What happened to all those road safety projects?
Over the last ten years, Skyltfonden has funded a large number of projects on road safety culture and organisational safety. Many have resulted in reports, recommendations, methods and new knowledge. But one question has largely remained unanswered:
What happened next?
A new project led by Malin Levin, SAFER’s Operational team, together with Sanna Eveby, Guidance to Zero, will take a closer look at the long-term outcomes of these projects. The aim is not to evaluate individual projects, but to understand what happened to the results after the funding ended. Were the recommendations used? Did organisations change the way they work? What lessons can be taken forward?
"We spend a lot of time generating knowledge, but less time understanding what happens to it afterwards. If we can identify what has actually been used and created value, we can make better decisions in the future," says Malin Levin
The project will review around ten years of Skyltfonden-funded initiatives and combine document studies with interviews and discussions with people who have been involved in the projects. The focus is on practical impact rather than academic outputs.
A central part of the work is collaboration. Through SAFER's network, researchers, authorities, companies and other organisations will be invited to contribute with their experiences and perspectives. The ambition is to create a shared understanding of what supports implementation and what tends to get in the way.
The project is carried out together with Guidance to Zero and Sanna Eveby, who has extensive experience of organisational road safety, safety culture and the practical application of Vision Zero principles.
"This project gives us a chance to learn from both successes and missed opportunities. The goal is not to look backwards, but to help organisations move forward," says Sanna Eveby.
The results will be used to identify future research needs, support funding priorities and strengthen the implementation of effective road safety measures. In short, the project is about making better use of knowledge that already exists.
