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TfL launches proposal for new Direct Vision Standard to improve road safety

Data from 2018 to 2020 showed  HGVs were involved in nearly half of the fatal collisions involving people cycling and 19 percent  involving people walking. TfL wants to further improve the safety standards of HGVs operating in Greater London, reducing the risks to vulnerable road users such as people walking and cycling. In 2019, when the first phase of …

Cities urge EU to mandate safer truck designs to cut road deaths

A group of 18 major European cities have written to Commission President Juncker urging him to prioritise road safety by mandating a direct vision standard for trucks as soon as possible. Cities such as London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels and Copenhagen are re-designing existing roads and cutting vehicle speeds but say they cannot be successful “if …