The 2012 Edition of the EU Road Safety Basic Fact Sheets is now available at the DaCoTA Road Safety Knowledge System as developed through a common methodology by the EU co-funded research projects DaCoTA and SafetyNet, within the framework of developing and enhancing the European Road Safety Observatory. The EU Road Safety Basic Fact Sheets are based on data from the CARE Database and consist of summary and cross-country comparative tables, figures and maps on key road safety topics for which data are available.

The EU Road Safety Basic Fact Sheets cover the following topics:

– Road user and vehicle: Children (aged <15), Youngsters (aged 15-17), Young people (aged 18-24),Elderly (aged >64), Pedestrians, Cyclists, Motorcycles and mopeds, Car occupants, Heavy goods vehicles and buses, Gender.

– Road environment: Motorways, Junctions, Urban areas, Roads outside urban areas,  Seasonality, Single vehicle accidents.

-General: Main figures.