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United Nations: maximum road travel speed of 30 km/h where vulnerable road users and vehicles mix 19 May 2021 The United Nations is calling on policymakers to act for low speed streets worldwide, limiting speeds to 30 km/h (20 mph) where people walk, live and play.
Driver state and mental workload 19 May 2021 SWOV researcher Van Nes coauthored the chapter 'Driver State and Mental Workload' of the book ‘International Encyclopedia of Transportation’.
Annual report 2020 12 May 2021 SWOV aims to improve road safety with knowledge from research. For years, 2020 has been the year in which the objectives of the previous road safety plan should be achieved.
Dissertation former SWOV researcher Kirsten Duivenvoorden: (bicycle) safety of intersections in rural areas 6 May 2021 Former SWOV researcher Kirsten Duivenvoorden defended her thesis 'Speed up to safe interactions - The effects of intersection design and road users’ behaviour on the interaction between cyclists and car drivers' on 21 April 2021.
At least 22 deaths per year from accidents involving public transport in the Netherlands 22 April 2021 In 2010-2019, the police registered an average annual number of 22 road deaths in crashes with public transport. In number of registered casualties, public transport crashes compare favourably to private transport crashes.
SWOV Fact sheet: Fatally injured users of mobility scooters often male 19 April 2021 Among the fatalities in crashes involving a mobility scooter in the Netherlands, men are strongly overrepresented: between 2017 and 2019, male scooter users made up 77% of the total in this group.
ETSC: Overhaul of EU rules on driver medical fitness needed 31 March 2021 The current EU approach to assessing whether drivers are medically fit to hold a licence needs substantial revision, according to a new report by ETSC.
Assessing the willingness to use Personal e-Transporters (PeTs): results from a cross-national survey in nine European cities 31 March 2021 SWOV researchers Wijlhuizen and Dijkstra coauthored the article 'Assessing the willingness to use Personal e-Transporters (PeTs): results from a cross-national survey in nine European cities' in the magazine Sustainability.
Questions about your visit to swov.nl 23 March 2021 SWOV is currently working on an updated version of swov.nl and is happy to take your experiences into account.
More than 50 people, on average, die every year in a submerged vehicle crash 11 March 2021 In the Netherlands, on average, more than 50 people die every year in a submerged vehicle crash. More than two thirds die from drowning.