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  • NTUA – IVORY Mid-Term Conference, Athens, April 2026

    NTUA is organizing the IVORY Project Mid-Term Conference which will take place in Athens, Greece on 15 April 2026. This Event offers an exciting opportunity to engage with the latest advances in AI applications for road safety, in direct alignment with the EU Vision Zero strategy. The Conference takes place back-to-back with the IRTAD Conference, making it [...]

  • European Commission – Speed and Speeding Thematic Report, November 2025

    The European Commission with the active contribution of NTUA, SWOV, VIAS Institute and KFV has published at the European Road Safety Observatory, the Speed and Speeding Thematic Report which emphasizes that driving at excessive or inappropriate speed is a major threat to safety on the road. It is estimated that 10 to 15% of all crashes and 30% of all fatal crashes are the direct [...]

  • Vehicle Safe Motion in Mixed-Vehicle-Technology Environment, January 2026

    The Editorial for the Special Issue Vehicle Safe Motion in Mixed-Vehicle-Technology Environment authored by Stergios Mavromatis, George Yannis and Yasser Hassan has been published in the World Electric Vehicle Journal. This Special Issue aims to advance knowledge on vehicle safe motion during this critical transition period by bringing together recent research on mixed traffic flow [...]

  • IRTAD – Road Safety Annual Report, 2025

    The International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) published the Road Safety Annual Report 2025, on the development of road safety in 2024 with the active contribution of NTUA. It is based on data from 40 IRTAD member countries, with some preliminary data also for the year 2025. The main findings and data available from 35 countries revealed that [...]

  • D. Lord, X. Qin, S. R. Geedipally – Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling 2nd Edition, February 2026

    The 2nd Edition of the book titled ‘Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling‘ authored by Dominique Lord, Xiao Qin, Srinivas R. Geedipally, has been recently published. This book covers the key elements needed for making effective transportation engineering and policy decisions based on highway crash data analysis. This thoroughly updated second edition updates the material contained in the book based on the [...]

  • Plenoria – CESTE 2026, Zagreb, March 2026

    Plenoria is organizing the 50th International Road Conference (CESTE 2026) which will take place in Zagreb, Croatia on 17-20 March 2026. This Event is thematically related to strategic planning, construction and maintenance of road network development, traffic safety, development and implementation of IT systems in the function of traffic management, innovations in the field of [...]

  • IRF – IRF Annual Conference 2026, Geneva, November 2026

    The International Road Federation (IRF) is organizing the IRF Annual Conference 2026 which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland on 16-18 November 2026. The Conference provided a unique platform to exchange ideas, showcase expertise, and advance practical solutions shaping the future of road infrastructure and mobility worldwide. The Event highlighted roads’ central role in fostering inclusive, safe, green and efficient roads by driving the uptake of [...]

  • European Union – Mid-Point Progress Report, February 2026

    The European Union has recently published its Mid-Point Progress Report on the 2021-2030 road safety strategy with the active contribution of NTUA. The results summarised in this Report illustrate how much can be achieved when actors at all levels – from individuals to EU-level governing structures – contribute to the Safe System approach, within their areas of responsibility. [...]

  • ICSC2026 – 14th International Cycling Safety Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 2026

    The University of Tennessee is organizing the 14th International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC2026) which will take place in Knoxville, Tennessee, on 3-5 November 2026. This year's Conference theme is "Leveraging Recreational Cycling Enthusiasm for Safer Streets". The annual ICSC brings together researchers, practitioners, advocates, and industry leaders worldwide to advance cycling safety through innovation, infrastructure, and policy. 

  • POLIS – Polis Annual Conference 2026, Brussels, December 2026

    POLIS, the European Cities Network, is organizing the 2026 Annual Polis Conference which will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 2-3 December 2026. The POLIS Annual Conference is Europe’s leading sustainable urban mobility event,  providing an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements, including recent safety developments, to a large audience of mobility experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from both [...]

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