This year’s European Transport Safety Lecture highlights the need for reliable and accurate data to be placed at the core of road safety policies, serving to identify problems, risk factors, and priority areas as well as to formulate strategies, set targets and monitor performance. The Lecture will outline the importance of detailed data collection such as information about the road users and investigation of traffic collisions together with accessibility of data and the transparency of existing information. The 15th European Transport Safety Lecture will also be an opportunity to discuss the common EU definition of road traffic serious injuries, as well as further areas that could be better managed using more comprehensive information. It will refer to the safety of vulnerable road users and their use of safety gear, drivers and vehicle assistance systems, as well as commercial vehicles. Finally, the Lecture will consider data protection policies and will emphasise the scientific benefits of transparency, which will help design better policies, safer vehicles and make traffic safer for all. (Author/publisher)
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