• Transport Research Arena - Athens 2012

    Transport Research Arena - Athens 2012

    More than 1.600 transport scientists and professionals contributed to the works of the  fourth Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference, organised by the European Commission and the CEDR, ERTRAC, ERRAC, Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and took place with great success in Athens, Greece, from 23rd to 26th of April, 2012. The main theme of TRA 2012 was sustainable mobility through innovation. The road safety presentations of NTUA concerned:
    ppt_icon Road Safety Choices and Evidence Based Decision Making, at the Road Safety Strategic Session
    ppt_icon Investigating road safety management processes in Europe
    ppt_icon Needs for evidence-based road safety decision making in Europe
    ppt_icon Characteristics and causes of power two wheeler accidents in Europe
    ppt_icon Road safety in Greece
    ppt_icon State-space based analysis and forecasting of macroscopic road safety trends in Greece
    ppt_icon Road Safety Attitudes and Perceptions of Pedestrians in Europe
    ppt_icon Challenges and opportunities for the assessment of the effectiveness of road safety measures
    ppt_icon A review of international sources for road safety measures assessment
    ppt_icon Integrating real-time traffic data in road safety analysis
    ppt_icon Consolidating road safety data and knowledge to support decision making in Europe, at the DaCoTA Special Session

     






  • TRA - DaCoTA Special Session, Athens 2012

    TRA - DaCoTA Special Session, Athens 2012

    A Special Session of the DaCoTA Research Project took place at the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference held in Athens, on April, 25th, 2012. In this DaCoTA Special Session, the stage of development of the European Road Safety Observatory has been presented and the following areas of interest for evidence based road safety policy making were highlighted:
     Developing the European Road Safety Observatory - current progress
     Road safety policy-making - identifying the characteristics of effective road safety management procedures
     In-depth accident investigations - developing a network of teams across EU Member States
     Web-based access to data - developing a safety data and knowledge system
     Accident forecasting and comparisons - comparing the development of road safety across countries - state of the art of road safety knowledge
     eSafety and accident data - identifying the new types of data needed to develop active safety collision prevention and mitigation measures
     Naturalistic driving protocols - methods to observe normal driving to identify ways to address safety needs.






  • EU progress in cutting road deaths falls to 2% in 2011

    EU progress in cutting road deaths falls to 2% in 2011

    The European Commission has published road fatalities statistics based on provisional data for 2011 showing that EU progress in cutting road fatalities significantly slowed last year (to -2%) compared with a very promising EU-wide reduction throughout the last decade (on average -6%). Worse still, some EU Member States, like Germany and Sweden, who have very strong safety records, now show a significant increase in deaths. In other Member States, like Poland and Belgium – already lagging behind in road safety – the number of road fatalities went up. 






  • IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2011

    IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2011

    The International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) published the Annual Report 2011, which comprises a synthesis of the main trends and road safety indicators for the year 2010 and preliminary data for the year 2011. It presents longer-term trends in order to better understand the developments taking place in the different countries. It also presents a summary of national road safety strategies and related targets that have been developed in IRTAD countries in the context of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. Recent safety measures implemented are highlighted together with detailed safety data by road user, location and age. Moreover, a report activity of the IRTAD Group for the year 2010 summarising the activities of the Group and detailed reports from 32 countries are presented. NTUA has contributed to the detailed report for Greece. link_btn02






  • Road fatalities in Greece drop by 14% in 2011

    Road fatalities in Greece drop by 14% in 2011

    According to ELSTAT provisional data, road fatalities in Greece in 2011 decreased by 13,6% in relation to 2010, with the deep economic crisis having an impact on this decrease.  During the last decade, road fatalities in Greece have decreased by 42%, whereas serious injuries decreased by 50%. The rate fatalities per number of vehicles has decreased the same period by 63%. This rate is still high in comparison to the other EU countries, explained also by the the high increase of the vehicle fleet in Greece during the same period (58%). The significant increase in Police enforcement was found correlated to the road fatalities decrease. 






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  • A statistical analysis of the impact of advertising signs on road safety 2012

    A statistical analysis of the impact of advertising signs on road safety 2012

    A paper titled "A statistical analysis of the impact of advertising signs on road safety" co-authored by G.Yannis, E.Papadimitriou, P.Papantoniou and C.Voulgari is just published in the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. An exhaustive review of international literature was carried out on the effect of advertising signs on driver behaviour and safety and a before-and-after statistical analysis with control groups was applied on several road sites with different characteristics in the Athens metropolitan area. The statistical analysis shows no statistical correlation between road accidents and advertising signs in none of the nine sites examined, as the confidence intervals of the estimated safety effects are non-significant at 95% confidence level. This can be explained by the fact that, in the examined road sites, drivers are overloaded with information (traffic signs, directions signs, labels of shops, pedestrians and other vehicles, etc.) so that the additional information load from advertising signs may not further distract them.




    Wednesday, 16 May 2012 in Road Safety Knowledge
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  • 6th Road Safety PIN Conference 2012

    6th Road Safety PIN Conference 2012

    ETSC will hold the 6th Road Safety PIN Conference in Brussels on Wednesday 20th of June 2012. The 2012 PIN Report will highlight the countries with best reductions in the numbers of road deaths and serious injuries in the first year of the 2011-2020 target period. The report will also present how the management of road safety differs from country to country and trends in reducing road deaths among young people. During the 6th PIN Conference national and EU policy makers and experts will debate on the priorities for reducing serious injuries across the EU. 




    Thursday, 03 May 2012 in Road Safety News
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  • European Road Safety Day - Nicosia, 25 July 2012

    European Road Safety Day - Nicosia, 25 July 2012

    The European Commission and the EU Rotating Presidency (Ministry of Communications and Works of Cyprus) are organising a conference titled 'Active involvement of Youth in Road Safety' for the fourth European Road Safety Day. The conference will take place on 25 of July 2012, in Nicosia, Cyprus. 




    Tuesday, 01 May 2012 in Road Safety News
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  • EC Public Consultation on injury data 2012

    EC Public Consultation on injury data 2012

    A public consultation is in progress by the European Commission. The questionnaire will provide input for the drafting of a strategy to reduce the severity of injuries caused by road traffic accidents. The questionnaire addresses general issues related to road safety and more specific issues on how to improve the data available on victims of accidents and their collection at EU level, and on how to target some specific groups of road users. The European Commission will take stock of all the relevant information on this subject with a view to develop the comprehensive strategy on road traffic injuries. 




    Tuesday, 01 May 2012 in Road Safety News
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  • Drink Driving: Towards Zero Tolerance 2012

    Drink Driving: Towards Zero Tolerance 2012

    In April 2012, ETSC published the report 'Drink Driving: Towards Zero Tolerance'. Drink driving is one of the three main killers. According to the European Commission's estimates 25% of all road fatalities across the EU are alcohol related. This report provides an overview of the drink driving situation in the European Union and measures taken at the EU level to curb drink driving deaths. Countries' progress in reducing road fatalities attributed to drink driving between 2001 and 2010 is also presented. 




    Friday, 27 April 2012 in Road Safety Data
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  • Transport Research Arena - Athens 2012

    Transport Research Arena - Athens 2012

    More than 1.600 transport scientists and professionals contributed to the works of the  fourth Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference, organised by the European Commission and the CEDR, ERTRAC, ERRAC, Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and took place with great success in Athens, Greece, from 23rd to 26th of April, 2012. The main theme of TRA 2012 was sustainable mobility through innovation. The road safety presentations of NTUA concerned:
    ppt_icon Road Safety Choices and Evidence Based Decision Making, at the Road Safety Strategic Session
    ppt_icon Investigating road safety management processes in Europe
    ppt_icon Needs for evidence-based road safety decision making in Europe
    ppt_icon Characteristics and causes of power two wheeler accidents in Europe
    ppt_icon Road safety in Greece
    ppt_icon State-space based analysis and forecasting of macroscopic road safety trends in Greece
    ppt_icon Road Safety Attitudes and Perceptions of Pedestrians in Europe
    ppt_icon Challenges and opportunities for the assessment of the effectiveness of road safety measures
    ppt_icon A review of international sources for road safety measures assessment
    ppt_icon Integrating real-time traffic data in road safety analysis
    ppt_icon Consolidating road safety data and knowledge to support decision making in Europe, at the DaCoTA Special Session

     




    Thursday, 26 April 2012 in Road Safety Knowledge
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  • TRA - DaCoTA Special Session, Athens 2012

    TRA - DaCoTA Special Session, Athens 2012

    A Special Session of the DaCoTA Research Project took place at the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference held in Athens, on April, 25th, 2012. In this DaCoTA Special Session, the stage of development of the European Road Safety Observatory has been presented and the following areas of interest for evidence based road safety policy making were highlighted:
     Developing the European Road Safety Observatory - current progress
     Road safety policy-making - identifying the characteristics of effective road safety management procedures
     In-depth accident investigations - developing a network of teams across EU Member States
     Web-based access to data - developing a safety data and knowledge system
     Accident forecasting and comparisons - comparing the development of road safety across countries - state of the art of road safety knowledge
     eSafety and accident data - identifying the new types of data needed to develop active safety collision prevention and mitigation measures
     Naturalistic driving protocols - methods to observe normal driving to identify ways to address safety needs.




    Thursday, 26 April 2012 in Road Safety Knowledge
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  • TEE Workshop - Road Safety and Crisis 2012

    TEE Workshop - Road Safety and Crisis 2012

    The Road Safety Observatory of the Technical Chamber of Greece is organising a Workshop titled "Road Safety initiatives in the period of crisis". The Workshop will take place in Athens, on 6th of June 2012. The aim of the Workshop is to present the activities of all road safety decision makers and stakeholders in Greece.




    Thursday, 26 April 2012 in Road Safety News
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  • CERTH/HIT Ten years of alcohol campaigns

    CERTH/HIT Ten years of alcohol campaigns

    CERTH/HIT is organising several events in Greece in celebration of ten years since the start of the public awareness campaign  “Alcohol – Not Tonight, I am Driving”.  The main aims were to raise young people's awareness of the risk of drinking and driving and to encourage the use of the designated driver concept (as normal behaviour). 




    Thursday, 12 April 2012 in Road Safety News
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  • Workshop on Road safety and young people 2012

    Workshop on Road safety and young people 2012

    The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, within the framework of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, organised a workshop on road safety and young people, which took place in Athens on 6th April.  At this Workshop the results of the national competition for young artists on road safety digital posters and videos were announced.




    Friday, 06 April 2012 in Road Safety News
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About NRSO

logo.nrso.01The mission of the NTUA Road Safety Observatory (www.nrso.ntua.gr) is to support the Greek and the International Road Safety Community with current key road safety knowledge and data, which is gathered, analysed and organised within the research activities of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, as well as within co-operations with various national and international road safety organisations.

The NTUA Road Safety Observatory has been developed within the framework of two European Union co-funded research projects, namely SAFETYNET - Development of the European Road Safety Observatory (2004-2009) and DACOTA - Road Safety Data Collection, Transfer and Analysis (2010-2012), with Scientific Responsible for NTUA, Associate Professor George Yannis.