PTV Group signs Global Road Safety Commitment

German consulting and software group PTV has signed the Global Road Safety Commitment, pledging its support to the agreement on road safety worldwide, designed to help organisations develop a systematic approach to reducing the main risks caused by road traffic, ensuring greater safety on the roads. The annual death toll from road traffic accidents stands at over one million worldwide. The United Nations is aiming to reduce this number considerably and has declared the period from 2011 to 2020 the Decade
June 6, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
German consulting and software group 3264 PTV has signed the Global Road Safety Commitment, pledging its support to the agreement on road safety worldwide, designed to help organisations develop a systematic approach to reducing the main risks caused by road traffic, ensuring greater safety on the roads.

The annual death toll from road traffic accidents stands at over one million worldwide. The United Nations is aiming to reduce this number considerably and has declared the period from 2011 to 2020 the Decade of Action for Road Safety. The European Road Safety Charter is pursuing the same aim and has to date enlisted more than 2,300 public and private organisations, including the PTV Group.

"With the support of the Global Road Safety Commitment, we are one step closer to making roads safer all over the world", says CEO Vincent Kobesen, who signed the agreement on behalf of the PTV Group.

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