Car manufacturers urged to bring in safety measures to cut road carnage

THOUSANDS of deaths and serious injuries could be prevented each year on Europe’s roads if car manufacturers brought in safety changes ahead of legislation, a report published yesterday revealed.

Prepared for the European Commission, the study showed that 12,400 cyclists and pedestrians are killed and 296,000 seriously injured annually within the EU.

“The killing has got to stop now,” said Claes Tingvall, the chairman of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) which publishes crash-test results.