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Ready to shape the future of road safety? Join us in the city of Naples for the 10th International RSS Conference, hosted by the University of Naples Federico II. The Conference will bring together global experts, researchers, and innovators to explore the latest advancements in road safety and sustainable mobility. Let’s come together to rethink mobility and save lives. Submit your abstract, share your vision, and be part of the global movement towards a safer road future!
The conference theme is “Advancing Towards the Safe System Approach”. The Conference aims to explore how the Safe System Approach has been embraced by the transportation community as an effective way to prevent fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways. The program will cover all the Safe System Approach elements to capture the latest trends in emerging road safety technologies, surrogate measures of safety, augmented and virtual reality, big data, modeling, and simulation that have contributed to build and reinforce multiple layers of protection to both prevent crashes and minimize the harm caused to those involved when crashes do occur.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
RSS 2026 will unite researchers, experts, and stakeholders from diverse fields related to road safety. Key topics include :
Pillars of the Safe System Approach
- Safe road users,
- Safe vehicles,
- Safe speeds,
- Safe roads,
- Post-crash care,
- Road safety plans, policies, management, and strategies,
- City-wide 30 km/h speed limit implementation,
- Case studies of Safe System Approach implementation.
Technologies and Tools for Road Safety
- Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV),
- Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS),
- Driving simulators,
- Vulnerable road users simulators,
- Augmented and virtual reality,
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning,
- Safety modelling and evaluation techniques,
- Surrogate measures of safety,
- Emerging safety technologies and software.
Data Analysis and Safety Assessment
- Big data and road safety analytics,
- Crash data and crash analysis,
- Performance indicators and safety metrics,
- Safe systems theory in practice,
- Road safety inspections,
- Operational safety,
- Network-wide road safety assessment.
Human Factors and Driving Behaviour
- Behavioural models,
- Driver distraction and inattention,
- Hazard perception and fitness to drive,
- Human factors analysis,
- Driving simulation and training.
Vulnerable Road Users and Inclusive Mobility
- Safety of pedestrians, cyclists, e-bikes, e-scooters, powered two-wheelers, children, and elderly users,
- Vulnerable road user safety in low- and middle-income countries,
- Interaction of vulnerable road users with new technologies,
- Safe integration of micromobility in transport systems,
- Inclusive infrastructures,
- Safe mobility for people with disabilities or impairments.
Safety Effects of Geometric Design and Innovative Safety Countermeasures
- Highway geometric design,
- Safety performance of intersections, interchanges, and roundabouts,
- Safety effects of geometric design standards,
- Sustainable design,
- Roadside design,
- Road restraint systems,
- Road safety impact assessment,
- Road safety audits,
- Traffic calming,
- Speed management,
- Safety countermeasures,
- Case studies.
A warm thank you to the research community for the notable interest in the conference!
To date, 458 abstracts have been submitted, involving 1123 authors from all the continents and 54 different countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.
