The EU Road Safety Exchange, which was launched in Brussels on 9 October, is a partnership between 12 countries to share best practices in road safety.

A Dutch insurance company’s app to prevent drivers from becoming distracted behind the wheel and safe cycling lessons for Romanian schoolchildren are among the six winners of the 2019 European Road Safety Charter award.

This year’s six winners honour people and organisations who are dedicated to making Europe’s roads safer, with initiatives that range from high-tech solutions to practical training. The heroes include teachers in a Romanian school who dedicate their time to teaching children about road safety and a community organisation in a Belgian town.

Fifty-two people were killed on the EU’s roads on September 26, this year’s European Day Without a Road Death (Project EDWARD). Although still far above the aim of zero fatalities, it is significantly better than the average of 70 deaths a day in the EU. Eleven countries achieved zero road deaths.