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The 2025 infographic of NTUA Road Safety Observatory (www.nrso.ntua.gr) highlights one more very intensive and highly fruitful year. The nrso scientific team with high dedication, efficiency and expertise continues
to grow and excel, being active in 30 innovative research projects,
succeeded to publish 103 scientific papers (32 in peer reviewed
journals) - our best performance ever, and travelled around the world in
hundreds of meetings to further develop and promote road safety
science. We persist with passion for evidence based decisions towards a
new culture of calm and safe roads everywhere and for all.  |
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Latest Developments
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The Council of Ministers of the International Transport Forum (ITF) recently adopted the Policy Recommendation on Comprehensive Road Safety, emphasizing on evidence-based policymaking, improved crash data systems, and risk-based prioritization of interventions
where the greatest number of lives can be saved. This Recommendation
further calls for safe speed management, stronger compliance and
education measures and the accelerated deployment of vehicle safety
technologies. ITF also encourages corporate engagement through a Global
Road Safety Assessment Framework and highlights the importance of
cross-government coordination to achieve lasting safety outcomes and
progress toward Vision Zero.  |
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The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) has published a Position Paper titled “Road Transport Research in Horizon Europe Follow-up”. ERTRAC and the Associations supporting this Position Paper are convinced that dedicated funding for Road Transport Research is necessary
to address the systemic road transport research needs critical to
improve the efficiency, sustainability, safety and resilience of the
whole European mobility system. Furthermore, it highlights the need for
continued investment in vehicle technologies, infrastructure, traffic
management, automation, and connectivity, as well as strong
public–private cooperation, which are critical for delivering safer,
cleaner, and more efficient road transport systems. |
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The World Road Association – PIARC recently published a Report titled “Management of Road Worksites”. This Special Project presents a critical and escalating global challenge: the growing safety, mobility, and environmental burden of road worksites.
In response to these challenges, PIARC commissioned this Study to
investigate current governance models and best practices from around the
world. Its purpose was to synthesise these findings, benchmark
capability gaps, and ultimately deliver a framework and practical
toolkit. The design integrated a systematic literature review, a global
survey, semi-structured interviews and a detailed analysis indicating a
clear set of strategic actions necessary to mature global practice. |
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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 Main Figures Facts and Figures Report which examines road fatalities on European roads. According to this Report, there has been a 12% decrease in road fatalities for the EU27 between 2019 and 2024,
with far more males than females being killed in road crashes.
Moreover, 48% of total road fatalities are vulnerable road users
(pedestrians, cyclists, moped riders and motorcyclists) and over a half
of road fatalities occur on rural roads (53%). On urban roads, the share
of killed pedestrians is highest with 34%. |
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The European Road Safety Charter of the European Commission, has recently published a new Article focusing
on driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, which remains one
of the leading causes of road crashes. Despite longstanding legislation
and enforcement efforts, an estimated 25% of EU road fatalities are alcohol-related,
and drug impairment is an increasing concern in fatal collisions.
Addressing driving under the influence requires an integrated,
multi-measure approach, combining strong health policies to reduce
alcohol consumption, lower legal BAC limits, visible and consistent
enforcement, and targeted road safety campaigns to shift social norms
and promote alternative transport options. |
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Our Publications
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The Transportation Research Board (TRB) organized with great success the 105th Annual Meeting, which
was held in Washington DC, on 11-15 January 2026. The meeting program
covered all transportation modes, addressing topics of interest to
policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and
representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. More than 650 workshops and sessions took place, with over 4.000 presentations. NTUA actively contributed with the following road safety papers and presentations:
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Ayvens Societe Generale Group
organized with great success a Webinar on Trends and Developments in
Mobility, which took place online on 13 November 2025. This Event, aimed
to educate the participants on the developments in the automotive
industry, the transition to electrification, the new era of mobility global trends and developments as well as safe mobility and road safety approaches. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:
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The Hellenic Institute of Customer Service has recently honored NTUA and Global Link, recognizing their excellence in customer experience and responsible service practices. The awards received concerned Best Mobile Customer Experience and Best Organisation for ESG Factors & Practices in Customer Service for the development of the SmartMaps Digital Platform.
The SmartMaps Platform combines data from mobile phone sensors and
through machine learning algorithms enables users to select safer and
more environmentally friendly routes, while improving overall traffic
efficiency. These distinctions highlight the value of applying innovative digital solutions to address key social and environmental challenges and reflect the impact of collaboration between academia and industry in delivering customer-centric and sustainable services. |
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A paper titled Trajectory-based indicators to determine the local character of intersection conflicts: A micro-spatial analysis authored by Andreas Hula, Apostolos Ziakopoulos, Angel Losada, Andrea Schaub, Peter Saleh and George Yannis has been published in Accident Analysis & Prevention.
This paper utilizes the Mobility Observation Box (MOB), which provides a
flexible data collection to be used in subsequent video analysis. To
facilitate potential MOB uses, this study leverages over 51 h of
naturalistic video data at a busy Vienna intersection to advance road
safety research, by employing random parameters binary modelling of the
likelihood of critical conflict occurrence and Gaussian generalized
additive spatial modelling to identify key factors influencing the
absolute values of conflict angles on critical conflicts only. The
findings suggest that all road user types were ultimately less likely to be involved in safety–critical conflicts compared to cars
in both leading and following roles, with the exception of cyclists in
the leading role. Within the micro-spatial analysis, the kinematic
parameters of the second road user only (speed, max acceleration and max
deceleration), the duration of the interaction as well as
intersection-specific local effects related to the position of the
leading road user were all found to influence the transformed absolute
value of the angles of critical conflicts.  |
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A new book titled The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Urban Transport edited
by Lucy Budd, Stephen Ison and Maria Attard has been recently
published. This Handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of urban transport sectors, as well as the challenges, impacts and issues being faced. Furthermore, this Monograph exploits technical, social and economic solutions for sustainable urban transport. NTUA actively contributed with the following chapter, co-authored by George Yannis and Eleonora Papadimitriou:
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A NTUA Diploma Thesis titled "Critical factors of self reported behaviour and safety of electric scooter users in Europe" was
recently presented by Ibabi Hasim. For this reason statistical models
were utilized in order to analyze the factors that lead electric scooter
users to engage in dangerous driving behaviors, based on data from the
third edition of the international ESRA survey (E-Survey on Road Users’ Attitudes). Findings highlight the
importance of factors such as the acceptance of risky behaviors, the
existence of legislation, the level of urbanization, and age.
Furthermore, mandatory helmet use and stricter rules prove to be
particularly effective in reducing violations. Finally, some proposals
are provided that could improve the road safety of electric scooter
users, such as strengthening the legal framework, stricter enforcement,
and infrastructure improvement.  |
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Electronics Journal recently launched a Special Issue titled “Automated Driving Systems: Latest Advances and Prospects” aiming to bring together cutting-edge research on the latest developments, emerging trends, and future prospects in automated driving. The manuscript submission deadline is 15 April 2026.
This Special Issue encourages
researchers from academia and industry to explore novel methodologies
and contribute their latest findings, addressing the challenges and
opportunities in the deployment of fully automated driving systems.
Guest editors of this special issue from NTUA are: Dr. Eva Michelaraki and Prof. Dr. George Yannis. |
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The Horizon 2020 research project PHOEBE has recently released the PHOEBE 6th 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. PHOEBE
partners are strengthening their collaboration beyond the project
framework, supported by initiatives such as the official accreditation
of The Floow as an AiRAP Attribute Supplier. |
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