Starting Grant Results & Outputs

The BE-SAFE Starting Grant brought together transportation engineering, psychology, telecommunications, computer science and urban planning to create an integrated approach to cyclist safety. The project was completed successfully in September 2026.

3,807 accidentsBicycle-related records from the Lisbon Metropolitan Area analysed with GIS and machine learning

740 cyclistsSurvey responses from Portugal, Romania, Italy and Spain

2 behaviour profilesSafety-Oriented Cyclists and High-Risk Cyclists

4 connected pillarsRisk analysis, behaviour, sensing/V2X and simulation

Integrated Cyclist Safety Framework

The main project result connects spatial accident intelligence, cyclist profiling, IoT/V2X monitoring and SUMO-based digital simulation in a continuous knowledge ecosystem. This creates a route from descriptive and predictive analysis towards prescriptive and adaptive safety management.

BE-SAFE Integrated Cyclist Safety Framework, 2026.

Publication and report

Conference paper

BE-SAFE: Initial Developments of a Data-Driven Framework for Cyclist Safety in Smart Cities, presented at the 54th European Transport Conference, Porto, September 2026.

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UNITA Starting Grant final report

Project description, scientific achievements, dissemination, key results and future perspectives, signed 28 September 2026.

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Paper authors

Bertha Santos, Jorge Gonçalves, Jonathan Sandoval, Francisco Falcone, Renato Lo Cigno, Lorenzo Ghiro and Ruxandra-Cristina Stanescu.

What comes next

BE-SAFE Next expands the consortium from four to six universities and moves the work into real-world demonstrations using sensorised bicycle fleets in three cities. Discover BE-SAFE Next.