This 3rd PIN Report provides an overview of European countries' performance in four areas of road safety. It builds on the 1st and 2nd Road Safety PIN Reports published in June 2007 and 2008 respectively. It shows how countries have progressed in reducing road deaths between 2001 and 2008 and how they perform in protecting a particular vulnerable group: children. It also gives an overview of the striking disparities in the market penetration of safe cars and outlines the role of European capitals as exemplars for other cities in reducing road mortality. These rankings have been carried out during the third year of the Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) between September 2008 and April 2009. They cover 30 countries, all 27 Member States of the European Union, together with Israel, Norway and Switzerland.