New cars sold in Europe are considered some of the safest available. With a new wave of active safety technologies filtering in, the next generation of models look poised to make European roads even safer.

The hope is that standard fitment of collision mitigation technologies and driver monitoring systems (DMS) could bring about a significant reduction to both serious and fatal crashes. Legislation will soon be introduced to this effect. From 2022, new cars and vans sold in Europe must be fitted with a raft of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as standard. These include automatic emergency braking (AEB), driver distraction and fatigue warning and lane-keep assistance systems.

“Europe remains by far the…