DaCoTA

European Conference on Road Safety Data and
Knowledge-based Policy-making

Athens 22/23 November 2012
Local organisers National Technical University of Athens
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DaCoTA EU Conference Proceedings

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DaCoTA Conference Delegates and Pictures

Opening Speeches

Professor John Golias, Dean, School of Civil Engineering, NTUA

Keynote Addresses - Session 1: Future Road Safety Challenges in Europe

The need for data and evidence to support road safety policy - Professor Rune Elvik, TOI, Norway
Successes and failures of road safety policy in Europe - Mr Francesco Mitis, Regional Data Coordinator, WHO

Session 2: The Road Safety Management Processes in Europe

Road Safety Management objectives and investigation methodology - Nicole Muhlrad, IFSTTAR
Road safety management in Europe: patterns and particularities - Professor Shalom Hakkert, Technion
Linking road safety management with road safety performance - Eleonora Papadimitriou, NTUA
Improving road safety management in Europe - Klaus Machata, KfV
Road safety management in Europe Discussion - Professor Richard Allsop, UCL and ETSC

Session 3: Consolidated Road Safety Data and Knowledge for Policy-Making

Stakeholders' needs and priorities vs. data and tools availability - Klaus Machata, KfV
A comprehensive road safety data and knowledge support tool - Professor George Yannis, Petros Evgenikos, NTUA; Letty Aarts, Divera Twisk, SWOV; Jeremy Broughton, TRL
Road accident causation indicators - Rachel Talbot, TSRC
Road accident health indicators - Christian Brandstaetter, KFV
Exchange of data and knowledge at international level - the IRTAD system - Veronique Feypell, OECD/ITF

Session 4: Country Developments and Performance Comparisons

Basing fatality forecasts on the joint development of mobility and road safety - Sylvain Lassarre, IFFSTTAR; Professor Jacques Commandeur, SWOV
Models of road safety developments - Sylvain Lassarre, IFFSTTAR; Professor Jacques Commandeur, SWOV
Patterns of road safety developments in European countries - Emmanuelle Dupont, IBSR
Forecasting fatalities in times of a recession - Costas Antoniou, NTUA
Benchmarking: a composite Road Safety Index - Charlotte Bax, SWOV

Session 5: Measuring Driver's Behaviour

What is a Naturalistic Driving Study and how can it be used to monitor behaviour? - Rachel Talbot, TSRC
Examples from a small scale naturalistic driving study - Professor Shalom Hakkert, Technion
Methodological issues in naturalistic driving - Professor Jacques Commandeur, SWOV
Naturalistic driving in theory and practice - Monika Pilgerstorfer, KfV
The broader scope: monitoring behaviour by naturalistic driving and other types of studies - Niels Bos, SWOV

Session 6: Improving Our Understanding of Crashes

Pan-European In-depth accident investigation network: Improving our understanding of crashes - Julian Hill, TSRC; Helen Fagerlind, SAFER; Gabriele Giustiniani, CTL
Panel Session - future plans to investigate the causes of injuries and accidents
Daryl Lloyd, UK Department for Transport (Government view)
In-depth accident data and product development - Joerg Bakker, Daimler (Car manufacturer's view)
Improving our understanding of crashes - Konstandinos Diamandouros, ERF (Road sector view)

Session 7: Measuring, Assessing and Improving Vehicle Safety

Evaluation: a public health point of view - Thierry Hermitte, LAB
Empirical methods for the evaluation of vehicle safety systems - Manfred Pfeiffer, IVT GMBH
Evaluation based on drivers' needs analysis - Pierre van Elslande, IFSTTAR
Perspectives and future challenges - Thierry Hermitte, LAB

Session 8: Discussion Panel - Future Knowledge-based Decision Making for Europe

Introduction, Professor Pete Thomas, TSRC, Loughborough University
Professor Rune Elvik, TOI and DaCoTA Editorial Board
Professor Richard Allsop, UCL and ETSC
Working together on road safety - Manuelle Salathé, National Interministerial Road Safety Observatory, France