Join the IMPROVA Knowledgebase Forum

Join a community of experts, healthcare professionals, and survivors to collectively tackle long-term consequences (LTC) caused by road traffic accidents and to effectively replace the fragmented approach prevalent in current research.

The event is free

13th September (13h – 16h) – Stockholm

What is IMPROVA?

Until now, the approach to road safety has primarily focused on analyzing the most common types of injuries based on road user types and crash characteristics. There is a growing consensus to shift the paradigm towards a user-centric approach that considers the specific needs (incl. their diversity) and the behaviours of road users.

IMPROVA is a 48-month project that started in June 2024 and will end in May 2028. It is funded by the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) to advance the art and practice of road safety. Specifically, IMPROVA is financed by the call HORIZON-CL5-2023-D6-01-12, which focuses on new ways of reducing serious injuries and the long-term consequences of road crashes.

Project Focus

Current Knowledge & Future Scenarios

IMPROVA will investigate current knowledge on classification of long-term consequences and conditions and mechanisms leading to serious injuries among all road users, including physical and psychological long-term consequences. It will also include new data collection related to the LTC.

Virtual Testing Procedures

The IMPROVA project will develop and demonstrate virtual testing procedures for future application environments. This will be achieved through collaboration with industrial partners and NCAP labs, ensuring the procedures are practical and applicable.

Enhancing Human Body Models (HBMs)

The project will upgrade HBMs to accurately depict LTC-relevant injury mechanisms for car occupants, pedestrians, VRU and new mobility users. This enhancement will involve creating validated vehicle component models and updating existing HBMs to capture the injuries more prevalent for LTCs.

Predicting Long-Term Consequences

IMPROVA aims to develop a formula to predict the likelihood of sustaining long-term consequences (LTC) from road traffic accidents. This will enable stakeholders to make informed, research-based decisions to improve the safety of all road users, not only reducing the fatalities but also reducing the serious injuries and associated long-term consequences and, therefore, doing Beyond Vision Zero.

Project Network

  • NCAPs, US, Australian and Asian entities
  • A medical and psychological expert panel group will help harmonize knowledge of the long-term consequences, harmonise data collection and evaluation of such injuries leading to LTC, and use appropriate validated tools for this purpose.

Communication with regulatory authorities, NCAPs, rescue teams, and end-users will enable awareness of the topic and the implementation of appropriate countermeasures.

Knowledgebase Forum

A knowledgebase forum serves as a unifying force that brings together experts, healthcare professionals, and survivors on a single platform to collectively tackle LTC complexities, effectively replacing the fragmented approach prevalent in current research.

IMPROVA represents an innovative leap forward by forging robust connections between diverse datasets associated with LTC in the aftermath of road traffic accidents and creating harmonized technical terms.

It introduces updates to existing LTC scales and an IMPROVA formula expressly designed to estimate the probability of suffering from LTC considering interlinkages between far more predictors than has ever been done.

Who is the Knowledgebase Forum for?

Traffic Safety Engineering

Healthcare

—

Rehabilitation

—

Trauma

—

What’s the goal?

The knowledgebase forum represents an innovative initiative designed to provide unrestricted access to project findings and results for professionals, research institutions, and policymakers.

It’s a significant stride towards improving accessibility to scales, models, methodologies, and procedures, thereby advancing our collective ability to enhance road safety.

Join the first IMPROVA Knowledgebase Forum during IRCOBI

The event is free