European cooperation in road safety research : contribution to the 3rd Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Clubs ADAC / Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen BASt Symposium `Driving safely in Europe', Baden-Baden, Germany, June 11-12 1997.

An overview of the cooperative activities of FERSI with respect to the 4th Research Framework Programme of the EU and other by the EU-commissioned research is given. A resume of the mission of FERSI in the preparation of the 5th Research Framework Programme, in which a widening of cooperation with the research centres in the CEE-countries is foreseen, is also given. Moreover, the possible contribution of cooperative research to an enhanced road safety policy of the EU is highlighted. (A) For the German abstract of this paper see C 11681 (ITRD 340175).