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This
year we followed our dreams, promoting intensively road safety
scientific excellence and safer mobility everywhere and for all,
including also our major campaign for city-wide 30km/h speed limits; the
new catalyzer for saving so many lives with so little change in our
habits.
At mid-way to the decade -50% target, we need to further strengthen our individual and collective efforts to sincerely include traffic safety into the mobility agenda and persist in implementing the vision zero traffic fatalities.
We
thank you all for the excellent cooperation and we are sending you our
very best wishes for Merry Christmas and a Very Lucky New Year, full of
personal and professional achievements.  |
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A paper titled “Effectiveness of 30 km/h speed limit – A literature review” authored by George Yannis and Eva Michelaraki has been published in Journal of Safety Research.
This study evaluates the impact of 30 km/h speed limits on road safety,
emissions, fuel consumption, traffic flow, livability and public
health. Results from 60 simulation studies and estimations demonstrated
significant reductions of over 40% of road crash fatalities, alongside significant subsequent increase of active travelling (pedestrians, cyclists and e-scooters) and Public Transport passengers,
as mobility conditions become more user friendly to the vulnerable road
users. Such a high societal impact for such a small change in our
habits.  |
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Latest Developments
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The European Commission with the active contribution of NTUA, SWOV and KFV has published at the European Road Safety Observatory, the Seniors Safety Thematic Report which refers to people aged 65 years and over. This Thematic Report describes how seniors participate in traffic, as well as seniors in relation to road safety hazards.
Moreover, countermeasures about infrastructure, road users
fitness-to-drive and training, vehicles systems, automation and bicycles
for seniors are suggested.  |
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The International Transport Forum (ITF) has recently published a new Report titled "Measuring New Mobility: Case Studies and Best Practices".
The Report features case studies from various countries, focusing on
new mobility services such as ride-sharing, micro-mobility, and
autonomous vehicles. Key findings emphasize the importance of robust data collection and analysis methods to assess the safety, efficiency,
and environmental impacts of these services. The report provides
recommendations for policymakers to design effective frameworks for
integrating new mobility into existing transport systems. |
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The European Council has
recently adopted the negotiating position on driving disqualifications
in order to improve road safety in the EU aimed at improving road safety
through the mutual recognition of driving disqualifications across EU
member states. This initiative focuses on strengthening enforcement
measures for serious traffic offenses, such as speeding, driving under
the influence, and dangerous driving, ensuring that penalties are upheld across borders.
The proposed rules aim to enhance road safety by closing legal gaps
that allow offenders to evade penalties when driving in other EU
countries. |
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Statistics Corner
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The European Commission with the active contribution of NTUA, SWOV and KFV has published at the European Road Safety Observatory, the Seniors Safety Facts and Figures Report which refers to people aged 65 years and older. According to this report, seniors have the second highest mortality rate among all age groups,
with an average of about 64 senior fatalities per million senior
inhabitants in road traffic within the EU27. Moreover, when considering
the mode of transportation, seniors experienced a considerably high
number of fatalities in the most vulnerable modes. Specifically, in 2022
29% of senior fatalities were pedestrians, while 17% were cyclists. |
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The Distraction & Fatigue Thematic Report of the European Survey of Road Users’ Safety Attitudes (ESRA) has been published, as prepared by the Portuguese Road Safety Association, with the support of NTUA, containing a
wealth of information on road safety in 39 countries across Europe,
America and Asia-Oceania, based on the ESRA3 survey. This Thematic ESRA3
Report concerns distraction and fatigue in traffic. Results on
distraction focus on the use of a mobile phone while driving a car,
while only results for car drivers are included for fatigued
driving. The Report also includes comparisons among the regions as well
as results by age and gender group within each region, by country, and
the identification of factors that influence the self-declared behaviour of talking on a handheld mobile phone while driving a car and driving a car while fatigued. |
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Our Publications
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POLIS, the European Cities Network, has organized with great success the Safety and Security Working Group Meeting which was held online on 30 October 2024. The POLIS Safety and Security Working Group Meeting focused on the effectiveness of lower speed limits and Low-Traffic Neighborhoods in enhancing road safety. NTUA Professor George Yannis actively contributed with the following presentation:
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The International Road Traffic Safety Analysis and Data (IRTAD) Group and the International Transport Forum (ITF) organised with great success the 38th Meeting which was hosted by VIA Traffic Solutions Software
in s'-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on 13-14 November 2024. In this
meeting, the latest international road safety developments were
discussed. Members and observers from many countries enriched the
discussion aimed to help improve road safety across the
globe. Particular emphasis was given to road safety data collection and analysis. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:
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The Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) organized with great success the 24th Road Safety Hackathon, which took place in Riga, Latvia, on November 15-17, 2024. This event aimed to collaborate, innovate and create solutions to improve road safety.
Particular emphasis was given to vulnerable road users and
accessibility, emergency response and medical care, sustainability,
smart infrastructure and urban design and vehicle safety. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:
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A NTUA Diploma Thesis titled “Ιnvestigation of dangerous driving behaviour by exploiting naturalistic driving data”
was recently presented by Eleni Theodoraki. To achieve this goal,
useful data related to driver behaviour were collected through a
naturalistic driving experiment in real-life conditions in Belgium and
England combining machine and deep learning algorithms. The results
showed that the most significant variables were the occurrence or non-occurrence of harsh acceleration and the occurrence or non-occurrence of harsh braking in Belgium and the total travel distance and the occurrence or non-occurrence of harsh acceleration in England.  |
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The Horizon Europe research project metaCCAZE has recently released the metaCCAZE 1st Newsletter, which provides information on the latest outcomes of the EU-funded metaCCAZE project aiming to accelerate the deployment of smart systems
that combine electric, automated and connected technologies and
infrastructure, enabling zero-emission shared mobility services for both
passengers and goods in European cities. The potential of zero emission
shared mobility solutions in real and diverse urban environments were
tested in four Trailblazer Cities (i.e. Amsterdam, Munich, Limassol,
Tampere). |
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Upcoming Events
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Transports and Logistics of Morocco are organising the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety which will be held at Marrakech, Morocco, on 18-20 February 2025.
This conference with theme "Committed to Life", will bring leaders and
experts together to assess the progress made in implementing the Global
Plan 2021-2030 during its initial five-year period and to generate
support for the new vision of safe and sustainable mobility. Registration until 10 February 2025. |
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The Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) in cooperation with the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) are organizing the 12th International Congress on Transportation Research (ICTR 2025), which will take place on 16-18 October 2025
in Thessaloniki, Greece. The spotlight theme of the 2025 Congress is
"Transportation in the era of Artificial Intelligence". Researchers
can submit their abstracts until 31 January 2025.  | | | |
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