Road Safety Conference in Malta

The European Commission, in collaboration with the Maltese Presidency of the European Union, organised with great success a High-Level Conference on Road Safety in Valletta, Malta.  The two-day event brought together road safety experts, stakeholders and policy-makers and was an opportunity to discuss the current state of play in road safety, and the way forward to reduce the number of road deaths and serious injuries. A Declaration on Road Safety was endorsed during the Ministerial Conference. 

For more information:

Valletta Declaration

Road deaths per million inhabitants: Preliminary country by country statistics for 2016

Press Release: Road Safety: Encouraging results in 2016 call for continued efforts to save lives on EU roads

Recommendations on:

• Road safety strategies and policies
• Enforcement of traffic rules
• Infrastructure safety
• Smart road solutions
• Vulnerable road users

PICTURES from the conference