Luxemburg meets road safety target

Official data for Luxemburg, one of Europe's smallest nations, suggests that the country is on track to achieve its road safety targets during this year.
March 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Official data for Luxemburg, one of Europe's smallest nations, suggests that the country is on track to achieve its road safety targets during this year. The country's government says that just 32 people were killed on the country's roads during 2010, a third less than in 2009. This is also the lowest road fatality rate since 1947, when the country first commenced compiling road safety statistics. The number of fatal road accidents in Luxemburg fell by a third to 29 in 2010. In all, one pedestrian, one cyclist, one motorcyclist, six passengers and 23 car drivers were killed. Luxembourg has achieved its 2465 European Commission goal to half the total of 70 deaths from road accidents in 2001. This has been managed due to co-operation between the government, police and authorities. However, despite low figures, the country's government says it will continue to implement traffic safety measures to further reduce the death toll.

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