Cyprus responds positively, along with 10 other states, in terms of the procedures followed by the state for the purchase, lease and rental of vehicles for work refers, among other things, to the findings of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) which published on Tuesday the 49th report in the framework of the Road Safety PIN program.
The PIN Flash Report 49 presents the data in the 27 member states of the European Union as well as Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Serbia and the United Kingdom, on work-related road deaths and serious injuries.
It is reported that a large number of work-related road deaths and serious injuries occur each year in the EU but this number "cannot be precisely determined because there is no common definition of a work-related road crash".
The report states that from data provided by 16 European states, 30% to 40% of all road deaths are work-related. Based on this figure, annual work-related road deaths in the EU are likely to be 6,000-8,000.
The ETSC considers that the problem of road deaths and serious work-related injuries is not being given due importance by the EU, but also by the governments of the Member States, and makes recommendations.
Among them, a recommendation is made to collect and analyze comprehensive data on the number of road deaths and serious injuries on an annual basis, in order to build a concrete picture and use the data from collision investigations to target and shape risk prevention interventions at national and EU level.
It is also recommended to create a system of interlinking the data from the medical examiner's reports, from the reports on Health and Safety at Work and the road safety services, in order to establish the true picture of the deaths from work-related road collisions.
Among the recommendations are requiring employers to adopt the Safe System approach to their work-related road safety activities and supporting and encouraging employers to meet the requirements to carry out a work-related road risk assessment.
In the EU it is recommended to provide the possibility to categorize road deaths and serious injuries involving professional road users, road workers, commuters and third parties.
It also requires all EU institutions to only buy, lease or rent cars that have been awarded 5 stars by the Euro NCAP rating scheme.
