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The NTUA Road Safety Observatory (www.nrso.ntua.gr) achieved its 20 years of continuous efforts towards scientific evidence in decision making for safer roads everywhere and for all.
The nrso scientific team with high dedication, efficiency and expertise
continues to grow and excel, with a rich and high quality scientific
output of more than 1,000 road safety scientific Papers published (280+ in peer reviewed journals), hundreds of scientific Reports, 750+ presentations in scientific conferences, almost 200 Diploma Theses and 20 PhD dissertations. Over the past two decades, the NRSO portal has
steadily expanded its contents, reach, visibility and impact,
containing today more than 2.500 road safety items (25+ items per
month), attracting over 100,000 pageviews annually, through its wide
network of hundreds of Authorities, Research, Industry and Society
partners worldwide and the 157 newsletters so far, reaching monthly more
than 7.500 road safety experts worldwide. With great thanks to the NRSO
dedicated scientists and all our great partners, the exciting journey
towards scientific excellence continues …  |
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Latest Developments
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The European Commission with the active contribution of NTUA, SWOV, VIAS Institute and KFV has published at the European Road Safety Observatory, the Professional Drivers Thematic Report which
mainly refers to the safety of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses.
This Thematic Report highlights that the safety of HGVs and buses are significantly influenced by road infrastructure
due to their unique characteristics such as mass, maneuverability, and
acceleration/deceleration capabilities, as well as the fatigue and
distraction of the drivers. Furthermore, countermeasures about
separating these heavy vehicles from other road users, providing
professional drivers with timely warnings about hazardous or restricted
road sections and addressing the need for adequate and well-managed
overnight parking facilities for HGVs are suggested.  |
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The European Union Road Federation (ERF) has released the updated Recommendations for Sign Inspection.
These guidelines provide the road community with important updated
information on practices and technical recommendations to reduce
roadside injuries and fatalities. The publication aligns with the EU’s
Vision Zero goals, emphasizing the importance of safe infrastructure in crash prevention and injury mitigation. |
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The International Road Federation (IRF) together with TotalEnergies recently launched an International Registry for Road Safety Auditors at the IRF World Congress 2024 in
Istanbul, Turkey. This registry aims to be a global platform in order
to recognize qualified auditors and improve road safety standards. By
setting universal benchmarks, the registry supports safer roads and reduces traffic injuries worldwide. This initiative ensures better access to skilled professionals for road safety projects globally. |
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Statistics Corner
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The International Road Federation (IRF) released the 62nd edition of the IRF World Road Statistics 2025 (WRS2025), with data open to all for free through the IRF WRS Data Warehouse platform, thanks to the generous support of the TotalEnergies Foundation and Michelin Corporate Foundation. The
IRF WRS 2025 continues to be the major comprehensive, universal source
of statistical data on road networks, traffic and inland transport,
including traffic crashes. This year the WRS 2025 includes the latest
data covering years 2018 to 2023, with the active contribution of NTUA for
the Greek data. It includes over 200 road and transport-sector related
indicators across 11 sections, covering more than 200 countries and
territories. |
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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 Buses & Heavy Goods Vehicles Facts and Figures Report which refers to fatalities in crashes involving buses/coaches and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on European roads. In
2022, 14% of all road fatalities in the EU27 occurred in crashes
involving HGVs and 2% of road fatalities in the EU27 occurred in crashes
involving buses/coaches. Moreover, it is remarkable that female share
in fatalities in crashes involving buses/coaches (32%) is remarkably
higher than the respective share in crashes involving HGVs and all
crashes (23%). |
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Our Publications
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The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) in cooperation with the University of Leeds organized with great success the 20th International Conference Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C),
which took place in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 3-5 September 2025. The
Conference aimed to be a leading source of research results and
interaction in the transport area with focus on safety and health associated with road transport.
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A NTUA Diploma Thesis titled "Factors Influencing Speed Limit Violations on Athens Road Network" was recently presented by Daphne Kyprouli. For this reason data collected by OSeven Telematics and OpenStreetMaps,
which includes information such as road geometry indicators, safety
measurements and driving behavior metrics were utilized. The analysis
consisted statistical models and machine learning algorithms aiming to
predict speeding violations and understand the factors influencing them,
with overall ten models created. The results demonstrated that speeding
has a statistically significant correlation with various variables and improving driving behavior will consequently lead to a reduction of road crashes.
The main factors affecting the likelihood of speeding in the examined
road sections are the number of trips, the road section length and the
percentage of mobile phone use, while slopes presented the least
impact.  |
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The Horizon Europe research project CulturalRoad has recently released the CulturalRoad 2nd Newsletter, which provides information on the latest outcomes of the EU-funded CulturalRoad Project aiming to develop innovative methodologies to ensure the equitable deployment of Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) services. This version of the Newsletter announced the release of the Project’s first animated video,
a perfect way to learn more about the Project, by presenting its vision
for more equitable, inclusive and connected mobility. It also
emphasizes on the five key pillars of mobility equity and the
Five-Pointed Rating Star System, designed to evaluate the level of
equity of CCAM systems within their specific environments. |
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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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