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Dutch urban areas A comprehensive analysis of the relationships between the built environment and traffic safety in the Dutch urban areas 9 May 2022 This paper aims to investigate the relationships of these factors with vehicle-bicycle and vehicle-vehicle property damage only (PDO) and killed and severe injury (KSI) crashes in urban areas.
FERSI Register now for the FERSI conference 2022 26 April 2022 You can now register for the FERSI conference Implementing evidence-based road safety measures – removing barriers and enhancing public support on 6 and 7 October 2022 in the Hague, the Netherlands.
Dick Bruna Road signs depicting childrens's book illustrations temporarily reduce speed on urban roads 25 April 2022 SWOV researchers Vlakveld and Goldenbeld coauthored the article 'Road signs depicting childrens's book illustrations temporarily reduce speed on urban roads' in the journal Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour.
transportation research Human machine interface design for continuous support of mode awareness during automated driving: An online simulation 11 April 2022 SWOV researchers Tinga, Cleij, Jansen, Van der Kint and Van Nes  coauthored the article 'Human machine interface design for continuous support of mode awareness during automated driving: An online simulation' in the Journal of Transportation Research.
Snelweg New fact sheet: Safe passenger cars 31 March 2022 The new SWOV fact sheet Safe passenger cars  provides an overview of improvements in road safety due to developments in the facilities and properties of passenger cars.
Safety Science How does hourly variation in exposure to cyclists and motorised vehicles affect cyclist safety? A case study from a Dutch cycling capital 29 March 2022 SWOV researchers Uijtdewilligen, Wijlhuizen, Bijleveld and Dijkstra coauthored the article 'How does hourly variation in exposure to cyclists and motorised vehicles affect cyclist safety? A case study from a Dutch cycling capital' in the journal Safety Science.
Politiesirene ETSC: Enforcement of rules on drink-driving and mobile phone use at the wheel decreases in majority of European countries 15 March 2022 Significant weaknesses in the enforcement of road safety rules are holding back progress on reducing road deaths in Europe, according to a new report from the European Transport Safety Council.  
RSA logo RSA Academic Lecture: Serious Injuries 17 February 2022 RSA’s Annual Academic Lecture was held on January 27, which centered on the topic of serious injuries. The lecture brought together national and international road safety experts to share their research on a road safety issue.
levitate logo Guidelines and recommendations for future policy of cooperative and automated passenger cars 31 January 2022 SWOV researchers Gebhard, Nabavi Niaki, Schermers, and Goldenbeld coauthored the deliverable D6.5 'Guidelines and recommendations for future policy of cooperative and automated passenger cars' of the H2020 project LEVITATE.
MEDIATOR behind the scenes: monitoring the driver 19 January 2022 The EU-funded MEDIATOR project, coordinated by SWOV, is developing a system that mediates between human driver and the vehicle automation to ensure safe, real-time switching between the two, based on who is fittest to drive. Currently, the prototypes of the four main system compone