Press Releases

• New report shows more than 5000 deaths a year in EU still caused by drink-driving • Member States asked to increase enforcement and introduce rehabilitation programmes for drink-driving offenders

A double folded Pan-Hellenic Student Contest of Digital Creation, devoted to Road Safety, is being organized by the Educational Radio-Television of the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs and the Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas”. Primary students of the country are asked to use their imagination to promote the message, “Taking care on the road!”, while students of Secondary schools will portray their concerns on the subject: “Road Safety is everyone’s Right”.

‘Panos Mylonas’ Road Safety Institute (RSI) and Brautin Iceland Road Safety Organization, in cooperation with the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association, organized road safety educational activities and trainings for 5000 scouts, from 95 countries, who travelled to Iceland for the 15th Moot Global scout gathering (25.07 - 02.08)

(Paris, 29 May 2017) This 2 June, the International Union of Railways (UIC) and a host of other rail industry stakeholders, road authorities, academics and international institutions will meet for the launch of the 9th edition of International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD: www.ilcad.org).

RSI ‘Panos Mylonas’ and the EU Delegation in Greece re-join forces this summer, re-launching their successful campaign “Enjoy visiting Greece-Stay Safe on the road!” in an ongoing effort to raise awareness on Road Safety in Greece.

RSI "Panos Mylonas" completed 10 years of action in the sector of road safety. Following the tragic and unfair death of Panos Mylonas, an Organization that has a significant and active role in the prevention of road accidents was created.

On the occasion of the "World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims" (15/11) and the anniversary of the day that the Road Safety Institute (RSI) "Panos Mylonas" launched in Greece the campaign for “My World - The United Nations Global Survey for a Better World”, announces the results of the research.

R.S.I. “Panos Mylonas” organized the event European Nights without accidents for the 9th consequtive year, on Saturday October 17th, simultaneously with other European countries, spreading the message that «Drinking and driving never go together». The event was completed with great success and panhellenic acceptance.

Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) President Mrs. Vassiliki Danelli-Mylona met in Geneva on October 6th, 2015 with the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy on road safety and President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Mr. Jean Todt, to discuss road safety issues of vital interest and crucial importance.

R.S.I. “Panos Mylonas” and the global initiative “Scouting for Global Road Safety” we are welcomed with great enthusiasm at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) which took place from July 28th to August 8th 2015 in Japan.

Road safety Institute (RSI) “Panos Mylonas”, in collaboration with the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, is holding for one more year a road safety summer campaign for native and foreign drivers who are visiting Greece for vacations. The posters will be in public view at the airport facilities during the whole August under support of the Interbus transit media.

The Road Safety Institute (RSI) “Panos Mylonas” travels in Japan for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree 2015 (WSJ) as a partner of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) under the auspices of United Nations Organization.

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

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 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

Vassiliki Danelli-Mylona’s speech for the UN Global Road Safety Week Scouting for Global Road Safety Workshop

Road Safety Institute (RSI) “Panos Mylonas” and the Representation of the European Commission in Greece continue their efforts to raise awareness and improve the numbers of road traffic accidents in Greece, occurring especially during summer time.

Road Safety Institute (R.S.I.) “Panos Mylonas” in cooperation with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has presented the European Programme, AVENUE (Actions for Vulnerable, Elderly, Novice Drivers and road Users in Europe) for Traffic Safety.

Jamboree is an event in which Scouts, from every corner of the world, participates for two weeks. Every four years they gather in a different country and it constitutes the major event in which tens of thousands of Scouts are meet, live, play and learn together. It addresses Scouts - boys and girls - from 14 up to 17 year-old.

Major Road Safety Events during the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden, with the support of the United Nations and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM)

Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, France and Slovenia have all made reductions of more than 50% in the number of deaths on their roads since 2001.

A new programme begins for Road Safety titled “Scouting and Global Road Safety” which is an initiative of the R.S.I. “Panos Mylonas” and the Scouts of Greece in collaboration with Scouting Ireland and Road Safety Authority of Ireland (RSA) and it has been placed under the auspices of the UNECE. The program is included in the action for the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety.

The President of RSI "Panos Mylonas" Vassiliki Danelli Mylona following the invitation of Turkish Ministry of Transport and Communication and TUVTURK attended the 4th Stakeholder meeting and Appreciation Award Ceremony for the Traffic Responsibility Action programme in Turkey which was also attended by national agencies and selected international Organizations (6-7 April 2011).

On Saturday 16th of October 2010, the Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas” will be present in the biggest nightclubs.

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.

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.

                      How to tackle drink – driving in Greece?

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”.

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.

RSI “Panos Mylonas’’ continues the effort to inform the citizens in an attempt to prevent & minimize the road traffic accidents in our country.

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

1 country in 1995... 15 European countries in 2007!On October 20th 2007 the Road Safety Institute Panos Mylonas is present in the biggest nightclubs of Athens

The 1st Global Road Safety Conference took place in Tylösand of Sweden, http://www.tylosandconference.com, on 3-5 September 2007 with the participation of representatives from world Organizations, internationally known scientists and experts.

www.tylosandconference.com