The Commission, in its communication on policy orientations on road safety for 2011-2020, entitled ‘Towards a European road safety area: policy orientations on road safety for 2011-2020’, proposed the goal of further halving the overall number of road fatalities in the Union by 2020, starting from 2010.
Sa teachtaireacht uaidh ar threoshuíomhanna beartais maidir le sábháilteacht ar bhóithre 2011-2020, dar teideal Towards a European road safety area: policy orientations on road safety for 2011-2020 (I dtreo limistéir Eorpaigh sábháilteachta ar bhóithre: treoshuíomhanna beartas maidir le sábháilteacht ar bhóithre 2011-2020), mhol an Coimisiún an sprioc go ndéanfaí líon iomlán na mbásanna ar na bóithre a laghdú faoina leath faoi 2020, ó 2010 ar aghaidh.