On Thursday 12 October, MEPs at the transport committee largely approved (43 votes in favour, 1 vote against, with 1 abstention) the own-initiative report by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (EPP, Germany) entitled, “Saving Lives: Enhancing Vehicle Safety in the Union”.
This own initiative report was welcomed by transport committee MEPs on 10 July last (see EUROPE 11826) and aims to reduce the number of road accidents, which kill an average of 25,000 people a year on European Union territory.