Road safety statistics for 2016 are, the European Commission says, “encouraging”. They show a drop of 2% in the number of fatalities recorded across the EU compared with the previous year. Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc nonetheless expressed concern at the numbers of those seriously injured.
Some 25,500 people lost their lives on EU roads in 2016, in other words 600 fewer than in 2015 and 6,000 fewer than in 2010 – a drop of 19% over the six years. The Commission welcomed this...