As cars get safer, Volvo shifts its focus to dangerous behaviour

Vision Zero has matured from flight of fancy into one the industry’s big ambitions: no deaths nor serious injuries on the road, and in some versions, no emissions either. Progress on the road safety front continues: over the last five years, deaths in Europe have fallen by 4%. But statistics from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) show a widening gap between real-world reductions and the EU’s goal to cut the number of deaths by 50% over the period 2010 to 2020. The 2018 figure achieves less than half that figure, a 20.7% reduction compared with 2010. That figure should be closer to 43%, suggests the group.