We are proud to announce the winners of the Excellence in Road Safety Awards 2025. This year’s awards spotlight the best innovation, dedication, and impact in road safety across Europe. From tackling impaired driving to educating children, empowering older people, and leveraging technology and urban design, the winners exemplify the shared vision of safer roads for everyone.
The 2025 Winners
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND DISTRACTION
FlineBox: For safer driving decisions
Road Safety Authority Ireland and Fline (Ireland & Belgium)
An easy-to-use breathalyser terminal helping people check their alcohol levels before driving. Installed in over 250 locations, it has already delivered more than one million preventative tests—convincing thousands not to drive when over the limit.
EDUCATION
Road safety awareness for school children
Volvo Car España (Spain)
A LEGO robotics programme where children design accident-preventing vehicles and create safe, inclusive mobility concepts. Reaching 2,100 students annually, it builds technical skills and lifelong road safety awareness.
OLDER PEOPLE
Lifelong safe and active mobility
Madlencnik Mobility – Easy Drivers Radfahrschule (Austria)
An e-bike training scheme tailored for older adults, combining practical riding skills with a unique “train the trainer” model. Senior participants now teach children, spreading safe mobility habits across generations.
TECHNOLOGY
Lanternn: AI & data fusion for road safety
Valerann, Transport Infrastructure Ireland & Roughan & O’Donovan (Spain & Ireland)
An AI-powered platform that fuses real-time traffic, weather and sensor data to detect incidents faster and boost operator response. Piloted in Ireland, it sets new standards for smart, proactive road safety management.
URBAN
Safer surroundings for secondary schools
Métropole de Lyon (France)
A city-wide initiative redesigning streets around 120 secondary schools with safer crossings, pavements, and traffic calming. With 13,000 students engaged, it’s creating safer, more inclusive public spaces for young people.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
30 Marathons for 30km/h
The NTUA Road Safety Observatory (Greece)
Voted live by participants during the ceremony, this award recognises the initiative that most inspires the public.
The European Road Safety Charter extends heartfelt thanks to all applicants and finalists for their inspiring contributions. Each initiative is vital in making Europe’s roads safer and more inclusive.
We also warmly thank our judging panel for their expertise and dedication:
- Juan Caballero from Eurocities - sustainable mobility and awareness campaigns expert
- Bernard Bazot from AGE Platform Europe - advocate for older people’s safe mobility
- Pablo Celis from Celis Consult - civil engineer and cycling safety expert
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Celebrating progress towards Vision Zero
With over 4000 members—including companies, associations, local authorities, universities, schools and individuals—the European Road Safety Charter is the largest civil society platform dedicated to road safety. Charter members help strengthen road safety culture through their initiatives, reduce accidents, and develop preventative solutions.
The Excellence in Road Safety Awards celebrate the collective impact and progress toward Europe’s Vision Zero: halving road deaths and serious injuries by 2030 and eliminating them entirely by 2050. With 100 applications received this year, the 2025 winners represent the diversity, creativity, and commitment of the Charter’s community.
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