Call 2016 Safety aims to improve the knowledge and experience of National Road Administrations in the field of road safety in such a way that the NRA’s are able to improve their Guidelines, Standards and Network Strategy.
The Call has an overall budget of EUR 880,000 and is addressing four specific challenges:
A: Safety for both Road Worker and Road Users – reduce incursions into work zones
B: Driver Distraction – (Digital) Billboards
C: Guidance for Safe road sides
D: Self-explaining systems for VRU safety in non-urban areas
The Programme Executive Board brings together representatives from Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK.
Four projects have been selected and are now underway.
PROGRESS – Provision of Guidelines for Road Side Safety
The PROGReSS project will provide recommendations to achieve organisationally robust and practicable guidelines for road sides that can be implemented by road authorities. For further information, visit the project website at https://cedrprogress.eu/
Project Coordinator: Govert Schermers, SWOV, the Netherlands
Project results:
- D1.1 Tech review summary report
- D1.2 Tech review final report
- D2.1 Road authority review report
- D3.1 Tool user guide
- PROGRESS Tool
- D5.1 Final report
IRIS – Incursion Reduction to Increase Safety in road work zones
The main aim of IRIS is to share best-practices on traffic management at work zones with national road authorities in Europe for short, medium and long term road works. For further information please view this project presentation or visit the project website www.cedr-iris.eu
Project Coordinator: András Várhelyi, Lund University, Sweden
ADVERTS – Assessing Distraction of Vehicle drivers in Europe from Roadside Technology-based Signage
The ADVERTS project aims to inform national road authorities across Europe on issues related to distraction from roadside billboards and on the best-practices in the context of a safe system approach. For further information, please view this presentation or visit the project website –
Project Coordinator: Ingrid Van Schagen, SWOV, the Netherlands
Project results:
- D1.1. Literature Review
- D1.1b Inventory of Current Practices and Future Trends
- D1.1c Knowledge Gaps and Research Strategies
- D1.2 What do we know? What do we do? Executive Summary
- D2.1 Recommendations for Road Authorities
- Summary of recommendations
- Summary of recommendations (presentation)
- Project recommendations – Webinar
SANA-4U – Safety in Non-Urban Areas for VRU
The objective of the SANA-4U project is to identify areas for improvement in road design, standards and guidelines in regard to vulnerable road users’ safety in non-urban areas.
Project Coordinator: Christopher Patten, VTI, Sweden
Project results:
- WP1 Review of standards and practices for VRU on non-urban roads
- WP2 Final version of the Good practice guide
- WP3 Worked Example Drawings – N4 Ireland
- WP3 Worked Example Drawings – N9 Belguim
- WP3 Worked Examples of Good Practice Guide
- WP4 Preparation of Guidelines for Selection of Design of VRU Infrastructure
- WP5 Guideline for Selection of VRU Infrastructure Design