The aim of this programme is to identify, consider and gain a greater understanding of existing procedures with stopped vehicles and capacity of highways within National Road Authorities (NRAs).

This research programme will examine the following two subtopics:

1. Preventing collisions with stopped vehicle in a live traffic lane
2. Increasing capacity of highway without compromising road safety.

Following an open Call between 20 December 2019 and 15 April 2020, the Programme Executive Board subsequently selected one successful project.

SHADAR – Stopped vehicle Hazards – Avoidance, Detection and Response

Project Partners: Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom, coordinator), MAP traffic management (Netherlands), Navtech Radar (United Kingdom), Factum (Austria), Chiltech (United Kingdom).

Project results:

• D2.1 Stopped vehicle detection and reporting - current methods
• D3.1 Response Current Practices
• D4.1 Results of behavioural simulation study
• D5.1 Stopped vehicle detection and reporting - research results
• D5.1 Appendix - Storyboards
• D5.2 Stopped vehicle detection and reporting - summary of research results
• D6.1 Improving responses to stopped vehicle incidents
• D1.1 Final Report
• Final Programme Conference presentation

A supplementary Call 2019(2) on Safe Smart Highways (the second subtopic) was opened on 21 September 2020 and closed on 8 December 2020. The Programme Executive Board subsequently selected one successful project.

SAFEPATH - SAFE caPAcity Highways

Project Partners: AECOM (United Kingdom, coordinator), Royal HaskoningDHV (Netherlands), Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), White Willow (United Kingdom).

Project results:

• D2.1-D2.3 Problem and System Analysis
• D3.2 Final Solutions Report
• D4.2 Road Safety Analysis Report
• Project database/website
• D5.3 Practitioners Guide to Safe Smart Highways
• D6.1 Final Report
• Final Programme Conference presentation