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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.

The presentation is currently available:

 SafetyCube ITF Summit 2018 Presentation Yannis

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 Schoeters

 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:

• Evidence-based road safety in the EU: from Policy to R&I – Ingrid Skogsmo, EC DG Research
• The potential of safety performance indicators in Road Safety Management – Rune Elvik, TOI
• New ways in evidence-based decision-making: The SafetyCube project – Pete Thomas, Loughborough University
• Economic evaluation of road safety measures – Wouter Van den Berghe, VIAS
• The SafetyCube European Road Safety Decision Support System – George Yannis, NTUA
• Measuring the Road User. The challenges of quanitfying human related risk factors and measures – Susanne Kaiser, KFV
• Surrogate safety measures, theory, application, examples – Aliaksei Laureshyn, LU
• Technical tools for safety data collection – Niels Agerholm, AAU
• VRU accident costs – Anatolij Kasnatscheew, BASt
• Handbook of VRU study methods – Kris Brijs, Hasselt University

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 1^st, 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.

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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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS8Gg65HPgs

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

 SafetyCube TRB Annual Meeting 2018 Presentation Weijermars

 SafetyCube TRB Annual Meeting 2018 Presentation Kaiser

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.

The presentation is currently available:

 SafetyCube Polis Conference 2017 Presentation Yannis

SafetyCube results were presented at the 10^th 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.

The presentation is currently available:

 SafetyCube EPH Conference 2017 Presentation Bauer

SafetyCube results were presented at the 30^th 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.

The presentation is currently available:

SafetyCube ICTC Workshop 2017 Presentation Daniels

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).

The presentation is currently available:

SafetyCube IRTAD Meeting 2017 Presentation Yannis

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