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The Commission welcomes the general approach reached by the Council on the most ambitious legislation yet for the safety of vehicles on our roads.

In May this year, as part of the 3rd Mobility Package, the Commission proposed that cars, trucks and buses be equipped with new and advanced safety features, such as emergency braking, intelligent speed assistance and enhanced pedestrian and cyclist protection (see full list here).

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska said: "I welcome the determination of the Council to agree on these new rules already now. The General Safety Regulation is crucial to improve road safety. Every year, roughly 25,000 people die on roads in the EU, which is unacceptable. These new advanced safety features are also the enablers of automated mobility, promising EU industry leadership in this important new area. We now call on the European Parliament to give priority to work on this file in order to reach a rapid agreement. There is no time to lose."

While road fatalities have more than halved since 2001, 25,300 people still lost their lives on EU roads in 2017 and another 135,000 were seriously injured. The Commission is therefore taking measures with strong EU added-value to contribute to safe roads and to a Europe that protects. Once the new Regulation is adopted, the new safety measures will become mandatory within three years.

As part of the 3rd Mobility Package, the Commission will also help member states to systematically identify dangerous road sections and to better target investment. Overall this could save thousands of lives thereby contributing to the EU's long-term goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050 ('Vision Zero').

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