Road Safety Data, Collection, Transfer and Analysis DaCoTa. Factsheet Traffic safety basic facts 2010 : main figures.

The European Commission set the ambitious target of halving the number of road traffic fatalities by 2010 in its White Paper “European transport policy for 2010: time to decide” of 2001. The European Road Safety Action Programme of 2003 underlines the fact that this target is a “shared responsibility” and can thus only be achieved with the joint effort of all stakeholders. Since these papers were published, much progress has been achieved; fatalities in the EU-23 fell by 28,7% between 2001 and 2008. Despite this reduction, there is still a difference between the actual result and the target of halving the number of deaths on the roads by 2010. (Author/publisher