Press release
21 June 2011
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Sweden receives award for road safety efforts
Today, 21 June, Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd will receive the European Road Safety PIN Award by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) as the European country with the best results when it comes to road safety. Ms Elmsäter-Svärd is on hand in Brussels to accept the award on Sweden's behalf.
Last year, 266 people died on our roads. This means that Sweden has the lowest number of traffic deaths in proportion to its population. But the number of people who die and are seriously injured in traffic accidents is still unacceptable. Therefore the Government, together with other actors, will continue efforts to improve safety and security on our roads.
"Safety on our roads is a high priority issue in Sweden. There are a number of areas in which we have been successful, such as attending to dangerous stretches of road by building median guardrails, using surveillance cameras and setting proper speeds. We can, and will, go even further. Our vehicles must be even better at helping us drive safely in the future. The level of ambition and pace will be further increased," says Ms Elmsäter-Svärd.
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