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17 May 2012
Road safety has been included in the draft Rio+20 ‘outcome document’ during negotiations at the UN in New York.
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03 May 2012
The IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2011 has been released by the International Transport Forum at the OECD. The report shows the drop in road fatalities accelerated in 2010, but developments are less positive in 2011.
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02 May 2012
The European Commission recognises the important role which intelligent transport systems (ITS) can play in making Europe’s roads safer. The following newsletter gives an overview of the European Commission's activities in this area: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/news/nl8_en.pdf
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24 April 2012
All buses and lorries in the UK should be fitted with collision-avoidance technology by 2015, a report has recommended.
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24 April 2012
The European Parliament IMCO and TRAN committees held a joint meeting on 24 April 2012 to discuss the draft report “eCall: a new 112 service for citizens”.
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04 April 2012
With the latest statistics showing that 85 people are killed on European roads every day, Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas told the press, on 29 March, that the European Commission is worried.
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15 March 2012
This week, 65 000 members of the Swedish Motorcyclist Association, SMC, get a Medical Card kit. It includes four stickers to add on the helmet/s and a card for medical information to put between the shell and padding of the helmet. With this effort, SMC hope to save a few lives per year through fast and adequate rescue in case of an accident.
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08 March 2012
Innovation and legislation have reduced driving risks, and vehicles will become safer still in the future as new technologies are developed.
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02 March 2012
The European Commission is set to write to member states to inform them that the cross-border circulation of gigaliners - or giant lorries - between countries that have already authorised them on their national territory is now considered compatible with EU law.
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24 February 2012
The European Data Protection Supervisor, the EU’s privacy watchdog, has announced that it has concerns about certain aspects of the reform of legislation on digital tachygraphs, devices found in lorries of more than 3.5 tonnes, coaches and minibuses to register driving time and rest time.
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22 February 2012
Euro NCAP starts 2012 with the release of two new vehicles. Interestingly, these results unmistakably highlight the step forwards made in the market place by some car manufacturers and the lack of progress by others.
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20 February 2012
This leaflet shows the situation at the end of 2010 and the
progress made since 2001. Its purpose is to allow Member
States and European citizens to compare their situation and to
encourage them to continue their efforts regarding road safety.
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09 December 2011
Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel has worked closely with the FIA to lobby for improved road safety and to demonstrate to car drivers the safety benefits of technologies like Electronic Stability Control (ESC).
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06 December 2011
IMCO MEPs’ support for the mandatory EU-wide introduction of the Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) for all new motorbikes over 50cc from 2016 rather than 2017, has been welcomed today by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
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25 November 2011
Euro NCAP’s fifth and last launch of 2011 presents the results for fourteen new cars.
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03 November 2011
A new report titled 'Tackling Fatigue: EU Social Rules and Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers' has been published as part of the ETSC PRAISE project, Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees.
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26 October 2011
Euro NCAP announces the results for twelve new vehicles. This month’s top scorers with five stars are the Audi Q3, BMW 1 Series, Chevrolet Captiva, Fiat Freemont, Ford Ranger, Hyundai Veloster, Mercedes M-Class, Opel/Vauxhall Astra and Opel/Vauxhall Zafira Tourer, Lancia Thema and Toyota Yaris.
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20 October 2011
In June 2012 world leaders will meet in Rio de Janiero for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to identify challenges and agree new priorities for the international community.
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07 October 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina has pledged itself to the FIA’s Action for Road Safety campaign with a programme intended to educate the country on the enormous benefits of wearing seatbelts and fitting child restraints.
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02 October 2011
A road safety action programme by the end of 2011, with a detailed catalogue of measures and implementing timetable: this is what the European Parliament asks of the European Commission in a resolution on road safety, adopted in plenary on 27 September.
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01 October 2011
Electronic Stability Control and Blind Spot Monitoring were two of seven life-saving eSafety technologies tested by Polish rally champions Tomasz Kuchar and Jan Chmielewski at Warsaw City Council on the first of October 2011.
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23 September 2011
The IAM is supporting calls to make anti-lock braking systems (ABS) compulsory on all new large motorcycles by 2015.
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20 September 2011
Euro NCAP and the future of its star rating system was the subject for discussion at the latest Forum for the Automobile and Society meeting which was held in the European Parliament on 20th September.
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24 August 2011
Euro NCAP, of which the FIA is a member, has released its latest crash test results which bring an additional reward and more 5 stars, but not everyone is ready for tougher requirements in 2012.
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08 July 2011
The European Commission has today published new statistics showing that EU road fatalities decreased by 11% in 2010.
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30 June 2011
The European Bureau of the FIA, representing more than 35 million motoring consumers via its 71 member clubs, adopted its position on the European Commission White Paper on Transport on 30 June 2011.
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07 June 2011
More than 1000 European lives could be saved if mandatory Anti-Lock Braking Systems (ABS) were introduced by 2015 instead of 2017, said the FIA European Bureau in a letter addressed to the key MEPS involved in the dossier.
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31 May 2011
In a spectacular demonstration of the capabilities of eSafety technologies, Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel, eight-time Le Mans 24-Hour winner Tom Kristensen, former F1 driver Alexander Wurz and Moto GP rider Marco Simoncelli took part in the eSafety Challenge 2011 at ÖAMTC in Teesdorf, on the outskirts of Vienna today (31 May).
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11 May 2011
The deployment of life saving eSafety technologies in cars is the focus of a new free iPhone application launched today with the support of motorsport’s top drivers. The application is created by the eSafety Challenge project with support from the European Commission, eSafetyAware, FIA, and the FIA Foundation.
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11 May 2011
FIA Road Safety Ambassador, Michael Schumacher, is calling on Members of the European Parliament to make sure eSafety systems are deployed in all new cars through legislation or voluntarily at today’s launch of the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety in Strasbourg.
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02 May 2011
Every six seconds someone is killed or injured in a road accident. Every day 3,500 people are killed in road crashes. Every year 1.3 million people are killed on the world’s roads. And unless urgent action is taken, the UN predicts that annual road deaths will rise to 1.9 million by 2020.
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05 April 2011
The Formula One Driver will attend the eSafety Challenge event on 31st of May in Vienna, where he will demonstrate eSafety technologies and how they can help to prevent accidents on the roads.
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28 March 2011
White Paper on Transport focus on ITS welcomed but higher costs threaten consumer trust, says FIA
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22 March 2011
"We cannot afford to wait until 2017 to make the Antilock Braking System (ABS) compulsory in motorcycles. Our figures show that thousands of road fatalities could be prevented by acting now," the FIA tells EP public hearing.
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17 March 2011
Robert Zile delivered the opinion of the TRAN committee on L vehicles type approval...
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14 March 2011
New motor vehicles listed in the Commission's weekly safety report...
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09 March 2011
Get the latest insides on vehicles from the latest EU RAPEX report...
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03 March 2011
According to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association
(ETRMA), 11% of the tyres tested were not in line with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances) Regulation...
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03 March 2011
On February 28th, the lead committee discussed the proposed draft working document, which takes into account some of the key points from the FIA European Bureau...
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02 March 2011
With the specific aim of providing users with video training, the application includes the location of radars, petrol stations and fuel prices, traffic incidents in real time and parking utilities...
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02 March 2011
Discover the motor vehicles singled out by the EC weekly safety report...
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25 February 2011
TRAN has published Roberts Zīle’s (ECR) draft opinion on the proposal for a regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles...
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23 February 2011
Euro NCAP today publishes the results of seven new vehicles, including its first test of a fully electric car, marking the start of a series of EV tests in 2011.
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21 February 2011
New motor vehicles listed in the EU weekly rapex report...
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14 February 2011
Find out about the latest motor vehicles mentioned in the EU RAPEX report...
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11 February 2011
Have a look into national developments on the rescue sheet, a tool that helps rescue team save time after a road accident...
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07 February 2011
New passengers cars listed in the European Commission's weekly report...
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02 February 2011
Directive 2008/89/EC makes dedicated Daytime Running Light mandatory for cars and light vans as of 7 February 2011, and as at of 7 August 2012 for other vehicles...
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28 January 2011
Last year, Euro NCAP crash tested twenty nine vehicles, 65% of which reached the five star rating, compared to 90% in 2009.
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28 January 2011
One passenger car in the RAPEX weekly report...
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17 January 2011
More information about the motor vehicles singled out by RAPEX since the beginning of 2011...
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09 December 2010
The Belgian government published today the decrees implementing the framework law on using alcolocks in rehabilitation programmes adopted in Parliament on the 4th of June 2009...
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07 December 2010
One new car in the weekly rapex report...
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22 November 2010
Five new passenger are listed in the weekly report from the Commission....
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04 November 2010
Three new passengers cars featured in this week's RAPEX report...
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18 October 2010
One new car in the RAPEX weekly report...
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15 October 2010
ABS has proven to be the most effective of the recent braking systems, in terms of reducing the emergency braking distance and improving driving stability during braking.
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13 September 2010
Find out about the cars listed in the EU RAPEX report this week...
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24 August 2010
Today, Euro NCAP releases the crash test results for four vehicles: the Honda CR-Z, the Suzuki Swift, the Citroen C4 and the Hyundai ix35.
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22 July 2010
The European Commission’s newly adopted Road Safety Strategy launches a new decade of action to reduce the number of road accidents, injuries and deaths over the next ten years.
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20 July 2010
The Commission adopted today the Road Safety Action plan for the next ten years.
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15 July 2010
Euro NCAP Advanced aims to provide car buyers with clear guidance about the safety benefits which these new technologies offer them and their families.
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13 July 2010
DEKRA published a report outlining road safety risks that are specific to motorcyclists and proposing measures to enhance their safety...
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12 July 2010
Get insights in the motor-vehicles pinpoined by the 27th RAPEX report...
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30 June 2010
Before attending the eSafety Challenge in the UK next month, Euro NCAP presents an overview of its recent achievements and new objectives in car safety.
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28 June 2010
Discovver this week's notifications from the European safety alert system...
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21 June 2010
The new notifications concerning the safety of motor vehicles are available here...
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18 June 2010
Andre Seeck, the first Euro NCAP President from Germany, has accepted chairmanship for the next term of two years.
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02 June 2010
Two new languages: Dutch and French. Euro NCAP intends to release further languages Catalan, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish and the Swedish.
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11 May 2010
New motor vehicles featured in the latest RAPEX weekly report published by the DG SANCO...
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12 March 2010
(1) Japan carmakers studying brake override system / (2) EU CO2 tax proposal due in April
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01 March 2010
New motor vehicles identified by Rapex this week...
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16 February 2010
The FIA and it member automobile clubs see the proposed mini BER plus guidelines plus prolongation of MVBER 1400/2002 for the primary market as progress.
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15 February 2010
Discover the new vehicles notifyed by RAPEX this week...
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05 February 2010
We believe that the Commission will adopt as appropriate functional limits the TPMS standard recently amended in Geneva — UNECE Regulation 64 (R64) — but we also believe that this regulation is clearly unfit to deliver any benefit in terms of either safety or, especially, the environment...
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28 January 2010
Top of this list is the Volkswagen Golf VI that was first tested in 2008 under the former rating scheme and was re-released in 2009.
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15 January 2010
Weekly overview of the alert system for non food products.
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19 October 2009
FIA clubs are in favour of the introduction of mandatory tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). However, such systems should provide for minimum additional costs for car buyers.
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29 September 2009
In its answer to the consultation the FIA Eurocouncil will underline the need to have high level commitment, strong leadership, clear objectives and precise targets.
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26 August 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, today releases the results for eight new cars. Two of this month’s top-scorers are amongst the car industry’s most fuel-efficient vehicles: the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius 3.
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10 August 2009
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications - week 30 - 2009 / 1 passenger car manufacturer / 2 motorcycle manufacturers / 1 protective equipment manufacturer featured
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29 June 2009
The FIA believes that the disadvantages related to a relaxing of the currently allowed dimensions and weights for lorries far outweigh the advantages.
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26 June 2009
The Commission is of the opinion that the provisions of the Romanian legislation might discriminate against used cars brought from other Member States and protect the domestic new car industry.
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27 May 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, today releases the results for six new cars.
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27 March 2009
The Brilliance BS4 doesn’t shine at all in the results of the ADAC Crash Test done by the ADAC in cooperation with several FIA automobile clubs.
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24 March 2009
Germany does it, France does it, the US is edging towards doing it – and Britain is under pressure to follow.
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23 March 2009
New cars signalled in RAPEX.
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12 March 2009
The European Commission wants to label tyres according to fuel efficiency. But is saving energy being balanced with safety and clear information for the motorists?
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18 February 2009
Euro NCAP, the organisation that assesses the safety of new cars, has introduced a new overall car safety rating.
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15 January 2009
We kindly invite you to a Breakfast Workshop in the European Parliament, hosted by Zita Gurmai MEP with the support of ERTICO – ITS Europe, on 20th January 2009, from 8.30 to 10.00.
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15 January 2009
2008 was an important year for Euro NCAP, a stepping stone in its vision to ensure the safest possible cars are available on the market and that safety remains key in the consumer’s buying decision.
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15 July 2008
The FIA in general welcomes measures that optimise and relieve road freight transport unless they threaten safety, the environment or the road infrastructure.
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30 October 2007
Consultation on Advanced Safety Features and Tyres
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