25.500 people were killed on European roads in 2016. Thus, despite the achievements of the past, there is still need for action in order to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities in road traffic. Road safety will therefore certainly continue to be a part of the political agenda of the EU and its member states. However, the topics and activities of European road safety policy that will determine the next few years are less apparent, even though they have a strong impact on national policies. Official programmes usually provide an insight on a very general level only. For this reason, the Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV) has asked the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences to carry out an extensive policy analysis in order to forecast the topics and measures in EU policy up to 2020. The results are already available. For the presentation at the conference, they will be updated based on the developments up to May 2018, including a forecast on the next decade. The objective of the study was to create a clear picture of the future actions of the EU in terms of road safety policy. The forecast aims at supporting the work programmes of public and private institutions on both international and national level as well as important decision makers.