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/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. 01/02/2009 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. 19/01/2009 http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Ss_RA/RA42.pdf Research Activities 42, the December issue, has been published. 21/12/2009 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Actueel/Persberichten/2009/MAIS.html A new method which was developed by SWOV makes it possible to determine the annual number of seriously injured road crash casualties more accurately than had been possible until now. This is one of the conclusions in the SWOV study Seriously injured road crash casualties in the Netherlands in the period 1993-2008. The method makes use of the international standard MAIS to determine the injury severity of casualties. 17/11/2009 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Actueel/Persberichten/2009/Different_Payment_for_Mobility.html The introduction of Different Payment for Mobility will have a positive effect on Dutch road safety. Depending on the variant that is chosen, the saving could annually amount to 20 to 40 road deaths. The introduction of the rush hour rate will have a limited effect on road safety. Data from the coastal Randstad region show that an area tax in the vicinity of the major cities could result in an extra annual saving of 5 road deaths. 16/11/2009 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Actueel/Persberichten/2009/10_years_Sustainable_Safety.html Ten years after the Covenant Start-up Programme Sustainable Safety was signed, SWOV has assessed the results. Analysis of the development of the fatality rate and the number of traffic fatalities indicate that the measures that were implemented in the period 1998-2007 and that fit within the Sustainable Safety vision have in all probability been successful. 12/11/2009 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Research/Newsletter/oktober2009.html The October issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available on the website. 28/10/2009 http://www.swov.nl/UK/Research/international/PROLOGUE.htm The European project PROLOGUE has officially started on 7 and 8 September, with a meeting in the Dutch city Scheveningen. The project examines the feasibility of and the conditions for a large scale European Naturalistic Driving study. All nine project partners were represented with at least two people. 29/09/2009 http://www.swov.nl/NL/Actueel/Nieuws/diverse/flyer_workshop_november_2009.pdf On 16 and 17 November 2009, SWOV organizes the international workshop Scientific Research on Road Safety Management. This workshop focuses on the methodological aspects of ex-post and ex-ante assessments of road safety policy. Approximately 50 experts from all over the world will participate in this workshop. On the basis of nine oral presentations they will discuss questions like: -How can we determine in a scientifically sound manner whether a road safety plan has had the desired effect?; -How can we make scientifically sound forecasts of the future developments for different policy scenarios?; -How can we determine the effects of quantified targets? In the course of 2010, a Special Issue of the scientific journal Safety Science will be published. This issue will be edited by SWOV Managing Director Fred Wegman and will contain the papers of the nine presentations and some extra contributions. 22/09/2009 http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Ss_RA/RA41.pdf Research Activities 41, the August issue, has been published. 31/08/2009