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Digital technology can help drivers to better perceive and understand the environment around the vehicle. At the same time, there is a risk that misapplied technology instead could decreased traffic safety. SAFER’s recently associated project Safe Car Driving with Head Up Displays and Camera Monitor Systems (SCREENS) will help secure that new technology will contribute to increased road safety. In

Instead of investing in permanent lighting poles, drones may offer a more flexible solution for cycle paths during the dark winter time.

We have a new exciting project in the portfolio; Safe and Secure Transport corridors in India, in which we aim to build valuable cooperative knowledge about accidents and road user behavior in India, a country with great potential for improved road safety. SITIS (Sweden-India Transport Innovation and Safety Partnership) was launched in Stockholm in February 2020 on the third global

We are pleased to present that we have a new project in the portfolio, which will aim to make product development more efficient by exploring a method that helps researchers to more easily find specific events in large amounts of data. The method for defining events will be made publicly available so that other actors can benefit from using it

Today we have received the good news that no less than three project proposals, whose project ideas have been discussed and developed within the SAFER platform, have been approved in the second call within Horizon Europe, which closed in October. Magnus Granström, SAFER’s director, comments on the success: “We are extremely happy and proud of the collaboration among our SAFER

Deep learning algorithms are becoming the state-of-the-art technology used in the perception functions of AD and ADAS. With the safety assurance of level 5 AD systems the perception of the environment and especially dynamic objects becomes a central component. Data-driven AI algorithms are to a large extent determined by the training dataset and need to be tested and validated especially

We are pleased to announce that we have two new highly competent leaders for our research area Systems for accident prevention and automated driving; Katrin Sjöberg and Carina Björnsson. Katrin’s current employment is as technical adviser in connectivity at Volvo Autonomous Solutions. In this position, she leads and advise research, technology and product development projects in the area of connected

AstaZero is well known as the world’s first full-scale independent test environment for future road safety. It’s frequently used by vehicle manufacturers and suppliers to test advanced safety systems and their functions in different traffic environments for certification. However, the test site is not exclusively designed for testing but also used for research and development. It serves as an international

The 8th International conference on driver distraction and inattention is being arranged in October and in our newsletter you can find an update regarding this major event; online opportunities, keynotes, submission process, student award and publication opportunities and more! We hope to see you there!

The project team's thesis is that more people's lives can be saved if companies and organisations took full advantage of the opportunity to place road safety requirements on in procurement.

We are happy to announce that Miké Lenne is confirmed as keynote speaker at the upcoming International conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, DDI2022, in Gothenburg October 19-20, 2022.

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Do you have a traffic safety research idea that you would like to develop together with SAFER partners? We have an opportunity! Funding will proactively stimulate project generation with several SAFER partners involved to maximize the benefits of our multi-disciplinary platform and obtain a broad commitment, both between partners and within research areas

Forskare på Chalmers ska genomföra en studie för att undersöka upplevelsen av sittande i baksätet, med syftet att förbättra komfort och säkerhet i framtidens personbilar. Till detta sökes 18 deltagare mellan 20-70 år. Studien, som är en del i projektet Car Passenger Protection - To the Next Level (se här: Car Passenger Protection – To the Next Level | SAFER

We are delighted to announce that two new SAFER pre-studies were approved by the Board in the first open call for collaborative research in 2022 to support our research agenda: Open data for bicycle classification for better planning and simulation, and for better detection from motorized vehicles (OpenBike-CD). Trustworthy AI from a traffic safety perspective

We have been very active in the update of the ERTRAC road map, thanks to all involved to help secure the traffic safety research aspects! Transport crashes are listed by Eurostat as a major cause of death in the EU, particularly for persons aged less than 65 years, and transport safety is mainly an issue of road safety. Actually, road

The purpose of SMILE III is to further develop and demonstrate the safety-cage concept developed in previous projects. The goal is to be able to safely use ML-based functions in a safe way in safety-critical vehicle systems. Another goal is also to use the safety-cage concept to understand how future safety standards affect the development and management of ML-based systems. The project will also develop an architecture for how safety cage and perception modules can interact.

Dear all SAFER-partners, First, we want to thank you all for an incredibly positive year of collaboration in traffic safety research! Almost during the whole year, we have collaborated online, using digital tools, and we think this has worked out very well; projects have been created, we have moved forward with various matters, we have influenced upcoming funding opportunities and

The schedule for our Thursday lunch webinars spring 2022 is now set and we are looking forward to meeting you online. We are back with inspiring and knowledgeable webinars about vehicle and traffic safety January 27th. The main objectives with the seminars are to share knowledge about our research and other topics related to saving lives in traffic. We aim

December Newsletter is OUT!

In June 2020, SAFER started up a strategic initiative to build competence on how AI can be used as a tool, partly to facilitate and improve our research, but also to create solutions in the traffic environment that contribute to increased safety for road users. In parallel with the activities in SAFER’s AI stakeholder groups, Drive Sweden and AI Sweden

This is what the project ASSERTED - Assuring Safety for Rapid and Continuous Deployment for Autonomous Driving – will find out. Autonomous vehicles have a huge potential to contribute to a safe and sustainable mobility system. However, it is also clear that it is challenging to introduce the vehicles to the market due to the safety relevance and complexity of

The DRIV project, associated to SAFER’s project portfolio, will create a platform for knowledge sharing relating to the legal challenges that occur in collaborative projects for data-driven innovation and help the participating organisation in research and innovation projects to manage legal questions at an early stage to create the right prerequisites to share and utilize data and enable the intended use of project results.

SAFER expands its research infrastructure with another value-adding asset, SAFER data portfolio, introducing a data catalogue containing information about available quality assured datasets for research and description on how these can be accessed.

Today, large resources are being invested in getting us to park the car and instead choose bicycles and public transport as means of transport. This in order to support the transition to a more sustainable society and many people hope that the younger generation will make better choices than the older one. Today, a new report about young people’s mobility

Over 130 experts from almost 50 different companies and organisations gathered at Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg for two days to take part in SCSSS 2021 and learn about the latest trends and developments in system safety research.

Welcome to explore the conference proceedings from the International Cycling Safety Conference 2021!

Stay up-to-date with our most recent collaboration opportunities at SAFER! We have been celebrating 15 year anniversary and our most ground breaking projects have been awarded. Did you miss the celebrations - read the summary in the newsletter! Our 7th international conference on driving distraction and inattention has been concluded, and we invite you to submit abstracts to the next one, this time in Gothenburg! We report from the recently concluded L3Pilot-project and we present our upcoming activities.

Welcome to the 8th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2022), which will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, October 19-20, 2022. The conference is the primary international event on this topic, designed to bring participants – from academia, industry and government – up-to-date on the developments and trends in the field of inattention and distraction in driving. The conference features keynote speakers, plenary and parallel sessions, poster exhibition and a panel dialogue with various experts, representing various disciplines in this line of research. Networking is also an important part of the conference and we are looking forward to host the most recent and relevant research dialogue together with experts from all around the world to move forward with our common challenge to save lives in traffic.

Nearly 100 delegates from 19 countries attended the 7th edition of the International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2021) held online, October 18-20. The co-organisers; the SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers in Sweden, the Université Gustave Eiffel, France and the University of New South Wales, Australia, are very pleased with the outcome, which shows that there

​How do we make sure that the human is a reliable fallback and can promptly, safely, and efficiently take back the driving task from automated driving? That’s the key question for over 30 stakeholders from academia and industry, now present their findings from Europe’s first comprehensive pilot test of automated driving on public roads. The result is believed to help

We are very happy to announce that the cluster of SAFER’s human body model projects have been awarded the 15 year anniversary prize for the most ground-breaking project in the research- and competence centre’s history.

For fifteen years, SAFER has now conducted borderless research to save lives in traffic by joining forces with the Swedish automotive industry, academia and societal actors. Thousands of researchers have been active in the research and competence centre over the years and during the period close to 400 projects have been carried out, over 1000 publications have been published and 64 doctors have been examined in SAFER's unique collaboration environment. Several prestigious award-winning prizes have also been granted to SAFER and its researchers over the years.

Our newsletter for September is out!

The primary outcome of the PANACEA project is the creation of new assessment technologies and countermeasure strategies which come together as a new fitness to drive paradigm applicable in commercial vehicle operations with vehicles at various automation levels.

Malin Levin, deputy director at SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre at Chalmers, is awarded the Collaborator of the year.

Do you have a traffic safety research idea that you would like to develop together with SAFER partners? We have an opportunity! Funding will proactively stimulate project generation with several SAFER partners involved to maximize the benefits of our multi-disciplinary platform and obtain a broad commitment, both between partners and within research areas. The funding is for getting started with strategic knowledge creation that can be leveraged e.g. by using the unique, new competence as a basis for national funding or an entry ticket to prestigious international collaborations. We also welcome proposals that are of a different nature, for instance for finalization of publications from a completed project or investigation of a new area.

Seven fantastic projects have now been nominated by our community as the most groundbreaking since SAFER was born 15 years ago. Welcome to cast your vote on the one that you think has added most value back to the SAFER community - or have been most ground-breaking!

We are pleased to announce that we have two highly competent leaders for our research area Road user behavior; Anna Sjörs Dahlman and Niklas Strand.

We are pleased to welcome another new partner to SAFER, Voi Technology. Voi provides shared electric scooters in more than 70 cities in Europe and aim to collaborate with us for increased safety in the field of micromobility. “It is very positive, and also valuable for us, that new companies in micromobility connect with us for collaboration in the traffic

Ghazaleh Ghaffari is our new SAFER doctor!

August’s SAFER newsletter is out! We have new SAFER partners again! Read more about them in our latest issue as well as more about our main upcoming activities, e.g. our 15 year anniversary on September 29, Lindholmen Open Day and a workshop about crash safety for electric vehicles: https://mailchi.mp/chalmers.se/5343066-5413174

Dear SAFER friends, We in the SAFER secretariat hope that you’ve all been able to enjoy a nice summer with some well-deserved rest. We certainly have, but now we are excited to kick-off work and look forward to working with you all again! During the autumn, lots of exciting things will happen! One major activity will be SAFER’s 15 year

A short summary of the spring’s main achievements, details for our upcoming SAFER 15 year anniversary, information about our new projects, including latest approved ideas in our pre-study program and main events during the autumns can be found in the newsletter. We have a new project that will develop an updated SAFER human body model validated for prediction of motorcycle

There is an increasing trend towards automation in the transport sector. Organisations that plan to introduce automated vehicles will likely need support on how to develop sustainable safety cultures to prevent accidents and to maintain high safety. Safety culture is defined as the prevailing way of thinking and acting at a workplace in relation to risks and safety, i.e. how safety is actually managed.

Agenda 2030 is the most ambitious sustainability goals ever adopted by UN member states, and road safety is included both directly and indirectly in several of the goals. The goals are absolute and indivisible, which means that the work with different goals such as road safety, gender equality, poverty and the climate issue must take place in parallel. But how

Welcome to celebrate SAFER 15-year anniversary together with all of us involved in this fantastic partnership - together we carry out research and generate knowledge to save lives and prevent injuries in traffic! September 29, we will arrange a range of activities; an inspirational seminar with highlights from our 15 years of research, workshops where we jointly begin creating a

In this project DrivER (Driver physiological monitoring for vehicle Emergency Response), which is part of the Connected Occupant Physiological Evaluation (COPE) concept designed by Chalmers University of Technology and Autoliv Development AB, we aim to evaluate three related concepts for driver state detection.

“How can we in the research community together continue to utilize the opportunities that come with the UN Conference, the Stockholm Declaration and the new UN resolution on traffic safety that was adopted in August last year?”

The schedule for our Thursday lunch seminars autumn 2021 is now set and we are looking forward to meeting you online. We are back with inspiring and knowledgeable seminars about vehicle and traffic safety September 2nd. The main objectives with the seminars are to share knowledge about our research and other topics related to saving lives in traffic. We aim