Impact of ITS services on the safety and efficiency of road traffic

This paper describes the project entitled: “Impact of the use of Intelligent Transport Systems on the level of road safety” (agreement no. DZP/RID-I-41/7/NCBR/2016), implemented as part of the Road Innovations Development (RID) programme, funded by the National Centre for Research and Development and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA). The project is run by a consortium comprising the Motor Transport Institute, University of Gdańsk, Warsaw University of Technology, Military University of Technology and Research Institute of Roads and Bridges. The impact of ITS services and accompanying modules on road safety may be considered in functional, logical or physical terms. The aim of the project is to understand how ITS services change road safety