Efforts around blind spot accidents remain topical

Proportionally, nowhere are there more cycling fatalities in Europe than in Flanders. A new report by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) shows that with 9.5 cycling fatalities per million inhabitants, Flanders had the worst score of all Europe in 2013. As in the rest of Europe, the number of pedestrian and cyclist road deaths has fallen over 10 years, but less sharply than among vehicle occupants. Cycling safety is particularly worrying, the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Studies (VSV) informed on Thursday.