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Covid-19 is a major pandemic with large number of victims (165.000 fatalities at mid-April 2020), which can be compared to the road traffic accidents pandemic (1,35
million fatalities and 50 million injuries per year globally). However,
road traffic accidents pandemic has never being seeing by the global
population and the Governments as such a serious health problem and
traffic safety measures have never being considered so seriously and
massively by the Governments neither accepted by the people, as with
Covid-19 pandemic measures.
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Latest Developments
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NTUA supports and endorses the Stockholm Declaration, as the outcome document of the 3rd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety 2020, focusing on global road safety efforts up to 2030 presented
by the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure. The Declaration went
through an extensive consultation with WHO Member States through their
permanent representations in Geneva, and a transparent and inclusive
public consultation open to everybody around the world and is expected
to guide all road safety efforts around the globe for the decade up to
2030. 
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In
France since July 1, 2018, the speed limit on all two-way roads,
without a central separator, outside urban areas was reduced from 90
km/h to 80 km/h. The French Road Safety Observatory (ONISR) and Cerema
published recently a provisional 18-months evaluation in which it was
demonstrated that over the year 2019, compared to the reference average
for 2013-2017, 211 lives were saved on the network outside built-up areas outside motorways, while at the same time 44 more lives were lost in built-up areas.   
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Stephen Perkins, the Head of Research and Policy Analysis at the International Transport Forum
(ITF), highlights that safe urban mobility needs a 30km/h speed limit.
He cites examples of effective policies in India, France and Colombia
supporting that aligning safe speeds to the design of infrastructure
and the mix of road users lies at the heart of Safe System policies.
Finally, he endorses the fact that all countries can significantly cut
the number of deaths and injuries on the roads, regardless of GDP per
capita. 
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Statistics Corner
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The fifth edition of the Glossary for Transport Statistics is now published by the ITF, Eurostat and UNECE.
The Glossary for Transport Statistics was published for the first time
in 1994 with the purpose of assisting member countries during the
collection of data on transport using the Common Questionnaire developed
by the UNECE, ITF and Eurostat. It now comprises 744 definitions and represents a point of reference for all those involved in transport statistics. The road accidents section can be proved highly useful for international road safety statistics.  
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The
impressive decrease in road fatality figures in Greece of the last
decade paused this year (2019), according to recently published ELSTAT provisional data. Compared to 2018 figures, in 2019 there has been no improvement in fatalities. However, during the last decade, Greece presents the most impressive road safety improvement in the European Union,
with a decrease of road fatalities of 44% and a decrease of serious
injuries of 63%. The rate fatalities per million vehicles has decreased
by 44% since 2010. It is noted that 2019 and 2015, two election years
in Greece, together with 2016, were the only years since 2004 without
significant decrease of road fatalities. 
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Our Publications
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The
“Innovation, Emerging Mobility Trends, and the Role of the Private
Sector in Road Safety” event which was organised by the International
transport Forum ( ITF), the Volvo Group and the ITF Corporate Partnership Board (CPB), was held with great success on 18 February 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. The event brought together top road safety experts, policymakers and other stakeholders which highlighted the importance of the ongoing innovative work of key global companies in improving road safety; with new technologies and data being the major catalysts.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:  CPB Report: Safer Roads with Automated Vehicles?
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UNECE and the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina
organised the Transport-related SDGs and Road Safety System Workshop
which took place with great success in Sarajevo, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, on 4-5 March 2020. The aim of the Workshop was to
strengthen the knowledge of competent institutions in the field of road
safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina and experts on transport‐related SDG and how to define framework road safety strategy and improve road safety situation.  NTUA road safety presentations concerned:
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The Mobility 2020 and Road Safety Conference (MOBILITET) organised by the Institute of Transport Economics (TØI),
took place with great success on 4-5 February 2020, in Oslo,
Norway. The MOBILITET 2020 gathered Norwegian and international
scientists, politicians, key figures from the government and business
community to discuss on climate issues, urbanization, innovation, technology, traffic safety and mobility trends.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:  Skal den enkeltes frihet gå på bekostning av andres ulykke?
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Athenian Brewery organized a Round-table Meeting titled “ Responsible Alcohol Consumption and Road Safety”, which was held with great success in Athens, Greece, on 12 February 2020. Participants exchanged
ideas and proposals creating opportunities for actions aimed at
educating especially young road users and informing about responsible
alcohol consumption, driving behaviour and road accident prevention.   NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Road Safety 
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A paper titled “An exploration of European road users’ safety attitudes towards speeding” authored by Alexandra Laiou, Athanasios Theofilatos, George Yannis, Uta Meesmann and Katrien Torfs is now published in Journal of Transportation Safety & Security. The objective of this paper is to analyse attitudes and opinions of Europeans on speeding and
compare them amongst countries based on demographic characteristics as
well as to provide a number of recommendations to be used in the effort
to reduce speeding and improve road safety. All reported attitudes
depend strongly on participants’ gender and age. The majority of people
who accept driving over the speed limit do not believe that speed limits
are set at acceptable levels. 
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A Diploma Thesis titled “ Greek drivers’ attitudes towards aggressive driving”
was recently presented by Aggeliki Stefatou. The objective of this
Diploma Thesis is the investigation of the characteristics of driver
aggressiveness in Greece via their perceptions on their own behavior and
the behavior of other drivers. Specifically, within the framework of
the SafeCulture survey, the answers of 302 car drivers and 201
two-wheeler drivers on 8 questions regarding speed, 6 questions
regarding overtaking behavior and aggressiveness and 4 questions
regarding alcohol consumption were analyzed. Results indicate that drivers do not perceive traditional crash factors as causes for their crash involvement.
The only contributing factors perceived by drivers was found to be
those involving driver overtaking behavior and aggressiveness.  
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Upcoming Events
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Participate now at the survey of the Horizon 2020 project Drive2theFuture. The survey aims to explore opinions about the acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles for
different transport modes while it is structured of four main areas
corresponding to each transport domain (aviation, maritime, rail, road)
and every section includes a simple description of what automation means
for each mode.  The survey is available in several languages: 
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International Road Federation ( IRF) – Geneva in collaboration with the European Union Road Federation ( ERF) and the European Association of Tollway Operators ( ASECAP) are organizing the IRF Virtual Workshop on “ Unleashing road infrastructure potential for Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM)”, on 23 April 2020, 15:00-16:30 CET. This
workshop session will provide insights into the role, the vision and
challenges of the road infrastructure sector in this transition period
towards Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM). It will do
so by hearing from key stakeholders such as road operators, road
markings and road signage providers, technology providers, researchers. 
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