Press release: New PIN ranking Young Men Four Times More Likely to Die on EU Roads than Young Women
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29 November 2011, Brussels - Young people are among the groups facing the highest risks of dying while on the road: 140,000 young people aged 15 to 30 have lost their lives on European roads since 2001; 9150 of them in 2010. This age group represents 20% of the population of the EU, but makes up 30% of the total number of road deaths. Mortality of young people - number of deaths divided by population - is 69% higher than the corresponding figure for people of all other ages. The latest Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Flash also reveals that young males are a particularly problematic group, making up 81% of the number of young people killed on EU roads.
Portugal, Latvia and Spain lead the pack in reducing the number of young people road deaths. Good progress was also made in Sweden, The Netherlands and Switzerland, who have become the safest countries in terms of young people killed per young inhabitants. Young people in these countries benefited not only from measures specific to young people but also from general road safety measures, enforcement efforts and improvements in infrastructure.
Member States must make the fight against road deaths among young people a specific priority if they want to achieve the EU 2020 road safety target and their national targets, declared ETSC Executive Director Antonio Avenoso. We urge Member States not to lower the minimum age for moped riding or solo car driving when transposing the EU Driving Licence Directive into national laws, added Prof. Richard Allsop, Chair of the PIN Programme.
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To read the rest of the press release please click here.
The full 21th PIN Flash and detailed figures for each country can be downloaded here.
Best regards,
Graziella Jost
PIN Programme Manager
European Transport Safety Council
www.etsc.eu
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29 November 2011, Brussels - Young people are among the groups facing the highest risks of dying while on the road: 140,000 young people aged 15 to 30 have lost their lives on European roads since 2001; 9150 of them in 2010. This age group represents 20% of the population of the EU, but makes up 30% of the total number of road deaths. Mortality of young people - number of deaths divided by population - is 69% higher than the corresponding figure for people of all other ages. The latest Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Flash also reveals that young males are a particularly problematic group, making up 81% of the number of young people killed on EU roads.
Portugal, Latvia and Spain lead the pack in reducing the number of young people road deaths. Good progress was also made in Sweden, The Netherlands and Switzerland, who have become the safest countries in terms of young people killed per young inhabitants. Young people in these countries benefited not only from measures specific to young people but also from general road safety measures, enforcement efforts and improvements in infrastructure.
Member States must make the fight against road deaths among young people a specific priority if they want to achieve the EU 2020 road safety target and their national targets, declared ETSC Executive Director Antonio Avenoso. We urge Member States not to lower the minimum age for moped riding or solo car driving when transposing the EU Driving Licence Directive into national laws, added Prof. Richard Allsop, Chair of the PIN Programme.
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To read the rest of the press release please click here.
The full 21th PIN Flash and detailed figures for each country can be downloaded here.
Best regards,
Graziella Jost
PIN Programme Manager
European Transport Safety Council
www.etsc.eu
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