In 2001 there were 50 000 fatalities on European roads, prompting the European Commission to undertake a set of measures with the overall target of reducing the number of fatalities by 50% until 2011. The Integrated Project DRUID (Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines) was launched in October 2006 within the 6th Research Framework Programme. DRUID aimed at getting new insights into the impact of psychoactive substances on road safety and producing recommendations for road safety policy makers. The project filled the existing knowledge gaps and provided a solid base to generate harmonised, EU-wide regulations with regard to combating driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs and medicine. DRUID is the largest European research project in the domain of road safety in terms of geographic coverage (18 European countries; see Figure 1), budget (23.5 Mio. €) and number of partners (37 partners, listed on page 21). It brought together the best European expertise in the area of road safety. The Final Conference of DRUID took place on September 27th and 28th 2011 in Cologne, where all partners met to present project results to international experts and the representatives of the European Commission. This document is available at http://www.druid-project.eu
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