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2nd SafetyNetConferenceEuropean Road SafetyObservatory (ERSO)Road Safety Management in ActionEvidence based policy setting for the European CommunityRome 17th – 18th April 2008Campidoglio, Sala della Protomoteca,Piazza del CampidoglioFinal Programme

08:00 – 09:00 RegistrationThursday 17th April 2008Opening Ceremony09:00 Conference opened by Professor Pete Thomas, Loughborough UniversityWelcome AddressMr Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General - DG Energy and Transport, European CommissionWelcome AddressMr Alessandro Bianchi, Minister for Transport, ItalyA Member of the European ParliamentMr Peter Verlič, PhD, Secretary for State, Slovenia10.00 The European Road Safety ObservatoryUnveiling of the ObservatoryMr Jean-Paul Repussard, European CommissionHow can the Observatory be used to save lives?Professor Pete Thomas, Loughborough University, UKThe Observatory in an Italian contextProfessor Francesco Filippi, CTL, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy10:30 BREAK11.00 The Road Safety Management ProcessSession chair – Fred Wegman, SWOV, NetherlandsRoad safety in SwitzerlandBrigitte Buhmann, BFU, SwitzerlandRoad safety in the United KingdomDeidre O Reilly, Department for Transport, UKInternational benchmarking of road safety performancesFred Wegman, SWOV, Netherlands12.00 Counting Crashes and Identifying trendsSession Chair – Professor George Yannis, NTUA, GreeceCurrent and future challenges in road accident data in EuropeGeorge Yannis, National Technical University of Athens, (NTUA), GreeceImproving the reliability and compatibility of casualty dataJeremy Broughton, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), UKCADaS – Attaining road accident uniformity at EU levelGeorge Yannis, Petros Evgenikos, Antonis Chaziris, NTUA, Greece13:00 – 14:15 LUNCHModelling road fatality trends in the European countriesEleonora Papadimitriou, Costas Antoniou, George Yannis NTUA, Greece20 years of using CARE data to support policy makingMaria Teresa Sanz-Villegas, European CommissionThe way forward – Discussion15:15 Measuring the direct consequences of our actionsSession Chair – Martijn Vis, SWOV, NetherlandsThe causes of accidents depend on different factors. How can you estimate the impact ofpolicy on accidents and resulting injury?Safety Performance Indicators: linking policy to traffic safety in EuropeMartijn Vis, SWOV, Netherlands15:35 – 16:00 BREAKProject co-financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General Transport and Energy.Conference organiser VSRC, Loughborough University with local assistance from Centre forTransport and Logistics, University La Sapienza, Rome.

Comparing countries using data that exists nowProfessor Richard Allsop, ETSC/Road Safety PIN, Belgium and University College London, UKNow let’s implement Performance Indicators systems!Shalom Hakkert, Technion, IsraelOfficial hand-over of the SPI ManualWishes, hopes and ambitions from the fieldSpeaker to be confirmedPanel sessionLed by Rune Elvik, TOI, NorwayJean-Paul Repussard, EC, Martijn Vis, ERSO/SWOV, Shalom Hakkert, ERSO/Technion, Graziella Jost,ETSC/Road Safety PIN Manager, Professor Richard Allsop, ETSC/Road Safety PIN Chairman17:45 END OF DAY ONE19:30 CONFERENCE DINNER AT VILLA AURELIAFriday 18th April 200809:00 Benchmarking and ComparisonsHow can comparisons be made between countries?Session Chair – Gilles Duchamp, CETE, FranceCan the difference in road accident risks between countries be considered as aconsequence of local circumstances?What is risk? Why are risk exposure data necessary?Gilles Duchamp, CETE, FranceAvailability and compatibility of risk exposure data: How SafetyNet leads from data needsto a common frameworkEleonora Papadimitriou, NTUA, GreeceAn example: monitoring the three types of road-risk simultaneouslyRuth Bergel, INRETS, FranceRisk exposure data as a way for road infrastructure safety improvement in Southern andEastern European countriesProfessor George Kanellaidis, NTUA, Greece11:00 – 11:30 BREAKImproving the understanding of crashesSession Chair – Andrew Morris, VSRC, Loughborough UniversityThe On-going Need for Representative European In-depth DataAndrew Morris, VSRC, Loughborough University, UKData Collection – European PilotsSteve Reed, VSRC, Loughborough University, UKHelen Fagerlind, Chalmers University of Technology, SwedenFrom Data to Technological Systems Developments and BeyondMikael Ljung Aust, Chalmers University of Technology/Volvo Cars, SwedenFactors influencing outcomes in fatal accidentsEmmanuelle Dupont, Belgian Road Safety Institute, Belgium13:00 – 14:30 LUNCHRecommendations for Pan-European Road Accident InvestigationsHeikki Jahi, INRETS, FranceIn-depth data collection in ItalyLuca Persia, CTL, University La Sapienza, Rome, ItalyPanel Discussion – Next Steps15:30 – 16.00 BREAKThe ERSO website as a source for knowledge - and data-based policy making on road safetySession chair: Han Tonnon, SWOV, Netherlands (assisted by Martijn Vis, SWOV)ERSO Knowledge: Quality assurance Current and futureJeanne Breen, Jeanne Breen Consulting, UK17:00 - 17:15 CLOSING SPEECH

Project co-financed by the European Commission,Directorate-General Transport and Energy.