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EURORAP MAPS SAFETY ON TRANS-EUROPEAN ROADS
Less than a third of Europe's major trading road routes meet the best possible safety standard to which EU nations have committed themselves on the network, according to an online digital report published today by EuroRAP. The report for the first time provides...
HOW SAFE ARE EUROPEANS ON FRENCH ROADS THIS SUMMER?
EU motorists planning their annual touring trip to France are warned that, while they can expect the highest safety engineering standards in Europe on the autoroutes, the safety of other popular French touring roads is far lower. British motorists face risk levels in...
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION REVEALS SAFETY RATING OF ENGLAND’S TRUNK ROAD NETWORK
Two-thirds of England's 1,600 km of single carriageway trunk roads win only a 2-star rating according to a report by the Road Safety Foundation which has inspected 95 per cent of the 7,000 km Highways Agency (HA) network in England. The network has been safety rated...
EURORAP AWARDED FOR GLOBAL SAFETY BY PRINCE MICHAEL
The hard work and commitment of staff at the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) in establishing its activities in countries across Europe and beyond has been officially recognised. EuroRAP was presented with a Special International Award by Prince Michael of...
UK LEADING CALL FOR SAFE ROAD DESIGN IN EUROPE
The UK's Campaign for Safe Road Design is playing a lead role in calling on the EU to promote a programme of safety engineering on high-risk roads across Europe. It claims the programme will reduce the annual €160bn (2 per cent of European GDP) cost of road crashes by...
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON EUROPEAN ROAD SAFETY ACTION PROGRAMME 2011-2020
Summary The Economic Scale of European Road Death and Risk Half a million EU citizens have been killed in road crashes during the current Road Safety Action Plan. Two million have suffered life changing injury. We all know someone killed or maimed. Road casualties...
GB EURORAP RESULTS 2009: MEASURING & MAPPING THE SAFETY OF BRITAIN’S MOTORWAYS AND A ROADS
Major new analysis covering all Britain's motorways and A-roads 60% of A-roads fail to rate as safe Analysis covers roads where deaths are concentrated: 50% of the deaths on just 10% of Britain's network length Foundation to make progress on eliminating risky roads...
SAFE ROAD DESIGN CAN SAVE EUROPE €50BN EVERY YEAR
Safe road design could cut annual road deaths and injuries by 50,000 Safe road design could save €50bn in crash costs annually Europe's new 10-year plan must incorporate safe road design Europe-wide maps of risky roads becoming available Europe can cut its toll of...
DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL WIN TEC, SURVEYOR AND EURORAP PASSIVE SAFETY AWARD 2009
A large scale endeavor to save lives through safer roads was recognised at the TEC, Surveyor and EuroRAP Passive Safety Award 2009 at Traffex, held at the Birmingham NEC. Durham County Council won the award for its commitment to reducing roadside risk, having moved...
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR UNSAFE ROAD DESIGN GETS GLOBAL RECOGNITION
The world is moving one step closer to cutting the annual global road death toll of 1.2 million by recognising the crucial role of road design, according to John Dawson, chairman of the UK's Campaign for Safe Road Design. A joint initiative from the Transport Research...