3–4 September in Copenhagen, the first in-person meeting of the Road Traffic Safety working group for the 2024–2028 period was held at the Danish Road Directorate. Nearly 50 participants from different countries and sectors came together to share research, exchange experiences, and see Copenhagen’s well-known cycling solutions in practice.
The programme featured:
🔹 Study on effects of speed-reducing measures on rural roads, presented by Carl Johnsson, Lund University
🔹 Example of an innovative speed reduction measure: Actibump, presented by Karin Wiklund
🔹 Annual report about MC Safety and risk curvatures: project from Norway, presented by Hans Olav Hellesøe
🔹 Fatal motorcycle accidents in Finland, presented by Jaakko Klang
🔹 Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles: Trends in crashes in Denmark, presented by Anne Erikson
🔹 Safe system approach as a planning framework for municipal traffic safety work – experiences and practical applications in Finnish municipalities, presented by Juha Heltimo
🔹 Aalborg university hospital accident data project, a tool for traffic safety work, presented by Tim Lindskou, Aalborg University Hospital
The Copenhagen meeting showed how research, policy and practical measures can be combined to improve road safety.
Through its working groups, NVF provides a platform where specialists from both the public and private sectors share and develop knowledge and best practices within the road and transport sector. This collaboration strengthens Nordic goals to create safer mobility, and NVF looks forward to continuing this work in the years ahead.
