SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

Civil society argues that Commission should redefine minimum safety standards for new vehicles

Brussels, 24/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

Representatives from civil society are calling on the Commission to review the minimum safety standards for new vehicles (lorries and cars) in the mobility package, which will be presented on 31 May.

In a letter dated 23 May, groups representing the industry, as well as NGOs and consumers, point out that 25,000 people were killed on the roads in 2016 throughout the EU and that the number of deaths still needs to be reduced by 11.6% if the target of halving the number of deaths between...