New Greek signatories of the European Road Safety Charter 2011
The European Road Safety Charter is an initiative of the European Commission aiming to engage with concrete actions as many as possible civil society organisations to the improvement of road safety in Europe, in order to achieve the common objective: to help reduce road fatalities and injuries. The Charter has more than 2.000 signatories. On March 3rd, 2011, several Greek Organisations signed the European Road Safety Charter and joined the large list of Greek signatories.
The new National Road Safety Council 2010
The new Law 3897/2010 prepared by the Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport & Networks, establishing the National Road Safety Council and the General Diretorate for Road Safety of this Ministry, is in force since December 10th, 2010. The National Road Safety Council aims to support the various activities of the national road safety policy.
European Road Safety Day – New political orientations 2010
During the European Road Safety Day on October 13th, 2010, organised by the European Commission, the new strategic guidelines on European road safety policy for the period 2011‑2020 have been presented. At this European Road Safety Day particular importance was attributed to the cross‑border fight against the offences which cause most deaths.
Inter-Ministry Committee on Road Safety 2010
According to the Prime Minister Decision (ΦΕΚ Β’63/27-1-2010) the Greek Inter-Ministry Committee on Road Safety is established.
NTUA Road Safety event with the President of the Republic 2008
On June 3rd, 2008, NTUA organized an event on Road Safety under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic. The event was held in the Old Parliament House and was attended by more than 250 people, including Ministers, Members of the Parliament and other key road safety experts. At the key note speech Professor George Kanellaidis highlighted the current challenges of road safety in Greece and stressed the importance of the strategic planning for the improvement of road safety in Greece.
European Road Safety Day 2008 – Safety in the Cities
The second European Road Safety Day of the European Commission has been celebrated in Paris on October 13th, 2008. The second road safety day is dedicated to Road Safety in our Cities, as about two thirds of the accidents and one third of all road fatalities occur in urban areas, often affecting the most vulnerable road users.
European Road Safety Charter signed by 10 Greek Partners 2007
The European Road Safety Charter is an initiative of the European Commission aiming to engage as many as possible civil society organisations to the improvement of road safety in Europe, in order to achieve the common goal: halving the number of traffic fatalities by 2010. Ten Greek Organisations have signed so far the Charter.
European Road Safety Day – The target is attainable 2007
During the European Road Safety Day on April 27th, 2007, organised by the European Commission it was stated that the European action plan continues to deliver results and the target of saving 25.000 lives on Europe’s roads by 2010 is attainable. Greece is lagging behind with a fatalities decrease of 11% in comparison to the 22% average decrease in Europe of 27.
Global Road Safety Week on Young Road Users 2007
The week of 23 to 29 April 2007 has been declared by the United Nations and the World Health Organisation as the First United Nations Global Road Safety Week. It is targeted at young road users including young drivers who are over-represented in road accidents.