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The International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) published the full version of the Road Safety Annual Report 2019, which provides an overview of road safety performance for 41 countries.
The report outlines the most recent road safety developments and
provides comparative data for the main road safety indicators. It also
offers detailed analysis by road user, age group and types of road. It
describes the crash data collection process in IRTAD countries, the road
safety strategies and targets in place and information on recent trends
in speeding, drink-driving and other aspects of road user behaviour.  
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Latest Developments
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The third edition of Road Safety Manual (RSM) developed by the World Road Association (PIARC) is designed to help countries at every stage of infrastructure development to fulfil road safety objectives. It
is aligned with key pillars for the United Nations Decade of Action for
Road Safety 2011-2020: Pillar 1: Road Safety Management, Pillar 2:
Safer Roads and Mobility, Pillar 4: Safer Road Users. This comprehensive
resource builds on the broad range of knowledge and experience provided
by PIARC in the previous editions. It includes new thinking on road
safety and offers a clear argument on why adopting a Safe System
approach is crucial for all countries. 
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The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has
published a Report titled “Briefing: EU Strategic Action Plan on Road
Safety”. In June 2019, the European Commission adopted the EU Road
Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030, outlining specific policy measures
planned for 2021-2030 and developing on the EU Strategic Action Plan on
Road Safety published in May 2018. ETSC stresses the need for stronger measures including legislation and a wider coverage
of existing and emerging road safety issues that will be essential to
addressing the recent stagnation in progress on reducing road deaths
in the EU.  
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Twelve EU Member States are joining forces to share smart ideas for improving road safety, as part of a new EU-funded project: “Road Safety Exchange”, coordinated by the European Transport Safety Council
(ETSC) and launched in Brussels on October 9th, 2019. The three-year EU
Road Safety Exchange project aims to tackle the current important
disparities between the various EU countries and will link up experts on
one hand from Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
and on the other hand from Austria, France, Ireland, the Netherlands,
Spain and Sweden. Transport experts from the twelve participating
countries will work together to share best practice on reducing
speed, building safe infrastructure and improve enforcement, data
collection, as well as the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in urban
areas. 
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Our Publications
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The International Transport Forum ( ITF/OECD) organised a Workshop on Micromobility Safety, as part of the ITF Corporate Partnership Board,
which took place with great success in Lisbon, Portugal, on 18 October
2019. The workshop focussed on the safety questions arising with the
rapid development of electrically powered personal mobility devices and
framed policy recommendations (including safety regulation and road
space allocation) to best manage the safety of all micromobility
vehicles and services, from e-scooters to e-bikes, whether privately
owned or hired.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:  The effect of experience on injury risk across various modes of transport
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A paper titled “ Driving Safety Efficiency Benchmarking Using Smartphone Data” authored by Dimitrios Tselentis, Eleni Vlahogianni, and George Yannis is now published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. This paper aims to provide a methodological framework for the comparative evaluation of driving safety efficiency based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
The analysis considers each driver as a Decision-Making Unit (DMU) and
aims to provide a relative safety efficiency measure to compare
different drivers based on their driving performance. The proposed
methodological framework is tested on data from fifty-six (56) drivers
during a 7-months period. Findings help distinguish the most efficient
drivers from those that are less efficient. Most common inefficient
driving practices are identified (aggressive, risky driving, etc.) and
driving behaviour is comparatively evaluated and analyzed. 
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A Diploma Thesis titled “ Analysis of pedestrians distracted behaviour talking on mobile phone” was recently presented by Dimitra Typa. The aim of this Diploma Thesis was to investigate the impact of hand-held cell phone conversation on pedestrians’ traffic and safety behaviour, when crossing signalized intersections.
An outdoor-environment experiment, through video recording, was
conducted in real road conditions, in three signalized intersections at
the centre of Athens for the purpose of comparing the behaviour of
distracted and non-distracted pedestrians. The results of the models’
application demonstrated that distraction caused by hand-held cell phone
conversation had a negative impact on pedestrians’ main traffic and
safety characteristics, since, in general, mobile use not only decreases
pedestrians’ speed but also increases their probability of being
involved in an accident with an oncoming vehicle.  
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Upcoming Events
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The Horizon 2020 research project LEVITATE is organising an Experts and Stakeholders Workshop on Impact Assessment of Connected and Automated Transport Systems which will take place on 26 November in Brussels.
Public authorities, road users, researchers and industry players will
discuss how the Levitate Policy Support Tool (PST) could assist Cities
identifying the potential societal level impacts of connected and
automated transport systems. Emphasis will be given to the prediction
of the impact of transport systems automation (forecasting tool) and the
identification of (policy) interventions to help achieve certain
long-term mobility goals and/or to mitigate the potential negative
effects of transport systems automation (backcasting tool).  Programme is now available. 
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