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Transport Health Journal Self-reported distress symptoms among cyclists having suffered bicycle crashes 9 June 2022 This study explores the interactions between the advantages of cycling for physical and mental health and possible health consequences of crash involvement.
levitate final conference LEVITATE project completed 9 June 2022 Last week the final conference of LEVITATE took place in Brussels. The hybrid closing conference was an opportunity for the LEVITATE project partners to share the results achieved and the tools developed with the general public.
Weg met auto donkere wolken Decrease in the number of road deaths in 2021: Investigate whether the trend is reversing 9 June 2022 Last year, 582 people died in traffic: 28 fewer than in 2020. The past year was the third year in a row that the number of road deaths declined. This is apparent from figures published by CBS (Statistics Netherlands) on April 13th. SWOV will further analyze which developments have contributed to this
vision zero handbook Sustainable Safety: A short history of a safe system approach in the Netherlands 7 June 2022 Together with former SWOV managing directors Fred Wegman and Peter van der Knaap, SWOV researcher Aarts coauthored the article 'Sustainable Safety: A short history of a safe system approach in the Netherlands' in 'The Vision Zero Handbook'.
VIRTUAL Human Body Model Virtual Crash Dummies: safer cars, including for non-average males of 1.75 m 1 June 2022 The EU consortium VIRTUAL, consisting of research institutes, universities, insurance companies and parties from the automotive industry, has developed a virtual crash test dummy: the Human Body Model VIVA+.
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.