Program & activities
Program
Day 1 – Opening day (28 August 2023); Duration – 5 hours
GOAL:
- to introduce participants with the state of road safety policies and strategies;
- to familiarize participants regarding the safety impacts of partially and fully automated and connected vehicles.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome speech of the Dean of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (Assoc. Prof. Marko Šoštarić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia) |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Presentation 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 – 10:50 | Presentation of the summer school program (welcome note from the organizers) |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Towards Zero Deaths in 2030: Building on the Foundations of the 1st UN Decade of Action for Road Safety – Part 1 (Brendan Halleman, Senior Road Safety Advisor, European Investment Bank (EIB)) |
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Short break |
| 12:10 – 13:10 | Towards Zero Deaths in 2030: Building on the Foundations of the 1st UN Decade of Action for Road Safety – Part 2 (Brendan Halleman, Senior Road Safety Advisor, European Investment Bank (EIB)) |
| 13:10 – 13:40 | Lunch break |
| 13:40 – 14:40 | Sustainable safety and Safe System Approach (Dr. Wendy Weijermars – SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, Netherlands) |
| 14:40 – 14:45 | Short break |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Road safety impacts of CAVs – experience from Levitate project (Dr. Wendy Weijermars – SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, Netherlands) |
| 15:30 – 15:35 | Short break |
| 15:35 – 16:35 | Reading the road ahead (Harald Mosböck – SWARCO AG – VP RMS Region Europe and Vice President of European Union Road Federation – ERF) |
| 19:00 | Welcome Dinner (costs included in the participation fee) |
Day 2 – Human factor (29 August 2023); Duration – 6 hours
GOAL:
- to introduce participants to human perception and how visual information in road traffic is processed;
- to familiarize participants with the patterns of road user’s behavior and how they make decisions in different traffic situations and conditions;
- to introduce participants with safety risks related to distractions and to show contemporary research methods related to human factor and road safety.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 10:10 | Perception and other relevant performance factors for safe driving – Part 1 (Petr Zámečník, Ph.D. – Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Short break |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Perception and other relevant performance factors for safe driving – Part 2 (Petr Zámečník, Ph.D. – Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Coffee break |
| 11:25 – 12:25 | The role of personality and motivation factors on risky driving (Petr Zámečník, Ph.D. – Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) |
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Distractions (Dr. Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios – Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Short break |
| 14:10 – 15:10 | Introduction to eye tracking (Asst. prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D. Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb & Chiara Gruden – Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor) |
| 15:10 – 15:25 | Coffee break |
| 15:25 – 16:25 | Eye tracking in road safety research (Asst. prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb & Chiara Gruden – Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor) |
| 18:00 | Guided tour of the City of Zagreb (costs included in the participation fee) |
Day 3 – Road safety inspection (30 August 2023); Duration – 6 hours
GOAL:
- to familiarize participants with the process of “black spots” identification based on a Croatian case study;
- to introduce participants with basics of crash modification factors;
- to familiarize participants with the basic concepts and regulations related to road safety inspection in the EU and with the overall road safety inspection process.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Black spots: Croatian case studies (Slaviša Babić, MSc. Eng. – Croatian Roads, Ltd.) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Short break |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Crash modification factors (Prof. Carmelo D’Agostino, Ph.D. – Lund University, Sweden) |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Coffee break |
| 11:25 – 12:25 | iRAP – experience with road safety assessment worldwide (Assoc. Prof. Marko Ševrović, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia) |
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Road safety impact assessment (Assoc. Prof. Marko Šoštarić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia) |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Short break |
| 14:10 – 15:10 | Pedestrian crossing safety inspection – results of the EuroS@P project (Tomasz Mackun, MSc. Eng. – Gdansk University of Technology, Poland) |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Short break |
| 15:20 – 16:20 | Road Safety Inspection – results of the EuroS@P project (Prof. Salvatore Cafiso, Ph.D. – University of Catania, Italy) |
| Free evening |
Day 4 – Road and environment (31 August 2023); Duration – 7 hours
GOAL:
- to introduce participants to human perception and how visual information in road traffic is processed;
- to familiarize participants with the patterns of road user’s behaviour and how they make decisions in different traffic situations and conditions;
- to introduce participants with safety risks related to distractions and to show contemporary research methods related to human factor and road safety.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Safe road design – Part 1 (Prof. Marco Bassani, Ph.D. – Laboratory of Road Safety and Driving Simulation, Politecnico di Torino) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Short break |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Safe road design – Part 2 (Prof. Marco Bassani, Ph.D. – Laboratory of Road Safety and Driving Simulation, Politecnico di Torino) |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Coffee break |
| 11:25 – 12:25 | Effects of sight limitations to driver behaviour (Prof. Marco Bassani, Ph.D. – Laboratory of Road Safety and Driving Simulation, Politecnico di Torino) |
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Concept of self-explaining and forgiving roads – Part 1 (Asst. Prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D. – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt, Belgium) |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Short break |
| 14:10 – 15:10 | Concept of self-explaining and forgiving roads – Part 2 (Asst. Prof. Ali Pirdavani, Ph.D. – Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Hasselt, Belgium) |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Short break |
| 15:20 – 16:20 | Roundabout designs and their safety effects – Part 1 (Assoc. Prof. Luka Novačko, Ph.D.- Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Short break |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Roundabout designs and their safety effects – Part 2 (Assoc. Prof. Luka Novačko, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| Free evening |
Day 5 – Road safety systems (1 September 2023); Duration – 6 hours
GOAL:
- to extend participants’ knowledge of different concepts of safe road design;
- to introduce and elaborate the contemporary concept of self-explaining and forgiving roads;
- to present the application of a driving simulator in road design and safety analysis.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Crash Cushions – Why and where to use them (Fernando Ribeiro – Lindsay, Netherland) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Short break |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Road Connect – Increasing the speed and reliability of roadside maintenance (Fernando Ribeiro – Lindsay, Netherland) |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Coffee break |
| 11:25 – 12:25 | Work Zone Protection (Fernando Ribeiro – Lindsay, Netherland) |
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Road restraint systems – Solutions that save lives – To be defined |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Short break |
| 14:10 – 15:10 | Smart Roadside Guardrails for Improved Road Safety – Case Study for Motorcyclist Safety (Darko Žvan – Micro-Link Ltd., Croatia) |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Short break |
| 15:20 – 16:20 | Road design and motorcycle safety (Prof. Tomaž Tollazzi, Ph.D. – Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor, Slovenia) |
| Free evening |
Day 6 – Road and environment (2 September 2023); Duration – 7 hours
GOAL:
- to familiarize participants with safety risks related to low visibility
conditions; to extend participants’ knowledge of safe road infrastructure; - to evaluate the effect of different low-cost measures for traffic signalling on driver
behaviour and overall road safety; to familiarize participants with the basic
concepts behind traffic lights.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 00:00 | Importance of road markings and their quality on road safety – Part 1 (Assoc. Prof. Darko Babić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| 10:00 – 00:15 | Short break |
| 10:15 – 10:15 | Importance of road markings and their quality on road safety – Part 2 (Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | Coffee break |
| 11:25 – 12:25 | Importance of road signs and their quality on road safety – Part 3 (Andrija Novaković 3M) |
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Importance of road markings and signs their quality on road safety – Part 4 – Laboratory demonstration (Andrija Novaković 3M) |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Short break |
| 14:10 – 15:10 | Presentation of measuring equipment for quality control of road markings and road signs (Assoc. 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) |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Short break |
| 15:20 – 16:20 | Road design and motorcycle safety (Prof. Tomaž Tollazzi, Ph.D. – Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor, Slovenia) |
| 16:20 – 16:30 | Basic concepts behind traffic lights (Slaviša Babić, Croatian Roads Ltd.) |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Smart traffic light and road safety (Slaviša Babić, Croatian Roads Ltd.) |
| Free evening |
Day 7 – Crash analysis (4 September 2023); Duration – 6 hours
GOAL:
- to introduce participants to the methodologies of traffic accident analysis and expert evaluation based on actual data obtained in a crash test.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Traffic accidents analysis using data from event data recorder (Assoc. Prof. Željko Šarić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Coffee break |
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Impact 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) |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | Short break |
| 11:25 – 12:25 | In-depth studies of road crashes with severe consequences – importance of road safety management and perspectives (Prof. Dalibor Pešić, Ph.D. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia) |
| 12:25 – 13:50 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Crash tests |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Traffic accident reconstruction with PC Crash – Part 1 (Tomislav Kučinić, MSc. Traff. Eng. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Short break |
| 15:40 – 16:40 | Traffic accident reconstruction with PC Crash – Part 2 (Tomislav Kučinić, MSc. Traff. Eng. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| 16:40 – 16:50 | Short break |
| 16:50 – 17:20 | Traffic accident reconstruction with PC Crash – Part 3 (Tomislav Kučinić, MSc. Traff. Eng. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb) |
| Free evening |
Day 8 – Road safety inspection (5 September 2023); Duration – 7 hours
GOAL:
- to use the knowledge acquired in theoretical lectures to conduct a road safety inspection on a real road;
- to identify potential safety issues and discuss potential solutions based on group work.
TIMETABLE:
| 09:00 – 13:00 | Road Safety Inspection – Field work (Assoc. Prof. Marko Ševrović; Assoc. Prof. Darko Babić, Ph.D.; Asst. Prof. Dario Babić, Ph.D.; Marijan Jakovljević, Ph.D.; Mario Fiolić, Ph.D., Juraj Leonard Vertlberg, MSc. Traff. Eng.; Marko Švajda, MSc. Traff. Eng. – Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia) |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 – 16:30 | Road Safety Inspection – Group work on a case study – Part 1 (Asst. Prof. Marko Ševrović, Ph.D.; Marijan Jakovljević, Ph.D.; Juraj Leonard Vertlberg, MSc. Traff. Eng.; 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) |
Social activities
What kind of summer would it be without a lot of fun?
Opening day
(28/08/2023)
Welcome dinner
(costs included in the participation fee)
DAY 2
(29/08/2023)
Guided tour of the City of Zagreb
(costs included in the participation fee)
Day 8
(05/09/2023)
Gala dinner
(costs included in the participation fee)
Optional extracurricular activities
You will also have a lot of time to explore and enjoy Croatia. Here are some suggestions for things to do!
Visit Plitvice Lakes
The largest protected nature area in Croatia, and a favorite tourist destination. Plitvice Lakes National Park offers visitors a walk through a landscape of unique and unforgettable beauty. The heart of the National Park consists of low turquoise lakes and beautiful waterfalls.
Visit Krapina Neanderthal Museum
Ever since its opening on February 27, 2010, the Krapina Neanderthal Museum has been lauded as one of the best places to visit in Croatia. The topic of neanderthals is interesting in its own right, and the museum presents it in a very unique and attention-grabbing way.
Visit Karlovac and Ozalj
Start your day in Ozalj, the town of the Frankopan and Zrinski families, by visiting the Ozalj Homeland Museum. You can also go to the Old Town of Ozalj, which has a 6000-year history. In the immediate vicinity is a beautiful hydroelectric power plant called Munjara, which was built in 1906 and produces electricity.
If you’re looking for more ideas visit feel free to check out the Zagreb tourist board, or learn more about your destination
(costs of optional extracurricular activities are not included in the participation fee)
