Evaluation Flemish Safety Plan

The Flemish government is assessing the effectiveness of the 2021-2025 road safety plan through an international benchmark and an analysis of policy measures. TML and partners link insights from literature and interviews to Flemish accident data.


The Flemish government is working on a new road safety plan but first wants to assess how effective the current plan (2021-2025) has been. The evaluation consists of two main components: a benchmarking exercise comparing the plan with those in other countries and an impact evaluation of the implemented measures. This helps identify both international best practices and the measures which truly make a difference.

In the benchmarking exercise, we compare the Flemish approach with strategies used elsewhere. This includes neighbouring regions (Wallonia, Brussels) and countries (the Netherlands, France, Germany), as well as countries known for strong road safety performance, such as Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. We collect information, conduct interviews, and compile all findings into clear thematic fact sheets.

For the impact evaluation, we analyse both the road safety measures in the current plan and other potential measures. We estimate the effects on road safety in Flanders by applying figures from scientific literature to Flemish statistics and accident data.