09.10.2026.
Expert conference on safety of military road users
The 8th Expert Conference on the Safety of Military Road Users, organised by the Logistics Directorate (J-4) of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, opened yesterday at the Omorika Hotel on Mount Tara. the three-day conference was attended by over one hundred participants.
This year's scientific conference featured the presentation of 63 professional papers covering topics such as the management of the military road user safety system, traffic safety factors, personnel education and professional development, transport systems, traffic regulation and control, and the transport of hazardous goods, alongside discussions on military vehicle development and vehicle cyber security.In addition to papers presented by personnel from the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, papers were also presented by representatives of the national Road Traffic Safety Agency, the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Belgrade, the Faculty of Technical Sciences of the University of Novi Sad, and companies operating in the transport sector.
Major General Saša Petrović, Chief of the Logistics Directorate (J-4) and chairman of the event’s organising committee, opened the conference by highlighting the unwavering position that road safety is not just an engineering, legal, police, or military challenge, but a matter of preserving human lives.
— Every figure used to describe traffic safety conceals at least one name. Therefore, statistics should reveal what we are doing wrong, while professional expertise and conscience must dictate that we correct those errors. Improving the safety of road users requires a systemic approach and synergy among science, legislation, the education system, the police, and all other actors whose actions can contribute to the greater good - said Major General Petrović.The chairman of the conference programme committee, Defence University Rector Brigadier General Boban Đorović, noted that this year’s conference featured a broader range of thematic areas, with the number of participants and papers doubling. He highlighted that some of the papers surpassed the level of a standard professional paper, with their authors making significant strides into the realm of scientific research.
Professional conferences focused on the safety of military personnel in traffic take place every five years. In addition to the aforementioned participants, the organisers from the Serbian Armed Forces receive significant support from experts representing the University of Defence’s Military Academy, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Chamber of Commerce of Vojvodina.In addition to assessing the safety status of military personnel in traffic over a five-year period, these meetings provide an opportunity to examine, from a professional perspective, the challenges faced by military motor vehicle drivers and to establish guidelines for future preventive action based on scientific principles.
The conclusions drawn from the analysis of the safety status of military personnel in traffic over the past five-year period will serve as guidelines for developing the Safety Strategy for Military Personnel in Traffic for the 2027–2031 period and for implementing future safety measures.The safety of military personnel participating in traffic has been monitored with special attention within the Serbian Armed Forces since 1957. To identify new preventive measures aimed at mitigating the consequences of traffic accidents and to analyse past efforts, representatives of the Ministry and the armed forces have been organising expert meetings since 1985. The first four events took the form of consultative meetings, subsequently evolving into scientific and professional forums attended by representatives from numerous relevant institutions and all stakeholders concerned with traffic safety.
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