Published Sun, 28/06/2015 - 20:40
MEMBERS OF TISPOL’s Executive Committee met recently in Malta. The visit, a first for TISPOL in Malta, was made possible by the efforts of Council member Mario Tonna and his colleagues from the Maltese Police.
Published Wed, 24/06/2015 - 15:03
A joint operation was carried out between the Traffic branch and the Dog section of Malta's Police on Sunday 21 June, where a task force organised road checks in Triq MA Vassalli, Saint Julians, under the direction and supervision of Inspector Sergio Pisani, Traffic branch. A total of 209 (two hundred and nine) vehicles were checked and the following offences were detected:
Published Thu, 18/06/2015 - 11:24
Progress on reducing road deaths in the EU slowed to just -0.6% last year, the worst annual reduction since the first common EU target was set in 2001, according to new analysis published by the European Transport Safety Council. EU member states now need to cut deaths by almost 8% each year until 2020 to meet the target set in 2010 to halve deaths within a decade.
France, Ireland, Germany and the UK were among the 12 EU member states that saw an increase in the number of road deaths last year compared with 2013.
Published Thu, 11/06/2015 - 06:57
TISPOL joins 11 MEPs, more than 50 experts and representatives of road safety organisations and victims' groups from across Europe to urge European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to reverse his decision to drop the new EU serious injury target.
The letter was sent ahead of Thursday’s meeting of national transport ministers in Luxembourg where the target was announced. The European Transport Safety Council learnt that the announcement of the target has been dropped and no new date has been set for its publication.
Published Thu, 04/06/2015 - 10:11
TISPOL supports today’s call from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) for improvements to the safety of cyclists and pedestrians.
TISPOL General Secretary Ruth Purdie said: “Since 2010 the reduction in the number of cyclist and pedestrian deaths has slowed down considerably. It is vital that we find new and effective ways to re-invigorate an effective, co-ordinated and sustained casualty reduction initiative across Europe.
