The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD), the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) co-organized with great success the 8th IRTAD International Conference: Better Road Safety Data for Better Safety Performance which was held in Athens, Greece, on 15-17 April 2026, with the support of FERSI and ECTRI, under the auspices of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. NTUA actively contributed with the following papers and presentations:

•   Development of a road safety impact tool for policy assessment
•   Attitudes and Self-Declared Behaviours Among Greek Road Users: Evidence from the ESRA3 survey
•   Probabilistic Modeling for Node-Based Partitioning of Telematics-Informed Road Networks
•   Transformer-Based Driver Behavior Recognition Using the UAH-DriveSet Dataset
•   Temporal Modeling of Heart Rate Variability for Driver Drowsiness Detection with LSTM Networks
•   Comparative assessment of speed characteristics in the European Union
•   The European Road Safety Observatory (ERSO): Supporting evidence-based policy for safer EU roads
•   A Cross-City Survey on Personal Protective Equipment Use in Vulnerable Road Users
•   A method to estimate the number of people suffering from long-term consequences
•   Integrating Telematics and Video-Based Recognition for Vehicle Behavior Analysis in Athens
•   Assessing public opinions on city-wide 30 km/h speed limits: The case of Athens
•   Do Key Performance Indicators really measure road safety performance?
•   Towards a Traffic Sustainability Culture: Integrating Safety and Sustainability in Line with the Stockholm Declaration
•   Development of a conceptual model for traffic safety culture
•   Evaluating Self-Reported and Attitudinal Indicators as Proxies for Observed Road Safety Behaviour
•   Subjective Safety of Vulnerable Road Users from a European Perspective – Insights from the ESRA3 Survey
•   Examining Driver Behaviour along Motorway Exit Ramp Terminals
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