George Yannis
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The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has released the 19th Annual PIN Report during the 2025 ETSC Road Safety Performance Index Conference which took place in Brussels, Belgium on 24 June 2025. According to this Annual PIN Report, 20,017 deaths on EU roads in 2024, a collective decrease of 2% compared to 2023,
falling far short of the 6.1% annual reduction needed to achieve the EU
target of a 50% reduction by 2030. ETSC also presented the PIN Award to
Norway for its outstanding progress in improving road
safety. Particular emphasis was given on how reducing speed could help
reach the 2030 target of reducing road deaths and serious injuries by
50%.   within an experts' panel discussion, during which NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:
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Latest Developments
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The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) works with Governments and communities to prevent road crashes, deaths and injuries.
Since 2007, the initiative has helped implement proven road safety
interventions across 22 countries. Currently, the initiative is
supporting work in 27 cities and two states across 15 low- and
middle-income countries. Its Resources Hub
includes case studies and guidance focusing on five areas:
strengthening legislation and leadership, enhancing data collection and
surveillance, changing road user behavior with media campaigns and
enhanced enforcement, improving road infrastructure and advancing
vehicle safety. |
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The UN Road Safety Fund continues to support low and middle-income countries
to do that by providing road safety expertise to close gaps on road
safety data, enforcement practices, vehicle safety, legislative
frameworks, post-crash care, urban street design, among other
topics. This UNRSF 2024 Annual Report highlights how collective efforts are saving lives and driving systemic change in road safety. |
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The World Bank Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) together with SSATP has published the 2025 Status Report on Road Safety in Africa analyzing
findings for road safety on the African continent. The 2025 Africa
Status Report on Road Safety reveals that, despite having only 3% of the global vehicle fleet, Africa accounts for 24% of global road fatalities
with 259,601 deaths annually. This highlights the urgent need for safer
pedestrian and cycling facilities to protect vulnerable road users. |
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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 Pedestrians Facts and Figures Report which looks at pedestrian fatalities on European roads. According to this Report, almost one in five of all road fatalities across the EU were pedestrians.
The absolute number of pedestrian fatalities fell from 5,410 to 3,740
fatalities between 2012 and 2022 (-31%), which is a greater decrease
compared to the decrease for the total number of road fatalities (-22%).
Furthermore, around 1 in 2 pedestrian fatalities (47%) in 2022 were
seniors aged 65 or older. |
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Our Publications
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ERTICO organized with great success 16th ITS European Congress which was held in Seville, on 19-21 May 2025. This event focused on clean, resilient, and connected mobility, which is a major component for road safety.
Furthermore, during this conference, Seville's green transport
achievements were promoted and its role in broader European objectives,
such as the European Green Deal and the Sustainable and Smart Mobility
Strategy, was highlighted.  NTUA actively contributed with the following paper and presentation:
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The European Survey of Road users’ safety Attitudes (ESRA) together with VIAS Institute organized with great success the ESRA: 10 years event of global road safety insights and impact which took place in Brussels, Belgium on 24 June 2025. This event reflected on the evolution of the ESRA initiative and its impact on road safety policy. Key findings from 10 years of research unveiled a dedicated Report and the new ESRA dashboard
which can drive future improvements in road safety. Furthermore, ESRA4
was introduced, the next phase in the mission to create safer roads
through data-driven strategies. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:
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Simone Paradiso, NTUA PhD Candidate & Researcher, received the Best Poster Award
during the Porsche Symposium for Scientific and Practical Progress in
AI, which was held in Stuttgart, on 26 June 2025 as part of the GSERM St. Gallen Summer School 2025. The Symposium included keynote speeches, discussions and a poster session focusing on Generative AI with LLMs. The award for the best poster concerned:
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OASA together with NTUA organized with great success the OASA Electrification Workshop which was held on 4 July 2025, in Athens, as part of the Horizon Europe project metaCCAZE. The event marked a significant step forward in co-designing the future of clean, efficient, and citizen-centered public transport
in the Greek capital. Particular attention was given to the safety
aspects of electric buses. Participants included representatives from OASA, OSY, NTUA, DEDDIE, the Greek Ministry of Transport and other local and national actors involved in sustainable mobility. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:
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A paper titled Analyzing the safety effects of different operating speeds for an autonomous shuttle bus service authored by Maria Oikonomou, Marios Sekadakis, Christos Katrakazas and George Yannis has been published in Traffic Safety Research. This
study utilizes microscopic simulation analysis in order to quantify the
impact of road safety of an automated shuttle bus service within
traffic. In the traffic network of Villaverde, Madrid, several scenarios
were simulated using the Aimsun software considering the various CAV
MPRs and the different operational speeds of the service, namely 15, 30,
and 45 km/h. The analysis revealed that the
conflict frequency is lower when the shuttle bus operates at 45 or 30
km/h compared to 15 km/h, with the 45 km/h speed showing the largest
reduction. This reduction in conflicts is probably due
to the shuttle bus adapting more easily to the average traffic speed and
is more synchronized with traffic flow. The current study establishes a
solid relationship for the conflict frequency of AV shuttles enabling
stakeholders to optimize road safety towards a future of automated
traffic.  |
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A NTUA Diploma Thesis titled “Safety Impact Investigation of an automated shuttle service based on network traffic simulation”
was recently presented by Maria Takka. For this purpose, three
scenarios were carried out that differed in terms of the percentage of
conventional and autonomous vehicles. For data analysis, polynomial
logistic regression models were developed for each scenario. The results
showed that the speed limit, the maximum deceleration of the second
vehicle, the difference in vehicle speeds as observed at the minimum
time-to-collision, the initial deceleration rate of the second vehicle,
the type of conflict and the traffic capacity have a significant influence on the simulated hazard, which indicates critical conditions for the occurrence of a crash.  |
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The Horizon 2020 research project PHOEBE has recently released the PHOEBE 5th Newsletter,
which provides information on the latest outcomes of the EU-funded
‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’ (PHOEBE) project
aiming to increase the road safety of vulnerable road users,
especially those who use active mobility and e-scooters. Particular
attention was given to the conclusion of the Project's model development
for the safety of vulnerable road users and the safety use case
implementation. |
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Upcoming Events
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The 10th Road Safety & Simulation International Conference 2026 (RSS2026) hosted by the University of Naples Federico II will be held in Napoli, on 23-26 June 2026, under the theme "Advancing
Towards the Safe System Approach". The Conference aims to explore how
the Safe System Approach has been embraced by the transportation
community as an effective way to prevent fatalities and serious injuries
on our roadways. Researchers can submit their abstracts until 31 October 2025. |
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The World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) is organizing the 17th World Conference on Transport Research which will be held in Toulouse, France, on 6-10 July 2026. For
the last 40 years, WCTR has been organized every three years by the
WCTR Society, uniting specialists from the transportation sector
worldwide. Topics for discussion at the World Conference on Transport
Research are grouped into 9 distinct themes which include maritime and
air transport logistics, infrastructure design, traffic management in
urban environments or the emergence of transport in developing
countries. Researchers can submit their papers until 1 September 2025. | | | |
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