European Road Safety Day on 6 May Connected to the 2. UN Road Safety Week to be held from 6-12 May 2013 the EU Commission has scheduled a conference 5th European Road Safety Day Brussels, 6 May 2013 Pedestrian safety: vulnerable road users in urban areas details
ECI 30 km/h still looking for signatures The European Citizen Initiative needs still many signatures 1000.000 till November 2013 30 km/h shall become the standard speed limits for villages, towns and cities with local authorities being able to decide on exemptions. FEVR Factsheet: 30FS (pdf 423 kByte) Facebook (in German) UK: 20 isPlenty
PCR and SI on the agenda A better consideration of the Post Crash Response(PCR) and Serious Injuries (SI) More and more concern is now given to the so called Post Crash Response, a strategy which aims to reduce the severity of injury consequences once a road traffic crash has occurred. This ranges from emergency rescue […]
ETSC Communication New Safety Monitor Number 87 from European Transport Safety Council pdf ETSC memorandum to the Irish presidency pdf
2. UN Road Safety Week From 6-12 May will be the United Nations Road Safety week with the topic: Pedestrian Safety link flyer (pdf) week_flyer
ENVI Committee vote on Sound level of motor vehicles Motor vehicle noise limits must be cut drastically to protect the health of EU citizens, said Environment Committee MEPs who approved an update of the relevant legislation on Tuesday 17.12 by 30 votes to 27, with two abstentions. They also recommended introducing a labelling scheme to […]
Trauma Promise Campaign Victims of road traffic crashes call for effective emergency care – the “Trauma Promise Campaign” Victims of road traffic crashes call on doctors everywhere to promise to improve the care of seriously injured patients. Thousands of deaths through road traffic crashes could be prevented by the early use of an inexpensive drug […]
ECI for 30km/h The European Citizen Initiative (ECI) with the title: “30 km/h – making the streets liveable!” was accepted by the European Commission last week This Initiative needs now 1.000.000 signatures from at least 7 EU member countries to be considered by the Commission, deadline is November 2013 more Info http://en.30kmh.eu/
18 November 2012 World Day FEVR Press Release (pdf) in Italian:FEVR Giornata Mondiale Ricordo delle vittime della strada by Fondazione L.Guccione message from UN Secretary General:un 2012_remembrance_2012_en (pdf) Video for World Day 2012 (by Lucy Pepper) Video ( spanish)
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to be celebrated worldwide on 18 November 2012 The World Day of Remembrance is just a week away, and the official website of the Day has a new look. It provides a calendar of planned events, a guide for organizers and other advocacy materials, as well as […]
