Poland - deaths fall by half in ten years
On the day that it published its Performance Index (PIN) Report, The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) awarded its 2023 Road Safety PIN) Award to Poland for the first time. The country cut road deaths by 47% between 2012 and 2022, a rate only bettered by Lithuania, last year’s winner. The EU average reduction was 22%.
The announcement coincides with new analysis published today by ETSC which shows road deaths in the EU rose by 4% last year, to 20,679. That number is still 9% lower than in 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically altered traffic volumes. However, ETSC is warning that a 17.2% decrease would have been needed since 2019 in order to stay on track to reach the EU and UN target of halving the number of road deaths by 2030.
7th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN Report) can be downloaded here.
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