This paper outlines the need for an independent transport safety group which brings together professional and political knowledge. The paper describes the foundation of the European Transport Safety Group by three safety organizations: (I) Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat e.V.; (II) the British Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety; and (III) the Dutch Council for Traffic Safety (the Raad voor de Verkeersveiligheid). The aims of this new multi-disciplinary European group, which is in the process of being formed, are: (1) to identify and promote research-based solutions to transport accidents with due consideration to practicality, acceptability and cost; (2) to encourage common measures which will both provide genuine safety benefits and produce the best practice adoption rather than the lowest common denominator; (3) to encourage a wider awareness in the European Community of the causes, effects and solutions to transport accidents; and (4) to identify priorities for transport accident research.
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