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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11069
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

Not wearing seat belts, speed and alcohol kill 12,000 each year

Brussels, 29/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - 55% fewer people were killed on European roads in 2012 than in 2001, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) confirmed on Tuesday 29 April. However, thousands of more lives could be saved by following simple rules such as always wearing a seatbelt, not drink-driving and reducing speed, the association reminds the European institutions and the member states.

“While huge progress has been made in cutting the number of people killed in cars on...

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