Initiative details
Road safety data across Europe originates from many disconnected sources — road operators, national access points, emergency services, OEMs, and driver communities — yet no single trusted platform unifies these into consistent, real-time alerts for drivers. This fragmentation means that hazards such as stopped vehicles, wrong-way drivers, approaching emergency vehicles, slippery roads, and traffic jam tails are either reported too late, duplicated, or never reach the driver at all.
A second challenge is the low accuracy and timeliness of available data. Official sources can lag 8–10 minutes behind real incidents, while unvalidated crowd-sourced data risks being unreliable. Without a mechanism to merge, deduplicate, and rank competing data feeds, drivers receive conflicting or imprecise warnings. A third challenge is unequal access: safety alerts today depend heavily on which app or vehicle brand a driver uses, leaving many road users uninformed. Finally, OEMs struggle to meet Euro NCAP's 2026 "Safe Driving" requirements without a standardised external data pipeline, creating a barrier to delivering in-car hazard warnings at scale.
Be-Warned directly addresses all of these gaps by acting as a single, trusted hub that consolidates multi-source traffic data into verified, real-time safety intelligence for every driver, regardless of app, vehicle, or region.
A second challenge is the low accuracy and timeliness of available data. Official sources can lag 8–10 minutes behind real incidents, while unvalidated crowd-sourced data risks being unreliable. Without a mechanism to merge, deduplicate, and rank competing data feeds, drivers receive conflicting or imprecise warnings. A third challenge is unequal access: safety alerts today depend heavily on which app or vehicle brand a driver uses, leaving many road users uninformed. Finally, OEMs struggle to meet Euro NCAP's 2026 "Safe Driving" requirements without a standardised external data pipeline, creating a barrier to delivering in-car hazard warnings at scale.
Be-Warned directly addresses all of these gaps by acting as a single, trusted hub that consolidates multi-source traffic data into verified, real-time safety intelligence for every driver, regardless of app, vehicle, or region.
Initiative date
Who was/is your target audience?
Policy makers
Public authorities
Topic
Improve vehicles and infrastructure
Organisation details
Be-Mobile
Enterprise
Belgium
Ghent
Contact name
Bart Lannoo
Telephone number
+32472580977
bart.lannoo@be-mobile.com
Website link
Project activities
If you work together with external partners, list the most important partners and briefly describe their role.
NA
Please describe the project activities you carried/are carrying out and the time period over which these were implemented.
Be-Warned officially launched in 2025, but the platform builds on technology that was already developed, deployed and validated across several real-life projects in Belgium and the Netherlands. In Flanders, Be-Warned formed the central safety platform of the Mobilidata C-ITS programme (development started in 2021, operational since 2024), delivering road hazard warnings and achieving a measured average speed reduction of 4 km/h among informed drivers. In the Netherlands, the VM-IVRA programme (spanning approximately five years, concluding early 2025) used Be-Warned to power in-car traffic management services at national scale, while the Safety Priority Services project (2022–2024) demonstrated that 84% of drivers made room for approaching emergency vehicles when alerted, and that crowd-sourced data made 90–95% of incidents available 8–10 minutes ahead of official sources.
More broadly, Be-Warned operates as a continuously evolving connected safety platform, integrating real-time data from road operators, national access points, OEMs, and millions of driver community members. Its two core modules — the Merge & Decide engine and the Road User Feedback loop — work together to consolidate overlapping data streams into a single, verified safety feed that updates in near real time. The platform supports a growing number of European countries and is designed to serve any driver, app, or vehicle brand, making it a scalable foundation for a unified European road safety ecosystem.
More broadly, Be-Warned operates as a continuously evolving connected safety platform, integrating real-time data from road operators, national access points, OEMs, and millions of driver community members. Its two core modules — the Merge & Decide engine and the Road User Feedback loop — work together to consolidate overlapping data streams into a single, verified safety feed that updates in near real time. The platform supports a growing number of European countries and is designed to serve any driver, app, or vehicle brand, making it a scalable foundation for a unified European road safety ecosystem.
In terms of implementation, what worked well and what challenges did you need to overcome?
The real-life deployments demonstrated several clear strengths of the Be-Warned platform. Safety alerts achieved over 80% user acceptance rates, and informed drivers measurably reduced their speed by 4 km/h compared to uninformed drivers. Emergency vehicle warnings proved highly effective, with 84% of drivers actively making room when alerted. The Road User Feedback module showed particular strength in closing data gaps: crowd-sourced reports made 90–95% of incidents available 8–10 minutes earlier than official sources, and community-generated events accounted for roughly 10% of the total consolidated event stream. The Merge & Decide technology successfully reduced overlapping data points to less than half, proving its ability to deliver a clean, reliable event stream from multiple competing sources.
However, challenges remain. Ensuring consistent data quality across a fragmented landscape of public and private sources requires continuous tuning of ranking and validation rules. Scaling the feedback loop to new regions depends on reaching sufficient driver community density, as sparse coverage reduces the reliability and speed of crowd-sourced validation. Achieving broad OEM integration remains complex, given the diversity of in-car systems and certification requirements. Finally, sustaining real-time performance at low latency across growing data volumes and geographies will require ongoing infrastructure investment as the platform expands Europe-wide.
However, challenges remain. Ensuring consistent data quality across a fragmented landscape of public and private sources requires continuous tuning of ranking and validation rules. Scaling the feedback loop to new regions depends on reaching sufficient driver community density, as sparse coverage reduces the reliability and speed of crowd-sourced validation. Achieving broad OEM integration remains complex, given the diversity of in-car systems and certification requirements. Finally, sustaining real-time performance at low latency across growing data volumes and geographies will require ongoing infrastructure investment as the platform expands Europe-wide.
Evaluation
Please summarise how you have evaluated the initiative’s impact (e.g. social media reach, survey, feedback forms, statistics).
The impact of Be-Warned has been evaluated primarily through quantitative performance metrics derived from real-life deployments rather than through traditional outreach or survey methods. Platform-level statistics form the core of the evaluation: the number of active events, upvotes and downvotes processed per time interval, and the ratio of consolidated output events versus raw input data points have all been monitored continuously. These metrics directly evidence the effectiveness of the Merge & Decide and Road User Feedback modules in operational conditions.
Driver behaviour was assessed through blind A/B testing, comparing average speeds between informed and non-informed drivers — a rigorous method that produced the observed 4 km/h speed reduction in Flanders. User acceptance rates of over 80% were tracked across connected applications such as Flitsmeister. In the Safety Priority Services project, the share of drivers actively responding to emergency vehicle warnings (84%) and the time advantage of crowd-sourced incident reporting (8–10 minutes ahead of official sources) were measured through data analysis of platform logs and benchmark comparisons against traditional roadside systems such as induction loops and overhead gantries.
Notably, the evaluation has so far relied entirely on data-driven and behavioural metrics. Social media reach, surveys, or structured user feedback forms have not yet been reported as part of the impact assessment.
Driver behaviour was assessed through blind A/B testing, comparing average speeds between informed and non-informed drivers — a rigorous method that produced the observed 4 km/h speed reduction in Flanders. User acceptance rates of over 80% were tracked across connected applications such as Flitsmeister. In the Safety Priority Services project, the share of drivers actively responding to emergency vehicle warnings (84%) and the time advantage of crowd-sourced incident reporting (8–10 minutes ahead of official sources) were measured through data analysis of platform logs and benchmark comparisons against traditional roadside systems such as induction loops and overhead gantries.
Notably, the evaluation has so far relied entirely on data-driven and behavioural metrics. Social media reach, surveys, or structured user feedback forms have not yet been reported as part of the impact assessment.
What has been the effect of the activities?
The deployments of Be-Warned have demonstrated measurable safety and behavioural impacts on road users. The most significant effect is a reduction in vehicle speeds among drivers who received real-time alerts. Blind A/B testing in Flanders showed an average speed decrease of 4 km/h between informed and non-informed drivers. Given that existing research indicates a 1 km/h reduction in average speed typically results in a 2–5% reduction in injury crashes, this 4 km/h reduction suggests a substantial potential safety benefit.
Emergency vehicle warnings proved particularly effective: up to 100% of drivers were made aware of an approaching ambulance, and 84% actively made room based on the alert — a direct contribution to faster emergency response times and reduced risk of collision.
The platform also significantly improved the timeliness and coverage of road safety information. Crowd-sourced data made 90–95% of breakdown and accident reports available 8–10 minutes earlier than official sources, enabling earlier warnings to a wider group of drivers. Environmental zone warnings via Flitsmeister now reach over 1 million drivers per month, illustrating the platform's growing reach. Collectively, these effects point to fewer secondary crashes, faster hazard response, and a more informed, safer driver community across the regions where Be-Warned has been active.
Emergency vehicle warnings proved particularly effective: up to 100% of drivers were made aware of an approaching ambulance, and 84% actively made room based on the alert — a direct contribution to faster emergency response times and reduced risk of collision.
The platform also significantly improved the timeliness and coverage of road safety information. Crowd-sourced data made 90–95% of breakdown and accident reports available 8–10 minutes earlier than official sources, enabling earlier warnings to a wider group of drivers. Environmental zone warnings via Flitsmeister now reach over 1 million drivers per month, illustrating the platform's growing reach. Collectively, these effects point to fewer secondary crashes, faster hazard response, and a more informed, safer driver community across the regions where Be-Warned has been active.
Please briefly explain why your initiative is a good example of improving road safety.
Be-Warned tackles road safety at its root by connecting the entire mobility ecosystem — road operators, emergency services, OEMs, and millions of drivers — into one real-time safety hub. Its impact is not theoretical: measurable behavioural changes such as reduced speeds and drivers responding to emergency vehicle alerts have been demonstrated through rigorous real-world deployments across multiple countries. The platform is also self-improving — the more drivers use it, the more accurate alerts become. Standards-aligned and scalable across Europe, it is a clear example of data-driven cooperation delivering evidence-based road safety outcomes.
How have you shared information about your project and its results?
Be-Warned and its underlying technology have been shared through multiple channels. Scientific and industry knowledge has been disseminated through conference presentations and exhibitions, including at Intertraffic in Amsterdam (2026), where Be-Mobile presented the platform's results and hosted a dedicated booth to engage directly with international mobility and road safety professionals, and at ITS Europe in Istanbul (2026), where the platform's real-world results and technological approach were presented to a broad ITS audience.
At the project level, results from the Mobilidata deployment have been shared with the broader C-ITS community through technical whitepapers, and findings from the Safety Priority Services project were published in a dedicated results report (March 2025). The VM-IVRA programme findings were similarly documented in a final programme report (January 2025).
Within Flanders, Mobilidata maintained active communication with public and private stakeholders throughout the programme, ensuring transparency on deployment progress and outcomes. Be-Mobile has also communicated about the platform through its own channels, including press releases and its website, targeting both industry partners and the wider public.
Going forward, broader dissemination across additional European countries and stakeholder groups remains a priority, as expanding awareness and adoption is key to realising Be-Warned's ambition of becoming a trusted, Europe-wide road safety hub.
At the project level, results from the Mobilidata deployment have been shared with the broader C-ITS community through technical whitepapers, and findings from the Safety Priority Services project were published in a dedicated results report (March 2025). The VM-IVRA programme findings were similarly documented in a final programme report (January 2025).
Within Flanders, Mobilidata maintained active communication with public and private stakeholders throughout the programme, ensuring transparency on deployment progress and outcomes. Be-Mobile has also communicated about the platform through its own channels, including press releases and its website, targeting both industry partners and the wider public.
Going forward, broader dissemination across additional European countries and stakeholder groups remains a priority, as expanding awareness and adoption is key to realising Be-Warned's ambition of becoming a trusted, Europe-wide road safety hub.
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