NRSO Road Safety Update - April 2021
George Yannis <nrso@central.ntua.gr>
Προς:efthita_rh@yahoo.gr
Τρί, 11 Μαΐ στις 12:41 μ.μ.
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According to the European Commission almost
4.000 (-17%) fewer people lost their lives on EU roads in 2020 compared
to 2019. Lower traffic volumes, as the result of the Covid-19 pandemic, had a clear impact on the number of road fatalities. Over
the previous decade between 2010 and 2020, the number of road deaths
dropped by 36%. This was short of the target of 50% fewer deaths that
had been set for that decade. However, with 42 road deaths per 1 million
inhabitants, the EU has the safest roads in the world.  |
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Latest Developments
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The European Commission has recently published the Study
on market development and safety of personal mobility devices (PMDs)
and L-category vehicles, prepared by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). The main objectives of this Study were to provide an inventory of the various types of personal mobility devices available on the market, to provide a detailed analysis of the market and the influence of the existing legislations at EU and national level and to provide a collection and evaluation of available data and information on accidents involving personal mobility devices.  |
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Statistics Corner
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According to the EU road fatalities infographic of the NTUA Road Safety Observatory based on preliminary European Commission DG-Move data for 2020,
Sweden ranked first in 2020 with 18 fatalities/mil. inhabitants
followed by Malta (21) and Denmark (27), whereas Greece ranked 20th (54)
and Romania ranked last (85). 13 countries had a better performance
than the EU average of 42 fatalities/mil. inhabitants. Greece
was the only country that achieved the decade 2010-2020 target of 50%
road fatalities reduction, with a performance of -52%.  |
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Road
fatalities in Greece in 2020 presented a significant decrease (16%)
compared to 2019 figures, according to recently published ELSTAT data. This significant decrease is mainly attributed to the traffic restrictions due to the pandemic. During the last decade, Greece presented the most impressive road safety improvement in the European Union, with a decrease of 54% in road fatalities since 2010, achieving its target of halving road fatalities in 2020 compared to 2010. Serious injuries were reduced by 72% and the rate fatalities per vehicles was decreased by 56% since 2010.  | | | | | |
Our Publications
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The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF) organised online the 32nd Meeting on 12-13 April in which the latest international road safety developments were discussed. NTUA contributed actively with the following presentations: |
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The Pioneer Alliance together with the NTUA Department of Transportation Planning organised with great success the PIONEERing Solutions for the Smart City Challenge, which was held online on 15 April 2021. Through this Workshop, students had the opportunity to learn about civil engineering for carbon-neutral smart cities, safety, security and risk management, technology enhanced solutions, service design, circular economy and sustainable urban life and tourism.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations: |
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A paper titled “Investigation of accidents involving powered two wheelers and bicycles – A European in-depth study” authored by L.Brown, A.Morris, P.Thomas, K.Ekambaram, D.Margaritis, R.Davidse, D.Shingo Usami, M.Robibaro, L.Persia, I.Buttler, A.Ziakopoulos, A.Theofilatos, G.Yannis, A.Martin and F.Wadji, is published in Journal of Safety Research. Highly
detailed data have been collected for 500 accidents involving PTWs or
bicycles in the EU, which were analyzed on a case-study basis and led to
detailed insights on such accidents. Analysis results suggest that ‘looked but failed to see’ remains a common cause,
and in many cases the actions of the other vehicle were the critical
factor, though PTW rider speed or inexperience played a role in some
cases.   |
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An NTUA Diploma Thesis titled “Critical factors of the influence of mobile phone use on driving behavior, based on smartphones’ data” was recently presented by Sofia Akritidou.
Data from a six-months 200-drivers naturalistic driving experiment were
analyzed and four statistical regression models were developed,
forecasting the percentage of mobile phone use while driving. The
results revealed that the parameters affecting the use of mobile phone
while driving are four: the percentage of driving duration with speed above the speed limit, distance driving, average deceleration, and average speed.
For the general, urban and rural models, the average deceleration had
the most significant impact, whereas for the highway model, distance was
the most significant parameter.   | | | |
Upcoming Events
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The EU-funded Horizon 2020 project Levitate (Societal Level Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles) is organising a Webinar on Road safety assessment of automated vehicles, which will be held online, on 27 May, 14:00-15:30 CET.
The Webinar will offer a discussion on which road safety impacts can be
expected from Connected and Automated Transport Systems and how best
the different types of impacts can be quantified. Key findings from the
Levitate project analyses will be presented including estimation of
impacts using microsimulation and those focusing on Vulnerable Road
Users.  |
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The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is organising the Road Safety Performance Index Annual Conference and Award Ceremony 2021 (PIN conference) which will be held online, on 16 June 2021, at 10:30-13:00 (CET). In June each year ETSC’s analysis of overall annual progress on tackling road deaths and serious injuries is published in the PIN Annual Report. The PIN conference is also the platform for the presentation of the PIN Award to the best performing country.   |
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The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), in cooperation with the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) organises the 8th Road Safety & Simulation International Conference 2022 (RSS2022) which will be held on NEW DATES 08-10 June 2022 in Athens, Greece. The Conference’s theme this year will be: “Road Safety and Digitalisation”
aiming to capture all recent trends in road safety emerging
technologies, surrogate measures, augmented and virtual reality, big
data, modeling and simulation, which are expected to boost global road
safety in the coming years. Road safety experts and scientists from all
over the world will join forces for a widely open and vivid discussion
on both traditional and innovative solutions with high potential for
traffic safety improvement. Selected papers will be published in key
international scientific journals and special awards will be granted to
best papers.  New abstract submission deadline 28 June 2021: Submit Now | | | |
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