José Miguel Perandones
Research Engineer, CIDAUT - Foundation for Transport and Energy Research and Development, Spain, member of the European Union Road Federation (ERF), the Brussels Programme Centre of the International Road Federation (IRF).
José Miguel Perandones, is a senior researcher engineer withnin the Acccident Analysis and Human Factors department of CIDAUT. He received his diploma degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Valladolid. He has experience in different European research projects like RISER and TRACE, in the field of accident causation and road infrastructure analyses. He has been the technical responsible of the work package that has produced the main results of the RANKERS project, focused on the proposal of recommendations for road infrastructure safety enhancement.

Effective road safety enhancement through road infrastructure assessment and recommendations
The “three safety pillars”:human, vehicle, and infrastructure are often addressed and budgeted for separately. This does not allow for the cost efficiency of systems and measuresto be compared., RANKERS (RANKing for European Road Safety), pursues the ambitious objective of developing scientifically-researched guidelines enabling optimal decision-making by road authorities in their efforts to promote safer roads and eradicate dangerous road sections. RANKERS is a research project, co-funded by the European Commission, designed to gain new knowledge by performing research and empirical studies of the road’s interaction with the driver and his vehicle in order to identify optimal road recommendations and predict their impact on safety.