria 90, Lithuania 90, Poland 84). The European Union as a whole counts eight-teen Member States with a fatality rate above the average value (51 deaths per million inhabitants). In order to reach the EU strategic target of halving the number of road deaths from 2010 to 2020, additional efforts are now needed, stressed Commissioner Bulc. The European Commission is expected to finalise an interim report on EU road safety policy taking stock and setting the agenda for next five years. The report is expected to be published in May 2015. A Commission proposal with a review of rules on training and qualifications of professional drivers is expected to be adopted by the end of 2016, as well as a proposal for the review of the EU framework on infrastructure safety management drivers.
- Facts and figures on road safety in the European Union
Still too many casualties on the road, still a lot do to in order to provide a safer road transport system. In other words Europe is not doing enough to improve security and the EU targets are far from to be reached, according to a study published today. The first report on road safety from the European Commission shows that the number of road fatalities in 2014 has decreased by approximately 1% compared to 2013. This follows on the 8% decrease in 2012 and 2013. The figures reveal a total of 25.700 road deaths in 2014 across all 28 Member States of the EU. Whilst this is 5.700 fewer than in 2010, it falls short of the intended target decrease. The European Commission estimated that in Europe 22% of all the people killed on the roads are pedestrians, 8% of all fatalities hit cyclists, 15% of fatal accidents involves motorcycle riders and 3% of moped riders. Having a look at numbers, in the year 2000 very few member States had a fatality rate lower than 80 deaths per million inhabitants. By 2014 only five EU Member States had a fatality rate above that (Latvia 105, Romania 91, Bulgaria 90, Lithuania 90, Poland 84). The European Union as a whole counts eight-teen Member States with a fatality rate above the average value (51 deaths per million inhabitants). The total number of EU road deaths has decreased by 18.2% since 2010, with the European target set at -50% by 2020.
«We need to step up our work for the coming years, to reach the intended EU target of halving the number of road deaths by 2020», stressed the EU Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc. «We are moving slow», she added. Having a look to numbers, in the year 2000 very few member States had a fatality rate lower than 80 deaths per million inhabitants. By 2014 only five EU Member States had a fatality rate above that (Latvia 105, Romania 91, Bulgaria 90, Lithuania 90, Poland 84). The European Union as a whole counts eight-teen Member States with a fatality rate above the average value (51 deaths per million inhabitants). In order to reach the EU strategic target of halving the number of road deaths from 2010 to 2020, additional efforts are now needed, stressed Commissioner Bulc. The European Commission is expected to finalise an interim report on EU road safety policy taking stock and setting the agenda for next five years. The report is expected to be published in May 2015. A Commission proposal with a review of rules on training and qualifications of professional drivers is expected to be adopted by the end of 2016, as well as a proposal for the review of the EU framework on infrastructure safety management drivers.
- Facts and figures on road safety in the European Union
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