At least 24,000 people lost their lives in road accidents in the EU's 27 capitals over the last ten years. These figures were revealed in the latest European Transport Safety Council's (ETSC) study. Despite reductions over the decade, last year alone the total number of road victims in the EU's capitals was 1,560. Dublin, Lisbon and Oslo scored the best year-to-year reduction in the number of victims per 100,000 residents followed by Sofia, Bratislava, Madrid, Bucharest, Warsaw, Paris, Copenhagen and Tallinn. While the general risk of dying on the capital cities' roads is half the risk of dying in a road collision in the rest of the country, one out of two road victims in capitals is either a pedestrian or a cyclist. Providing road safety to vulnerable road users is a major challenge for the future, says the ETSC.
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