Europes approach to tackling road safety is in trouble. According to the current trend, deaths are set to fall by only a quarter by 2030. There were 20,400 road deaths in the EU last year down just 1% on the previous year, falling far short of the 6.1% annual reduction needed to reach the EU target.1 While this represents a 10% reduction since 2019 - the baseline for the 2030 target - the downward trend has…
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European Transport Safety Council
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 78891371297-34
4
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #192 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
9.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
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declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
European Transport Safety Council filed 4 positions between 18 Feb 2022 and 6 Nov 2025, across 3 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2022 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed
What they argued
In the EU, 3,310 people lost their lives in road collisions involving a truck of 3.5t or above in 2018 alone, representing 14% of all road deaths. The relatively large mass of a truck translates into a higher severity of injury for other road users involved in a collision.
Thousands of people are still dying in collisions involving goods vehicles in the EU every year: many goods vehicle drivers, but even more car occupants and vulnerable road users. European Commission (2022), Road traffic fatalities in the EU in 2019 by road user and (other) ‘main vehicle’ involved in the crash, https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/document/download/82bfd7e1-b193-4eb3-ad8a-25d474924941_en ETSC…
ETSC welcomes the list of urban mobility indicators and data collection methods proposed in the draft Annex which will provide a comprehensive overview of road safety in urban nodes. Two additions to the indicators might be considered: SU2 - an additional, fifth, travel mode could be e-scooter/micromobility device. AC. 4 - could be complemented/improved by adding an indicator on the size of the bicycle fleet.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Cefic · 2 files in common
- Danish Chamber of Commerce · 2 files in common
- Transport & Environment · 2 files in common
- SMEunited · 2 files in common
- VÖWG · 2 files in common
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