ProtAct-Us participated in the RTR Conference 2026, held in Brussels from 10–12 February, one of Europe’s leading events dedicated to road transport research and innovation. ProtAct-Us took part in the session “Reducing severe injuries and long-term consequences of road crashes”, alongside its sister project IMPROVA Road Safety. The session offered an opportunity to showcase the…
The EU Road Safety Cluster has published an important joint paper entitled “Advancing Road Safety Through Data: Challenges, Solutions, and Policy Insights from EU Road Safety Projects.” This collaborative publication brings together expertise from twelve EU‑funded research and innovation projects — including ProtactUS — to address a shared and pressing challenge: how to transform fragmented,…
A new scientific article addressing the prevention of injuries with long-term consequences in vehicle crashes has been published as part of the EU-funded project ProtAct-Us. The article, titled “Prevention of Injuries with Long-term Consequences in Vehicle Crashes”, was published on January 2026 in ATZ worldwide (Issue 1/2026). It explores how long-term injury risks resulting from…
ProtAct-Us unites engineering sciences, medicine, and social sciences to advance understanding of road traffic injuries and reduce their long-term consequences. In this interview, project partners Caroline Deck (UNISTRA), Maria Papadakaki (HMU), and Heiko Johannsen (MHH) explain the role of their fields, the challenges they face in addressing long-term impacts of crashes, and how multidisciplinary collaboration…
The ProtAct-Us project was proudly represented at EU-Safety 2025, one of Europe’s leading road safety conferences, where our team presented key research on the long-term consequences of road traffic crashes. The event occur on October 1-2, in Heraklion, Greece. During the conference, a series of oral presentations highlighted the project’s focus on understanding, assessing, and…
The ProtAct-Us consortium gathered in Heraklion, Greece, for its General Assembly and project meeting, hosted by the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) on September 29–30, 2025. The two-day meeting combined project progress discussions, interactive workshops, and exchanges with external stakeholders, reinforcing collaboration across all partners. Day 1 – September 29, 2025 | HMU Premises The first…
The ProtAct-Us consortium successfully held its Third General Assembly on May 20–21, 2025, in Aachen, Germany, hosted by Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) and Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. The two-day meeting brought together project partners from across Europe to align on progress, discuss key milestones, and deepen collaboration across work packages. The meeting focused on the…
We are proud to announce that ProtAct-Us has officially joined the EU Road Safety Cluster — a milestone that strengthens our mission to foster safer, more inclusive, and sustainable mobility across Europe. The EU Road Safety Cluster brings together leading European-funded projects that are developing cutting-edge solutions to improve road safety for all users. We…