Safety in mobility is a priority for all stakeholders - public and private - as both benefit from it. Nonetheless, the number of human lives lost on European roads is still much too far from the dramatic reduction we all aim for.

16 experts in human factors and vehicle automation technology weigh in on the hot issues and challenges of integrating vehicle automation and connected technologies in urban traffic. How will AVs and vulnerable road-users - pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists - interact? What messages need to be communicated between them and how?

As we are fast approaching the end of 2020, the SAFE-UP consortium has compiled some of the most relevant developments and announcements of the year that have and will continue to contribute towards ‘Vision Zero’.

The SAFE-UP consortium participated in its second General Assembly (GA) last week (30th November-1st December), which had to be held virtually. Despite the natural limitations, the partners were able to engage in fruitful discussions, particularly during the two workshops on WP2 (FSCS - Future Safety-Critical Scenarios), and the demonstrators.

On Thursday November 12th, The SAFE-UP consortium kicked-off a new series of knowledge transfer webinars with fellow R&D&I projects OSCCAR and HEADSTART.

As part of the SAFE-UP project kick-off meeting, the consortium organised a panel discussion titled ‘Safety in an evolving road mobility environment’. The session gathered experts from multiple European organisations working to make our roads and streets safer via different approaches. This multi-actor approach is at the core of SAFE-UP’s ambition to work towards proactively protecting people inside and outside of the vehicle.

It all begins with an idea.

The SAFE-UP project has officially begun!