Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-27-Speech-2-422-000"
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"en.20110927.26.2-422-000"2
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"European roads have become much safer in recent years. The number of traffic accident victims in the EU fell by 36% in the years 2001 to 2009. A decisive role in this respect was played by the Third European Road Safety Action Programme. Despite the above, 35 000 deaths and 1.5 million serious injuries, often with permanent consequences, occurred on European roads in 2009 alone. The social and economic costs of such traffic accidents are enormous; the loss of human life and the dramatic effect on the lives of those affected are indescribable. However, society still seems to turn a blind eye to the deadly risks that road traffic poses.
The tragedies that happen every day on European roads pass mostly unnoticed. Shortly before the expiry of the Third European Road Safety Action Programme, the Commission presented a communication where it explained its strategic objectives up to 2020. The key aim of these objectives is again to halve the number of deaths in traffic accidents compared with 2010. I agree with the opinion of the Commission that an improvement in traffic safety requires a coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach, covering all road traffic users and all stakeholders. We have to strive to achieve the maximum possible level of coordination, as well as to include the importance of road traffic safety in all relevant parts of the policy."@en1
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