InSafety project

To achieve forgiving roads in Europe, the EU co- funded IN-SAFETY project has investigated the combination of new technologies with existing infrastructure to improve road safety. Numerous cooperative solutions have been analysed, including in-vehicle speed alerts based on information provided by road-side beacons and cooperative lane-departure warnings, and from these, six scenarios have been selected, elements of which will be tested in real and simulated trials around Europe.

The work on self-explanatory roads has essentially focused on preparing recommendations for harmonised road signing (electronic and static) in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual Europe.

Why the need for In-Safety?

Over 42 000 road users are killed in European Union (EU) countries annually and around 3.5 million are injured. Road safety engineering measures may reduce casualties by 6.5%. However, the rather high cost of traditional infrastructure construction/ adaptations is a prohibiting factor.

The combination of new technologies with existing infrastructure (or with limited improvements) may lead to much more cost- efficient solutions and contribute to the EU's target of reducing the number or road fatalities by 50% by 2010. Thus, the aim of the EU-funded IN-SAFETY project is to define intelligent, intuitive and cost- efficient combinations of new technologies and traditional infrastructure best practice applications, in order to enhance the forgiving and self-explanatory nature of roads.

Partners:
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Institute of Transport, Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Centrum Dopravniho Vyzkumu, Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Straßenwesen mit Versuchsanstalt, University of Stuttgart, Valeo Switches and Detection Systems, ATTIKES DIADROMES S.A., Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, National Technical University of Athens, Institute for Transport Sciences, 5T S.c.r.l., Centro Studi sui Sistemi di Trasporto S.p.A, Fiat Research Centre CRF S.C.p.A, Mizar MediaService srl, Navigation Technologies B.V., Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, SWOV Institute for Road safety Research, Delft University of Technology, Institute of Transport Economics, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, International Institute for Information Design, International Information Center for Terminology, Ole Søndergaard ApS, Bureau Mijksenaar B.V., Prof. Dr. Heiner Erke Consultant Applied Psychology, Faculty of Art & Design De Montfort University.

Coordinator:

Dr. E.Bekiaris
e-mail: abek@certh.gr
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Hellenic Institute of Transport

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