Program & activities

• 9:00 – 10:00Registration
• 10:00 – 10:30Presentation of Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences and University of Zagreb (Vice Dean for Science and External Cooperation – Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D.)
• 10:30 – 10:50Presentation of the summer school program (welcome note from the organizers)
• 10:50 – 11:00Coffee break
• 11:00 – 12:00Understanding the Safe System Approach – Part 1 (Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• 12:00 – 12:10Short break
• 12:10 – 13:10Understanding the Safe System Approach – Part 2 (Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• 13:10 – 13:40Lunch break
• 13:40 – 14:40Road Safety Across Borders: Insights from Participant Countries – Part 1 (participants)
• 14:40 – 14:50Short break
• 14:50 – 16:10Road Safety Across Borders: Insights from Participant Countries – Part 2 (participants)
• EveningGuided city tour (free)

* Participants need to prepare 2–3 slides about the road safety situation in their respective countries – road safety statistics, main causes of fatalities, main challenges etc.

• 9:00 – 10:30Road Markings in the Age of Automated Driving (Harald Mosböck – SWARCO Road Marking Systems, VP Europe, Middle East and Africa)
• 10:30 – 10:45Coffee break
• 10:45 – 11:45Temporary Road Marking Tapes for Work Zones – Materials, Standards, Performance and Machine-Readable Markings (Harrald Bobeck – Brite-Line International, Switzerland)
• 11:45 – 11:50Short break
• 11:50 – 12:50Temporary Tactile Guidance in Urban Work Zones – Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Pedestrians When the Footway Changes (Jan Droege – Brite-Line Europe, Germany)
• 12:50 – 13:30Lunch break
• 13:30 – 14:15Importance of Road Signs and Their Quality on Road Safety (Prof. Darko Babić – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• 14:15 – 14:25Short break
• 14:25 – 15:00Presentation of Measuring Equipment for Quality Control of Road Markings and Road Signs (Prof. Darko Babić, Ph.D.; Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D.; Mario Fiolić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• 15:00 – 15:10Short break
• 15:10 – 16:00Basic Concepts Behind Traffic Lights (Slaviša Babić – Croatian Roads Ltd.)
• 16:00 – 16:10Short break
• 16:10 – 17:00Smart Traffic Light and Road Safety (Slaviša Babić – Croatian Roads Ltd.)
• EveningFree evening

• 9:00 – 10:30The role of sensation & perception in safe driving (Hélène Dirix, Ph.D. – Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium: lecture)
• 10:30 – 10:40Short break
• 10:40 – 11:40The role of attention in safe driving (Hélène Dirix, Ph.D. – Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium: lecture)
• 11:40 – 12:00Coffee break
• 12:00 – 13:00Persuasive communication and road safety sensitization: key-concepts, evidence for effectiveness and best practices (Hélène Dirix, Ph.D. – Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium: guided online self-study)*
• 13:00 – 13:45Lunch break
• 13:45 – 14:45Strategies for message design: critical success parameters and illustrative examples (Hélène Dirix, Ph.D. – Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium: interactive session)
• 14:45 – 15:00Short break
• 15:00 – 16:00Country-specific illustrations of road safety campaigns (Prepared and presented by summer school participants: interactive session)**
• EveningFree evening

* Participants need to bring their laptops to access the online materials.

** Participants need to prepare the materials, i.e. illustrate (preferably by means of visual images and tv-trailers) how sensitization campaigns in their respective countries have tried to influence risk-related opinions & emotions road safety in the past.

• 9:00 – 10:00Principles of Safe Road Design – Part 1 (Prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D. – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt, Belgium)
• 10:00 – 10:10Short break
• 10:10 – 11:10Principles of Safe Road Design – Part 2 (Prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D. – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt, Belgium)
• 11:10 – 12:40Principles of Safe Road Design – Group work, Part 1 (Prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D. – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt, Belgium)
• 12:40 – 13:15Lunch break
• 13:15 – 14:30Principles of Safe Road Design – Group work, Part 2 (Prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D. – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt, Belgium)
• 14:30 – 14:45Short break
• 14:45 – 15:30Roundabout Designs and Their Safety Effects – Part 1 (Assoc. Prof. Luka Novačko, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb)
• 15:30 – 15:40Short break
• 15:40 – 16:25Roundabout Designs and Their Safety Effects – Part 2 (Assoc. Prof. Luka Novačko, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb)
• EveningFree evening

• 9:00 – 10:00Vehicle Restraint Systems (Tim Tusar – Saferoad Restraint Systems, Germany)
• 10:00 – 10:10Short break
• 10:10 – 11:10Crash Cushions (Tim Tusar – Saferoad Restraint Systems, Germany)
• 11:10 – 11:25Coffee break
• 11:25 – 12:25Road Design and Motorcycle Safety (Marija Ferko, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb)
• 12:25 – 13:00Lunch break
• 13:00 – 14:00Smart Roadside Guardrails for Improved Road Safety – Case Study for Motorcyclist Safety (Darko Žvan – Micro-Link Ltd., Croatia)
• 14:00 – 14:10Short break
• 14:10 – 15:10Crash Modification Factors (Prof. Carmelo D’Agostino, Ph.D. – Lund University, Sweden)
• 15:10 – 15:20Short break
• 15:20 – 16:20Surrogate Safety Measures (Prof. Carmelo D’Agostino, Ph.D. – Lund University, Sweden)
• EveningFree evening

• 09:00 – 10:00Crash analysis using data from Event Data Recorder (Assoc. Prof. Željko Šarić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb)
• 10:00 – 10:15Coffee break
• 10:15 – 11:15Impact of vehicle technical inspections on road traffic safety (Prof. Goran Zovak, Ph.D. – Center for Vehicles of Croatia / Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb)
• 11:15 – 11:30Coffee break
• 11:30 – 12:30Human factors in autonomous era (Assoc. Prof. Siyang Zhang, Ph.D. – Tongji University, Shanghai, China)
• 12:30 – 13:30Lunch break
• 13:30 – 15:30Crash test
• EveningFree evening

Optional extracurricular activity.

• 9:00 – 10:00Black Spots: Croatian Case Studies (Slaviša Babić, MSc. Eng. – Croatian Roads, Ltd.)
• 10:00 – 10:10Short break
• 10:10 – 11:10How to Measure Safety? (Prof. Attila Borsos, Ph.D. – University of Győr, Hungary)
• 11:10 – 11:25Coffee break
• 11:25 – 12:25Basic Framework for Road Safety Audits & Inspection (Prof. Attila Borsos, Ph.D. – University of Győr, Hungary)
• 12:25 – 13:00Lunch break
• 13:00 – 14:00First-Hand Experiences of Road Safety Audits (Assoc. Prof. Dániel Miletics, Ph.D. – University of Győr, Hungary)
• 14:00 – 14:10Short break
• 14:10 – 15:10Road Safety Inspection Case Studies – Group Work (Prof. Attila Borsos, Ph.D. and Assoc. Prof. Dániel Miletics, Ph.D. – University of Győr, Hungary)
• 15:10 – 15:20Short break
• 15:20 – 16:00iRAP – Experience with Road Safety Assessment Worldwide (Assoc. Prof. Marko Ševrović, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• EveningFree evening

• 9:00 – 13:00Road Safety Inspection – Field Work (Juraj Leonard Vertlberg, Ph.D.; Marko Švajda, MSc. Traff. Eng. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• 13:00 – 13:30Lunch break
• 13:30 – 16:30Road Safety Inspection – Group Work on a Case Study (Juraj Leonard Vertlberg, Ph.D.; Marko Švajda, MSc. Traff. Eng. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• 20:00🍽️ Gala dinner (costs included in the participation fee)