Ranking for European road safety

Objective

The objective of RANKERS is to develop comprehensive and practical guidelines for road infrastructure safety to enable optimal cost-effective decisions by road authorities and road operators in their efforts to eradicate dangerous road sections and promote sustainable roads.

Specifically, these guidelines will cover:
- A comprehensive and practical catalogue of scientifically-researched road infrastructure safety recommendations ranked according to their efficiency, and
- An index used for assessing and monitoring road safety.

RANKERS is unique in that it proposes addressing the infrastructure safety pillar in its interrelation with driver behaviour and vehicle design, by means of extensive data collection and analysis, field tests and virtual testing. Until now, important gaps in Europe's research efforts have prevented showing the tangible results that an integrated approach to road safety could unleash.

Fields of science

• social sciences › social and economic geography › transport › transport planning

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2 - Sustainable surface transport
• SUSTDEV-2002-3.4.1.4.3 - Road infrastructure safety

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-TREN-1
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN AUTOMOCION

Address

Parque Tecnologico De Boecillo, Parcela 209
Boecillo
Spain

Participants (16)

AUTOSTRADE S.P.A.

Italy

Address

Via A. Bergamini 50
Rome

CDV BRNO

Czechia

Address

Lisenska 33A
Brno

CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Sweden

Address

Gothenburg

EUROPEAN COMMISSION - JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

Italy

Address

Via E. Fermi 1
Ispra (Varese)

EUROPEAN UNION ROAD FEDERATION

Belgium

Address

President Building, Avenue Louise 106
Brussels

FGS HÖPPNER

Germany

Address

Regensburger Str.3
Berlin

HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Finland

Address

Otakaari 1 F
Espoo

HIERROS Y APLANACIONES S.A.

Spain

Address

Polígono Industrial De Cancienes, S/n
Corvera

IST

Germany

Address

Menzelstr.3
Potsdam

ITINERE INFRASTRUCTURAS S.A.U.

Spain

Address

Padilla, 27
Madrid

KITE

Italy

Address

Contrada Costa 9
Cocquio Trevisagio

MINISTERE DE L'EQUIPEMENT, DES TRANSPORTS, DU LOGEMENT, DU TOURISME ET DE LA MER

France

Address

10 Chemin De La Poudriere
Le Grand-quevilly

PODJETJE ZA VZDRZEVANJE AVTOCEST D.O.O.

Slovenia

Address

Gric 54
Ljubljana

RÜCKER IBÉRICA S.L.

Spain

Address

Avinguda Comte De Llobregat, 113
Martorell

SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION

Sweden

Address

Röda Vägen 1
Borlänge

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA

Italy

Address

Piazza Mercato, 15
Brescia