The Commission is preparing a revision of both the General Safety Regulation and the Pedestrian Safety Regulation. The aims are to:

• make new vehicle safety requirements mandatory
• address safety gaps in the current legislation
• improve upon the shortage of in depth accident data on causes of accidents and effectiveness of specific safety measures
• promote increasing automation in vehicles as well as improve their efficiency

Recent analyses show a stagnation of progress in road casualty reduction, important technological vehicle safety progress, as well as clear calls from numerous stakeholders to take action. Therefore, a public consultation was launched. The public consultation aims to gather stakeholder views on the best means to improve current vehicle safety measures, to complement existing studies in this field. The questionnaire is available in 6 languages.

Please provide your feedback to the public consultation by 22 October 2017.