The ROADSCOR project, under the title FIA Risk-Based Road Scores, has won recognition in the mobility projects category of the 2026 World Smart City Awards for its data-driven approach to safer urban roads.
Cities need to identify road safety risks before crashes happen. The ROADSCOR project, led by Roadscor and supported by EIT Urban Mobility, is helping make this possible by turning traffic simulations into actionable risk assessments that enable cities to evaluate road designs and prioritise safety improvements.
The project’s results have now contributed to international recognition for the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), which won the mobility projects category at the 2026 World Smart City Awards under the title FIA Risk-Based Road Scores.
The 2026 awards received a record-breaking 533 proposals from 68 countries, highlighting the international reach of the competition and the importance of projects, solutions and city strategies that drive change and improve urban life.
Turning traffic simulations into safer road designs
Traditional road safety assessments often rely on historical crash data and video analysis of near-misses. While these approaches provide valuable insights, they can make it difficult for cities to identify and address risks before incidents occur. Roadscor takes a proactive approach. Its methodology uses digital models of urban intersections to simulate possible interactions between road users and identify potentially dangerous traffic conflicts. It then quantifies the risks, helping traffic engineers assess the safety implications of different road designs and proposed interventions before implementing them. (....)