ILCAD 2026
9 JUNE 2026 Worldwide campaign, and INTERNATIONAL Conference, Paris, France
Worldwide campaign and INTERNATIONAL Conference to launch the 18th edition of ILCAD.
ILCAD/TRESPAD 2026 will be hosted at the UIC HQ Paris, 9-11/06/2026.
- ILCAD – 9 June 2026
- TRESPAD – 10 June 2026
- Followed by technical visits on 11 June 2026
The conferences are hosted (in person, in English and French).
Watch the highlights from our events 2025 on our YouTube channel!
What is ILCAD?
The International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) is a worldwide initiative to improve awareness of level crossing safety. The campaign has been spearheaded by the UIC, the worldwide railway organisation with the support of the railway community around the world.
A growing number of road sector organisations, international institutions (UNECE, IRU, IRF…) has also been involved in raising awareness of the risks at level crossings to change road users’ and pedestrians’ behaviour to “Act safely at level crossings”. Each year, a partner country hosts the event. Each participant may share good practices and projects to increase safety and lower the number of accidents.
News & Press Articles
News articles
See UIC ILCAD eNews articles
UIC Safety Reports
UIC Safety Database
View & download the reports here
Videos
Ilcad videos 2025
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Ilcad videos 2024
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Ilcad videos 2022
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Rail / road safety – “Safe decisions - EVERY TIME!”
This video, bringing together some CCTV footage, shows the misuse of some level crossings in various countries. ILCAD 2025 slogan is “Safe decisions – every time”.
The aim of the ILCAD campaign is to make level crossing users more aware of the risks they may encounter when crossing in an inappropriate way.
In addition to this video, the UIC has also designed posters illustrating how to cross level crossings safely.
ILCAD 2016: "Do not overestimate your capacities near railway tracks"
UIC and Latvian railways (LDz) have joined efforts to produce a video and posters for ILCAD 2016 visit www.ilcad.org
Each year, the ILCAD partners choose a different section of the public for their awareness campaign. Since we have been experiencing in a certain number of countries an increasing number of collisions at level crossings involving seniors, we have decided this year to focus on “Senior citizens and people with sensory and mobility restrictions”.
Our accident-prevention message for 2016: “Do not overestimate your abilities near railway tracks!”
The video aims to challenge physical abilities of elderly people who tend to overestimate their own physical capacity near railways. According to the research and strategy of the agency’s proposal, seniors are opinionated and they claim to be experienced enough when asked about safety near level crossings.
The aim of the creative concept in the given context is:
- to raise healthy thought on seniors’ self-evaluation about their own physical abilities
- to challenge physical abilities in a witty manner among seniors
- to raise seniors’ awareness on railway safety issues