In a new column, FERSI member Marta Petrova, Chairperson of the Bulgarian State Agency Road Safety (SARS), explores how digital technologies, GIS-based road inventories, and risk assessment models can help municipalities move towards proactive, data-driven road safety management.
Drawing on Bulgaria’s experience, she highlights how standardised data collection and risk-based prioritisation can help local authorities identify the most urgent infrastructure safety needs and make more effective use of limited public resources.