Innovative Tools, Technologies and Systems to Reduce Road Traffic Deaths and Injuries

Dear Colleagues,

Road traffic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death for people of all ages and the first leading cause of death for children and young adults (5–29 years). Without appropriate measures, they could become the seventh leading cause of death by 2030. In addition to human suffering and grief, road deaths and injuries generate high economic costs through lost income, medical and rehabilitation costs, as well as judicial and custodial costs.

UN General Assembly resolution proclaimed the period 2021–2030 as the Second Decade of Action (DoA) for Road Safety and set a goal of achieving a reduction of at least 50% in road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030. This latest goal is much more challenging than the one of previous decades both because it involves urban roads more significantly and because the concept and technology of transportation are rapidly evolving: the implementation of telecommunications, widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic, reduces the need for physical mobility, with new technologies in cars assisting or even replacing drivers becoming a reality, which forces use to rethink about what we understand as active or passive safety. As part of this effort, it also has to be considered that the road network is to a large extent already developed, and that reconstruction projects are conditioned by available funding, physical constraints, or social or environmental considerations. Often, especially in constrained sites, “full standards” projects simply are not feasible, with exceptions becoming the rule.

This Special Issue will address some of the most essential issues currently affecting road safety. It welcomes high-quality original research and review articles that cover a broad range of topics related to traffic deaths and injuries, including those concerning roads, cars, heavy vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. Research papers (case studies, reviews and policy related) from different parts of the world are invited. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Combination of physical and traffic management systems suitable to improve safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.
• Pavement friction treatment and management.
• Impact of real time meetings and smart working on mobility change.
• Emerging technologies in driving behaviour.
• Safety tools to discover black spots.
• Advanced road safety systems
• Advanced driving safety systems.
• Roadside passive safety
• Smart and sustainable urban roads.

Dr. Mariano Pernetti
Dr. Massimo Losa
Guest Editors

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