Advancing Road Safety Through Data: Challenges, Solutions, and Policy Insights from EU Road Safety Projects

This joint white paper presents consolidated insights from the EU Road Safety Cluster, bringing together evidence from multiple Horizon Europe and EU-funded projects on how data can better support proactive, predictive, and policy-relevant road safety strategies. It explores key challenges related to data availability, quality, interoperability, governance, and privacy, while showcasing practical solutions such as federated data spaces, digital twins, AI-based analytics, and FAIR-aligned data management practices. The paper also provides policy recommendations to support Europe’s Vision Zero objectives. This publication is released ahead of promotion for the RTR Conference 2026 (#RTR2026), taking place 10-12 February 2026 in Brussels. EU Road Safety Cluster - Project MembersAI4CCAM; CAMBER; EVENTS; EVOROADS; FRODDO; iDRIVING; PHOEBE; PROTACT-US; SAFETeen; SOTERIA; V4SAFETY. On behalf of the EU-funded EvoRoads project (Grant agreement ID: 101147850), the following researchers co-authored the document: Brasinika, Despina (Inlecom Innovation) Despotopoulou, Angela-Maria (Frontier Innovations) Katelaris, Leonidas (KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence - University of Cyprus) Laoudias, Christos (KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence - University of Cyprus) Loupos, Konstantinos (Inlecom Innovation) Panayiotou, Christos (KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence - University of Cyprus) Communications supported by Castermans, Julie (ERTICO)