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  ECF will coordinate a road safety project that will establish expert guidelines on cycling road safety and export that knowledge to countries in other pa...

27 Feb, 2019
 European Parliament takes a step towards Safer Vehicles for Cyclists and Pedestrians

The European Parliament has decided that now is the right time to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Europe drastically by equipping motor vehic...

21 Feb, 2019
European Parliament officially takes its position to exclude pedelecs from mandatory motor insurance

As reported to ECF members a couple of weeks ago[1] the European Parliament IMCO committee, led by MEP Charanzová, agreed with ECF to exclude pedelecs from the...

14 Feb, 2019
ECF co-signs letter to MEPs in European Parliament to vote for safer vehicles

ECF co-signs letter with another 12 organisations calling on MEPs to be bold in voting for a raft of vehicle safety technologies and measures. The IMCO committ...

11 Feb, 2019

Brussels, 23rd January 2019. Yesterday the Consumer Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (IMCO Committee) voted in favour of the exclusion of e-bikes (u...

23 Jan, 2019

Transport Ministers presented the European Council ‘General Approach’ (sort of final position) on the Commission’s proposal on changes to the Road Infrastructur...

03 Dec, 2018

ECF spoke at the European Parliament IMCO committee workshop hearing to put the case for mandating a range of vehicle safety standards along with many othe...

30 Nov, 2018

ECF has signed a Joint Statement along with the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and the Eur...

29 Nov, 2018

ECF has added its voice to a range of stakeholders, from road safety organisations, cities, and user groups to representatives of the automotive industry callin...

26 Nov, 2018

ECF co-signed a letter last week along with a number of other respected European organisations from all walks of political life, including safety experts, consu...

22 Oct, 2018

ECF has signed a joint statement along with European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), European Union Road Federation (ERF), European Transport Workers Federatio...

27 Sep, 2018

Collisions with cars, vans and lorries account for a large proportion of cyclist deaths. The severity of impacts between motor vehicles and cyclists is influenc...

06 Jun, 2018

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