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Today’s new figures show that in 2014, more than 200,000 people were seriously injured in road collisions, a rise of 3% in one year.

ETSC says the EU should upgrade the pedestrian protection tests that form part of the ‘type approval’ process that all new vehicles sold on the EU market must undergo.

The Hellenic Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas” coordinated activities and workshops in Greece during the 3rd Global Road Safety Week (4-10 of May 2015) in cooperation with Athens and Pikermi Municipal Authorities, private and public stakeholders, NGOs and the Representation of the European Commission in Greece.

The Day of Remembrance for Victims of Road Traffic Accidents (16 Nov.) was chosen by RSI "Panos Mylonas" to start an awareness campaign for «My World» global survey, conducted by the UN - «My world. Tell us the world you want».

The Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas” in cooperation with the Representation of the European Commission in Greece and under the auspices of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) continues its efforts to inform citizens by creating a new campaign along with Visit Greece www.visitgreece.gr in order to give road safety guidelines to both Greek and foreign drivers who will spend their holidays in our country, thus increasing the traffic on national and provincial roads.

26,025 people died as a result of road collisions in the EU in 2013; 199,000 seriously injured Numbers seriously injured not falling at same rate as deaths; call for EU target for 2020

Seat-belt reminder alerts in all car seats could save 900 lives a year Spain and Latvia make biggest progress in cutting car deaths

Greece’s unenviable position as one of the worst performers on road safety in the EU is not inevitable and can be improved. That was the main message in an event held in Athens by the Greek Presidency of the EU together with the Greek Road Safety Institute (Panos Mylonas) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) in the context of ETSC’s PIN program and RSI’s 7th National Road Safety Week.

The Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas” and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (H.I.T.E.) co-organize for the seventh consecutive year the Panhellenic Nationwide Road Safety Week with many activities throughout the country. This year the events will take place under the auspices of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks.

The Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) "Panos Mylonas" in its continuous efforts to inform and raise awareness all road users, has created an Info-Centre in the centre of Athens. It is an easily accesible pleasant area that will help increase public awareness in road safety issues.

The seminar on “Motorcycle Safe Riding” including both a theoretical and a practical part has been met with great interest and enthusiasm from the participants and was successfully completed on Saturday, December 14th.

The Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) "Panos Mylonas" continues its efforts to inform and raise awareness of all road users by creating in the heart of Athens, a pleasant area, easily accessible to all, in order to better inform citizens on road safety issues.

Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas” (R.S.I. “Panos Mylonas” - www.ioas.gr) for the 7th consecutive year is organizing on Saturday, October 19th 2013 events in 21 cities in Greece simultaneously with the large pan-European events in 22 other countries

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20th of August 2013, Brussels – Drivers across the European Union will face sanctions for breaking traffic laws even when driving in a foreign country. “Traffic laws apply to all drivers, regardless of the country where their vehicle is registered,” said Antonio Avenoso, ETSC Executive Director.