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July 1st, 2010: SPEEDING KILLS02/July/2010 .: The Road Safety Institute (I.O.AS.) “Panos Mylonas” in the framework of to its mission for the reduction of road accidents and the control of excessive and inappropriate speed that causes the 1/3 of the fatal road accidents, undertook the initiative to conduct a systematic program of speed monitoring and enforcement at the area of East Attica, in collaboration with the Traffic Police Department of Agia Paraskevi being in charge of that particular area.
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JUNE 22nd, 2010: “Act safely at level crossings!”21/June/2010 .: International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) on 22 June 2010
(Paris/Brussels, 21 June 2010) Despite all the measures taken to indicate the presence of level crossings and make them safe, too many road users and pedestrians are killed or injured at such crossings each year right around the world. Almost all accidents at level crossing are due to road users failing to observe mandatory stop lights, signals and basic traffic safety rules. Contrary to what is generally thought, most accidents involve “regulars”, in particular those living near and/or making regular use of a level-crossing, as familiarity habit makes them less careful or more reckless, which may prove fatal.
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E.T.S.C. - Ambitious Road Safety Targets Needed for 202014/Jan/2010 .: 14 January 2010, Brussels –More than a hundred EU road safety experts and stakeholders met today at the European Transport Safety Council’s(1) Safety Lunch(2) to discuss new 2020 targets. The European Commission is expected to publish its 4th Road Safety Action Programme (RSAP) this spring. There has been a 28% reduction in European road deaths between 2001 and 2008(3). If current trends continue road deaths are likely to fall by a third in 2010. ETSC stresses that the adoption of the target in 2001 was essential in reducing the number of deaths. The opportunity to further reduce this by 2020 should not be missed.
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INVITATION TO THE DEBATE, 25th NOVEMBER 200920/Nov/2009 .: How to tackle drink – driving in Greece?
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World Transport Ministers to Tackle Road Safety at First U.N. Conference on Road Safety19/Nov/2009 .: 18 November 2009, Brussels – Today Transport Ministers, the European Transport Safety
Council and other NGO representatives from over 40 countries will meet at the 1st U.N.
Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Moscow, Russia. The U.N. Conference will be a
historical landmark for countries to join forces in tackling the problems of road safety
globally. The WHO predicts that road traffic injuries will rise to become the fifth leading
cause of death by 2030
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World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims, 15th Nov. 200912/Nov/2009 .: At least 300,000 people are seriously injured on EU roads every year
Governments and EU called to adopt serious injuries reduction targets
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RESULTS - EUROPEAN NIGHT WITHOUT ACCIDENT, 17th OCT 0927/Oct/2009 .: Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas (RSI – www.ioas.gr, www.rsi-panosmylonas.gr) has organized with great success the event “European Night Without Accident” in Greece and Cyprus together with the European organization in 27 countries.
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Roads to the Future - Alliance for safety and courtesy on the road20/Mar/2009 .: Athens, 20 March 2009 - In a Press Conference that was realized today in Aigli Zappeiou, the Institute of Road Safety (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas”, continuing consequently its effort for the consolidation of responsible mentality for Greek drivers, presented the new initiative “Roads to the Future… Alliance for safety and courtesy on the road”.
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PIN Flash 12 Reducing Child Deaths on European Roads09/Feb/2009 .: Some 18,500 children have been killed in road collisions over the past ten years in the EU-27, around 1,200 of them in 2007 alone. At least half of those deaths, 600, could have been avoided, had the level of child road safety been the same across Europe as in Sweden.
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Presentation of the Program “Roads to Respect” by the European Transport Safety Council02/July/2008 .: The presentation, organized in cooperation with the Road Safety Institute Panos Mylonas, the National Technical University of Athens and the University of Patras will take place at the Park Hotel, Athens on Thursday 3rd July at 15.00.
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Dangerous spots traffic signs placement on the road KORINTHOS – PATRAS19/Jan/2008 .: 266 persons lost their lives, 263 were seriously injured while 763 escaped with slight injuries during the period 2000-2004 on the National Road Korinthos - Patras.
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Informational Campaign on Road Safety07/Jan/2008 .: RSI “Panos Mylonas’’ continues the effort to inform the citizens in an attempt to prevent & minimize the road traffic accidents in our country.
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Local Road Safety Initiatives Deserve European Boost07/Jan/2008 .: 22 November 2007, Paris – Together the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) (1) and the French NGO
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Road Safety PIN Talk in Lisbon, November 200707/Jan/2008 .: Portugal aims to halve road deaths ahead of EU Deadline
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European Night Without Accident - RESULTS23/Oct/2007 .: Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas (RSI – http://www.ioas.gr/, www.rsi-panosmylonas.gr) has organized with great success for the first time in Athens the event “European Night Without Accident” on Saturday night, October 22 2007
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