SafetyCube project has been awarded the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award 2019 as recognition for its innovative road safety Decision Support System (DSS) that enables policy-makers and stakeholders to select and implement the most appropriate strategies, measures and cost-effective approaches to reduce casualties of all road user types and all severities in Europe and worldwide. 
Prof. George Yannis from NTUA gave a key presentation on the global challenges of road safety data, knowledge and decision support systems in the digital era at the International Transport Forum‘s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security”. The ITF summit took place on 23-25 May 2018 in Leipzig, Germany. Special focus was also given on the European road safety Decision Support System developed within the SafetyCube project.
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On April 10, 2018 at 11.00 CET a webinar on the European road safety Decision Support System (DSS) took place. The webinar concerned a one-hour training session for the use of the DSS, in which the system was presented, including the alternative options and the various queries that users can make in order to have access to the knowledge of the DSS, as well as the available results.
The team of the EU Project SafetyCube presented all functionalities of the powerful tool (www.roadsafety-dss.eu) and provided hands-on examples. Read more →
SafetyCube was part of the Transport Research Arena 2018 (TRA 2018) conference activities, which took place in Vienna, Austria from 16 to 19 April 2018. The European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS) as well as results from the research conducted within the context of the various work packages of the SafetyCube project were presented.
The presentations and the related papers are currently available:
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Full Paper Yannis
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Presentation Yannis
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Full Paper Kaiser
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Full Paper Theofilatos
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Presentation Theofilatos
SafetyCube TRA2018 Abstract Wijnen
SafetyCube TRA2018 Presentation Ziakopoulos
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Full Paper Ziakopoulos
SafetyCube TRA 2018 Poster Thomas
Additionally, an invited session on SafetyCube and InDeV was also organised on “European road safety policy: Towards evidence-based decision making, especially for vulnerable road users!”. The session was organised as Pub Quiz and was chaired by Klaus Machata. The following speakers participated:
The European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS) developed within the context of the SafetyCube project was presented by Prof. George Yannis from NTUA at the 26th Meeting of the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group on 4-6 April 2018 in Paris.
The presentation is currently available:
SafetyCube 26th IRTAD Meeting 2018 Presentation Yannis
SafetyCube-FinConf-pres-Guillaume-Mar2018The SafetyCube European Conference on Better Decision Making for Road Safety was held successfully with more than 150 participants on 22-23 March 2018, at Palais Auersperg in the city centre of Vienna, Austria. The SafetyCube project started on March 1st, 2015 and ran for a period of three years. Its results were presented in the conference, with special focus on the SafetyCube Decision Support System (DSS), which is the primary objective of the project. The DSS is expected to enable policy-makers and stakeholders to select and implement the most appropriate strategies, measures and cost-effective approaches to reduce casualties of all road user types and all severities in Europe and worldwide.
The conference brought together experts, stakeholders and decision makers from across Europe to discuss the latest developments in road safety: European Commission, FERSI, ETSC, IRTAD, FIA, individual research institutes, consultants as well as national, regional and local road safety experts. There was simultaneous interpretation in English and German.
A video presenting the Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS), developed within the European research project SafetyCube, was recently uploaded on the Youtube Channel. The DSS provides detailed interactive information on a large list of road accident risk factors and related road safety countermeasures. A short description of the DSS in 90 seconds is given in the video, which is available at the following link:
An overview of the Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS), developed within the European research project SafetyCube, is given in a video which was recently uploaded on the Youtube Channel. The DSS is an innovative tool that will enable policy-makers and stakeholders to select and implement the most appropriate strategies, measures and cost-effective approaches to reduce casualties of all road user types and all severities in Europe and worldwide.
The related video is currently available at the following link:
An article on SafetyCube project by prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University was published in the second newsletter of the “SaferAfrica: African-European Dialogue Platform on Road Safety” project. The article titled “SafetyCube DSS: the first integrated Road Safety Decision Support System developed in Europe” presents the European DSS developed within the SafetyCube project. The DSS was developed by 17 organisations from 12 different countries and it offers for the first time scientific evidence on a large number of risk factors and related road safety countermeasures. Its main objective is to enable policy makers to substantiate their road safety decisions for actions, measures, programmes, policies and strategies to be implemented at local, national and European level.
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SafetyCube results were presented at the 97th TRB Annual Meeting, which took place on 7-11 January 2018 in Washington, DC. Prof. George Yannis from NTUA presented the European Decision Support System (DSS) being developed within the context of the project. Results from research on serious road traffic injuries in Europe were presented by Wendy Weijermars from SWOV, while Susanne Kaiser from KFV discussed the research carried out concerning the road user related risks and measures, which were included in the DSS, in the TRB IRTAD Special Session.
The presentations are currently available:
SafetyCube TRB Annual Meeting 2018 Presentation Yannis
An article on SafetyCube project by Concetta Durso, Project Manager of ERF, was published in the Italian specialised magazine “Strade & Autostrade”.
Special focus is given to the SafetyCube Decision Support System and the whole process that led to it.
Reference is also made to the SafetyCube Fianal Confernce to be held in Vinna next March
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The European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS) developed within the context of the SafetyCube project was presented by Prof. George Yannis from NTUA at the 2017 Annual Polis Conference on “Transport Innovation for sustainable cities and regions”. The conference took place on 6 and 7 December 2017 in Brussels and was organised by POLIS, the European Cities Network.
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SafetyCube project results were presented at the International Conference “Smart Cities & Mobility as a Service”, which took place on 7-8 December 2017 in Patras, Greece. Apostolos Ziakopoulos from NTUA discussed the effectiveness of specific Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (i.e. Intelligent Speed Adaptation, Collision Warning and Alcohol Interlock Systems) on driving behaviour and road safety.
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SafetyCube results were presented at the 10th European Public Health Conference: Sustaining resilient and healthy communities, which took place on 1-4 November 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. Robert Bauer from KfV presented the results from the research on serious road traffic injuries with emphasis being given on the current practices of measuring serious injuries in the European Union.
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On 2 November 2017, Prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University presented the European road safety Decision Support System (DSS) to the Parliamentary Advisory Council in the British House of Commons. There were over 50 road safety policy-makers and practitioners as well as Members of Parliament and of the House of Lords. The meeting was also attended by Jesse Norman, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Transport who has responsibility for road safety. There was a considerable interest in the DSS and requests for further information about specific road safety risks and measures.
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SafetyCube results were presented at the 30th ICTCT Workshop, which took place on 26-27 October 2017 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Stijn Daniels from the Vias Institute presented the results from the research on the economic evaluation of road safety measures in the European Union.
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SafetyCube project results were presented at the Road Safety & Simulation International Conference 2017 (RSS2017) organised by the Delft University of Technology in co-operation with the Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV). The conference took place on 17-19 October 2017 in Hague, Netherlands.
The presentations and the related papers are currently available:
SafetyCube RSS2017 Poster Martensen
SafetyCube RSS2017 Full Paper Martensen
SafetyCube RSS 2017 Presentation Papadimitriou
SafetyCube RSS 2017 Full Paper Papadimitriou
SafetyCube project results were presented at the 25th Meeting of the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) organised by International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) on 13 October 2017 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Prof. George Yannis from NTUA presented the European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS).
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SafetyCube project results were presented at the 6th IRTAD International Conference, organised by the International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) and International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD). The conference took place on 10-12 October 2017 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University presented the Decision Support System (DSS). Results concerning the economic efficiency evaluation of road safety measures were presented by Wouter Van Den Berghe from the Vias Institute, Wendy Weijermars from SWOV presented the results from the research on serious road traffic injuries and a poster by Eleonora Papadimitriou from NTUA discussed the quantitative impacts of tools developed for detecting and addressing road deficiencies.
The presentations are currently available:
SafetyCube IRTAD Conference 2017 Presentation Thomas
SafetyCube IRTAD Conference 2017 Presentation Van Den Berghe
SafetyCube IRTAD Conference 2017 Presentation Weijermars
SafetyCube IRTAD Conference 2017 Presentation Papadimitriou
The European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS) developed within the context of the SafetyCube project was presented by Prof. George Yannis from NTUA at the CARE Experts Meeting of the European Commission, which was held on 6th October 2017 in Brussels. Results from the research on serious road traffic injuries were also presented by Wendy Weijermars from SWOV, focusing on their physical and psychological consequences.
The presentations are currently available:
SafetyCube Care Experts Meeting 2017 Presentation Yannis
SafetyCube Care Experts Meeting 2017 Presentation Weijermars
The SafetyCube project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 633485.