http://www.swov.nl/index_uk.htm SWOV is the Dutch national road safety research institute. It is SWOV's task to contribute to improving road safety through scientific research. http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Ss_RA/RA44.pdf The August 2010 issue of Research Activities is now available and contains articles about, among other things, intelligent vehicle systems and subjective safety. 18/08/2010 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Actueel/nieuws/20100810-ITE-prijs-FRED.html On 10 August 2010, SWOV's Managing Director Professor Fred Wegman received the ITE 2010 Edmund R. Ricker Transportation Safety Award in Vancouver, Canada. 10/08/2010 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Research/Newsletter/juni2010.html The June issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available online. 25/06/2010 http://www.swov.nl/rapport/R-2010-12.pdf A literature review of potential effects. R-2010-12 Mobility has been increasing significantly in the last few decades and will continue to increase. On road stretches which have insufficient capacity, traffic becomes congested. This literature review investigates the relationship between congestion and safety at road sections of the main road network (mainly motorways) and specifically looks at unstable and congested traffic conditions. 15/06/2010 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Research/Newsletter/mei2010.html The May issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available online. 27/05/2010 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Research/Newsletter/april2010.html The April issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available on the website. To the newsletter 04/05/2010 http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Proefschriften/Saskia_de_Craen.pdf Young, inexperienced drivers have a higher crash rate than drivers in all other age groups. Two factors are involved in this high crash rate: their young age and their lack of driving experience. In her PhD research, Saskia de Craen investigated how the development of driving skills contributes to the decrease of the crash rate and which relevant processesplay a role. On March 16, he successfully defended her thesis 'The X-factor' at Delft University of Technology. 16/03/2010 http://www.swov.nl/index_uk.htm Three new fact sheets are now available in English: Road crash casualties in the Netherlands, Risk in traffic, and Mobility on Dutch roads. 01/02/2010 http://www.swov.nl/NL/Actueel/Nieuws/201001-PROLOGUE_1st_Newsletter.pdf The first newsletter of PROLOGUE has been published. This project examines the feasibility of and the conditions for a large scale European Naturalistic Driving study. The newsletter provides more information about the project and about an international workshop that will be held on the 18th of February in Brussels. 29/01/2010 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Research/Newsletter/januari2010.html The January issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available on the website. 19/01/2010