Road tunnels are multiplying at a particularly fast rate in recent years in the Greek road network. According to the latest studies, Chora is now ranked in the first 5 places in Europe in the number of road tunnels that exceed 500m. The vast majority of Greek tunnels have been built within the last fifteen years with the most modern safety systems and specifications. Despite the fact that the safety of tunnels has increased significantly due to modern construction requirements, users' knowledge of driving in tunnels still falls short of what is desired.
In the context of the H.M.R.T research program carried out with the partnership of National Technical University of Athens, EGNATIA ODOS SA, NCSR-Dimokritos, University of Ioannina and TEKMON GEOMATICS with the Scientific Manager, the Associate Professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA, Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, a wide research was carried out for the knowledge of road tunnel users of the Greek road network. In the NTUA team for the research of the knowledge of the users of road tunnels, the researchers Ms. Eleni Goumas, Dr. Panagiotis Ntzeremes and Dr. Georgios Chatzistelios had the main role. The data was collected between 01/10/2019 and 31/12/2019.
The research sample was 1402 Greek drivers, of which 1220 (87%) were male and 182 (13%) female drivers, with the largest percentage of respondents being between 26 and 55 years old (78.2%). Additionally, 148 (10.6%) professional drivers took part in the survey.
Find out about the results of the survey on user knowledge of safe driving in road tunnels at the following link
