This presentation, delivered at the RTR Conference 2026 by María Alonso Raposo, provides an overview of the EvoRoads project, a Horizon Europe research and innovation initiative (Grant Agreement ID: 101147850) that focuses on advancing a holistic Safe System approach to road safety for all road users. EvoRoads aims to support the EU Vision Zero objective by developing data-driven methods, tools, and services that enable proactive safety assessment, real-time risk detection, and evidence-based road management. The project brings together a multidisciplinary European consortium to define a comprehensive, multi-layered road safety framework covering infrastructure, traffic operations, connected and automated mobility, and vulnerable road users. EvoRoads integrates heterogeneous data sources—ranging from roadside sensors, vehicles, aerial imagery, and digital infrastructure—into a unified management platform supported by artificial intelligence, Digital Twins, and V2X capabilities. This enables near real-time detection of hazards, assessment of infrastructure readiness, predictive maintenance, and targeted risk communication to road users. The presentation outlines the project’s key objectives, technical developments, and validation activities, including AI-based hazard detection, smart sensing solutions, digital twin architectures, and tools for infrastructure monitoring and safety performance analysis. It also describes the implementation of large-scale pilot activities across diverse urban, suburban, and rural environments in Europe, ensuring that the developed solutions address real-world conditions and user needs. In addition, the presentation highlights EvoRoads’ contributions to standardisation, data interoperability, and European mobility data spaces, as well as its expected scientific, technological, societal, economic, and policy impacts. To sum up, it positions EvoRoads as a reference initiative for enabling smarter, safer, and more inclusive road transport systems through integrated digital and data-driven approaches. Conference official website is accessible here.
María Alonso Raposo (Tue,) studied this question.