IMOB contributes to European breakthrough in digital road safety on secondary roads
IMOB is participating in the European Horizon Europe project CAMBER, which is developing new digital tools to improve road safety and maintenance of secondary roads in Europe. One year after its launch, the first pilot projects are operational in Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain and other countries.
Within CAMBER, UHasselt, through the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB), contributes its expertise in the field of road safety, data-driven risk analysis and the evaluation of infrastructure measures. The project combines vehicle data, sensors, smartphone data and digital twins to better support road authorities in their daily safety and maintenance decisions. Digital twins are digital copies of physical systems (such as roads or traffic networks) that are fed with real-time data. They allow situations to be monitored, simulated and predicted, so that better decisions can be made without first intervening in the real world.
‘Secondary roads account for the largest share of traffic casualties in Europe, but at the same time they are the least well monitored,’ says Prof. Ali Pirdavani (UHasselt), technical coordinator of the project. ‘With CAMBER, we are developing practical, affordable tools that local and regional road authorities can use immediately.’
The project is in line with European ambitions around Vision Zero, climate-proof infrastructure and the safe integration of new mobility technologies.
CAMBER will run until 2028 and is funded by the European Horizon Europe programme.
