Recital (59)

In order to enable the preparation of meaningful reports on the implementation of this Directive, the Commission should receive, on a yearly basis, information regarding the number of physical and mobile driving licences issued, renewed, replaced, withdrawn and exchanged, for each category. The Commission should also receive statistics on severe road traffic accidents involving 17-year-old drivers participating in an accompanied driving scheme, within the broader data collection on road traffic accidents of professional drivers. In view of the preparation of those reports, the Member States’ mutual assistance in the implementation of this Directive, and the Member States’ joint efforts to improve road safety in general, Member States are encouraged to share information regularly among themselves and with the Commission on their best practices as regards driver-related road safety measures, for instance risk awareness training, novice driver schemes, attention to vulnerable road users, lifelong training, or monitoring of the driver’s fitness to drive. Those exchanges can be part of project work, such as the European Road Safety Observatory and the EU Road Safety Exchange, or of regular expert group meetings. Differences in methods, practices and national characteristics between Member States are a valuable source for mutual learning and the exchange of best practices.