The 2009 Call was the second cross-border funded joint research programme on the subject of
„Road Safety with focus on Self-Explaining Road and Forgiving Roadsides“.
11 National
Road Administrations from different countries participated in this programme. The total
Budget for funding projects was 1,485 Mio. 18 proposals with 66 partners from 19 different countries were submitted for the call. 7 of those countries are not members of the funding Programme Executive Board (PEB) of ERA-NET ROAD. This proves openness of this cross-border funded joint research programme.
The Programme finished in 2011 and the Final Report of "Safety at the Heart of Road
Design" is now available!
Please click on this link to find information regarding the results of the call including a more detailed list of the projects that have been selected.
Following 5 projects are finished now, read their projects and results :
ERASER: Evaluations to Realise a common Approach to Self-explaining European
Roads
A concise literature review on Self-Explaining Roads along with some pilots, outputs to include a checklist.
 ERASER Project Description (.pdf)
Deliverables:
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D1: SER and SER Approaches: State-of-the-art
D2: Road user pilots in different European countries
D3/4: Road authority Pilot and Feasibility study
D5: Dissemination kit
Presentations:
 ERASER Presentation from Joint Meeting in Budapest on 4 March 2010
 ERASER Presentation from Final Conference in Stockholm on 13 January
2012
RISMET: Road Infrastructure Safety Management Evaluation Tools
( http://rismet.swov.nl/ )
It encompasses statistically reliable evaluation tools, though it relies on accident models without combining the information of accident models and the information of accidents happened on road section in question.

 RISMET Project Description (.pdf)
Deliverables:
 D1: Detailed project work plan - November 2009
 D2: Survey on current data collection systems - February 2011
 D3: Data requirements for road network inventory studies and road safety
 evaluations: Guidelines and specifications - June 2011
D4/5: Assessment and applicability of evaluation tools: Current practice in a sample of European countries and steps towards a state-of-the-art approach -
April 2011
 D6.1: Accident Prediction Models for Rural Junctions on Four European
Countries
 D6.2: Applying speed prediction models to define road sections and to develop accident prediction models: A German case study and a Portuguese exploratory study
 D6.3: Cross-country applicability of evaluation methods. A pilot study in
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Portugal and Germany
D7: Guidelines for development and application of Evaluation tools for road safety infrastructure management in the EU - August 2011
Presentations:
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RISMET Presentation from Joint Meeting in Budapest on 4 March 2010
RISMET Presentation from Final Conference in Stockholm on 13 January
2012
SPACE: Speed Adaption Control by Self Explaining Roads ( http://www.fehrl.org/space )
It focuses on self explaining roads, identifying parameters and validation through simulation.
It has lots of benefits to road safety auditors and also the use of driver simulator is good to make findings robust.
 SPACE Project Description (.pdf)
Deliverables:
 D1: Self-Explaining-Roads Literature Review and Treatment Information -
June 2010
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D2: Methods to evaluate internationl SER treatments
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D3: Self explaining Road treatments - Report from expert workshop
 D4: Report on driving simulator experiment
D5: Comparison of methods
D6: Final Report SPACE
Presentations:

 SPACE Presentation and details from Joint Meeting in Budapest on 4 March
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2010
SPACE Presentation from Final Conference in Stockholm on 13 January 2012
IRDES: Improving Roadside Design to Forgive Human Errors ( http://www.irdeseranet.eu/ )
Covers a broad range of Forgiving Roadsides and will achieve an evaluation tool along with practical solutions to make roadsides more forgiving. It includes the monitoring of a dangerous road.
 IRDES Project Description (.pdf)
Deliverables:
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D0.2: Final Project Report
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D1: State of the art report on existing tools for the design of forgiving roadsides
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D2: Practical Guide for the Assessment of Treatment Effectiveness
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D3 Forgiving Roadside Design Guide
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D4: Final report on the Survey
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D5.1: Proceedings of Round Table/Workshop 1
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D5.2: Proceedings of Round Table/Workshop 2
Presentations:
 IRDES Presentation from Joint Meeting in Budapest on 4 March 2010
 IRDES Presentation from Final Conference in Stockholm on 13 January 2012
EuRSI: European Road Safety Inspection ( http://na-srv-1dv.nuim.ie/eursi/ )
Project proposal focuses on forgiving road sides and methods of evaluation using innovative automated mapping systems for the identification of hazards.
 EuRSI Project Description (.pdf)
Deliverables:
 D3.1: Road Safety Inspections Schemes Review - May 2011
 D3.2: Risk Assessment Review - February 2010
 D1.1: Final Report detailing Technology, Methodology, Evaluation,
Workshops and Recommendation
Presentations:
 EuRSI Presentation from Joint Meeting in Budapest on 4 March 2010

 EuRSI Presentation - August 2010
 EuRSI Transnational Test 2010/2011
 EURSI Presentation from Final Conference in Stockholm on 13 January 2012