Car drivers

Care is the best way forward – National PRP and Zurich road safety campaign

In 2025, the Portuguese Road Safety Association (PRP) and Zurich Portugal launched a national awareness campaign to encourage safer, more responsible and considerate behaviour among all road users. Following the first edition, the partnership was renewed and expanded in 2026.

Seminar: Safe Driving for Seniors

The Guild of Driving Teachers, the Lithuanian ambassador of the European Road Safety Charter, organised their national event on June 19th 2026. 

The seminar successfully brought together older drivers, road safety professionals, psychologists, driving instructors, emergency response specialists, and law enforcement representatives to address the challenges and opportunities of safe mobility in later life.

Awareness campaign tyre safety

The quality of the tyres are an essential component of safety. Even though the surface area of each tyre is quite small, it must ensure an optimal road grip under all weather conditions. A tyre with insufficient pressure can pose various risks. They become flatter, which increases the contact area with the road and can, certainly on hot days, lead to overheating and a blowout. They also deform more easily, reducing their braking performance. Driving with a flatter tyre will also cost you more. They wear out more quickly on the edges and have a higher fuel consumption.

The International Conference on Young Road Users’ Safety
14 July 2026 11:00 – 18:00
International Conference on Young Road Users’ Safety
Porsche Bucharest Vest 2, Soseaua Centurii 41, Chiajna, Ilfov
Romania

Sláinte agus Tiomáint 2026: Online Launch of Ireland’s Medical Fitness to Drive Guidelines

On 23 April 2026, the National Office for Traffic Medicine at Trinity College Dublin delivered a live online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) webinar to launch the 13th Edition of Ireland’s Sláinte agus Tiomáint Medical Fitness to Drive Guidelines.

Annual Review 2025-2026: Road Safety Education Reached 4,742 Students Across the Dodecanese Islands

With the completion of the 2025-2026 school year, EFTHITA. Rhodes - Road Safety Observatory, proudly presents the results of another successful year of road safety education across the Dodecanese Islands.

For the 16th consecutive year, our Ministry of Education-approved educational programme "Safe Road Use -Safe Cycling" has promoted safe mobility among children and young people through interactive, evidence-based learning activities.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
FLASH LED - First Line Accident Signal with High intensity LED
To warn road users of a danger on a road section, for instance following an accident, and to divert the traffic in a safe direction, traditionally wind-powered torches made of wax material are used. This solution implies some relevant road safety problems. First, exposure and risks for operators, on one side of being hit by vehicles while torches are placed on the road surface and turned on, on the other side of being wounded by open flames. Furthermore, damage of the asphalt on which torches are placed during use, compromising its useful time, and lack of practicality since they are made of fibrous materials and wax and can’t be extinguished even if no longer needed.
Every year road workers and emergency operators are injured or killed while deploying temporary warning devices in live traffic environments. Flash-Led was conceived to eliminate this exposure by enabling remote deployment of warning systems and significantly improving operator safety.
The present invention relates to a road signalling system aimed to substitute the traditional use of wind-powered torches, allowing an effective signalling of danger and/or obstruction and/or traffic channelling, ensuring the complete operators safety, avoiding infrastructure damages and, furthermore, informing road users through road navigation platforms. The solution includes n. 4 electric movable elements signalling with high visibility LEDs, remotely controlled by an operator from a plurality of possible schemes and arranged in an easily transportable container, which can reports the danger to users through platforms like Google/Waze etc.
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Short Course in Road Safety, Mobility & Health
The Short Course in Road Safety, Mobility and Health addressed the need for stronger interdisciplinary understanding of the relationship between road safety, health, mobility and safe participation in transport. Road safety challenges are not only technical or enforcement-related; they are also influenced by human behaviour, health status, ageing, disability, rehabilitation needs, distraction, professional practice, and wider mobility systems.

The initiative responded to a gap in structured education for professionals whose work may affect, advise or support road users, but who may not always receive formal training on the links between health, mobility and road safety. The course aimed to improve awareness of safe mobility, medical and functional considerations, rehabilitation/adaptations, human factors, active travel, and the wider policy context, including Vision Zero and Ireland’s Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030.

A key challenge addressed was bringing together diverse professional perspectives so that road safety is understood as a shared responsibility across health, transport, rehabilitation, public health and related disciplines.
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Connected cones: turning roadworks into real-time safety warnings
Roadside workers are among the most exposed and least protected road users in Europe. Every day, road maintenance crews, recovery operators and temporary works teams perform their duties only a few meters away from live traffic.
According to the Spanish Traffic Authority (DGT), seven roadside workers were killed on interurban roads in Spain in 2024: five tow-truck operators and two road maintenance and conservation workers. Similar risks exist across Europe wherever temporary roadworks, lane closures or roadside interventions take place.
Research by RACE-GOODYEAR and Ponle Freno-AXA has shown that a significant proportion of pedestrian fatalities on roads occur during signalling and roadside intervention activities, particularly in low-visibility conditions and on high-speed roads.
The underlying challenge is operational blindness. Temporary work zones have traditionally been protected through physical signage and manual reporting. Control centres often have limited real-time visibility of the exact location and status of roadside operations. If a cone is displaced, knocked over or removed, there is no automatic notification. Drivers only become aware of the hazard when they physically see the work zone, sometimes too late to react safely.
Our initiative addresses this challenge by transforming temporary roadside hazards into digital, real-time traffic events that can be shared instantly across the connected mobility ecosystem.
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
DriveHero
Young and inexperienced drivers are a key target group for road safety because safe driving requires more than passing a formal test. It requires understanding rules, recognising risks, building long-term knowledge and applying that knowledge under pressure. Traditional theory education can be limited by fixed course times, uneven learner engagement, fragmented communication and a lack of real-time visibility into individual weaknesses. As a result, some learners only discover knowledge gaps shortly before the exam or after they enter traffic as licensed drivers. DriveHero addresses this challenge by moving the driving school process into a digital, data-supported and learner-centred environment. The platform helps learners prepare more consistently, at their own pace and with targeted support. Its AI assistant, Aurum, provides 24/7 guidance, while analytics and reporting help driving instructors identify where learners need additional explanation or practice. By making learning more personalised, transparent and accessible, DriveHero aims to improve theory knowledge, increase exam readiness and contribute to safer behaviour among new drivers.
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