However, where the body has paid compensation for significant personal injuries to any victim of the same accident in which damage to property was caused by an unidentified vehicle, Member States may not exclude the payment of compensation for damage to property on the basis that the vehicle is not identified.

Personal injuries and damage to property suffered by pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorised users of the road, who are usually the weakest party in an accident, should be covered by the compulsory insurance of the vehicle involved in the accident where they are entitled to compensation under national civil law.

The option of limiting or excluding compensation on the basis that the vehicle is not identified should not apply where the body has paid compensation for significant personal injuries to any victim of the same accident in which the damage to property was caused.

(5) Notes that, in attributing an economic cost to fatalities, and to the physical and material damage caused by road accidents, the second programme introduced an economic dimension in the approach to road safety;

3. Section 4 contains possible main features of an EC environmental liability regime, namely: no retroactive application, coverage of both environmental damage (site contamination and damage to biological diversity, also called biodiversity) and traditional damage (harm to health and property). The scope of application should be a 'closed' one, to be linked with EC environment related legislation. Contaminated sites and traditional damage should only be covered if caused by an EC regulated (potentially) hazardous activity; damage to biodiversity only if protected under the Natura 2000 network, which is based on the Wild Birds Directive ...[+++]and the Habitats Directive.

insurance is to cover personal injuries suffered by pedestrians and cyclists and other non-motorised users of the roads as a consequence of an accident caused by a motor vehicle, if they are entitled to compensation in accordance with national civil law;