Unfortunately, fatal traffic accidents reach very high figures every year in our country. According to the data obtained from the Traffic Services Department of the General Directorate of Security, an average of 1.2 million accidents have occurred each year in the last ten years, with an average of 7,500 deaths and 300,000 injuries in these accidents. Although the accidents show partial decreases in some years, both the number of accidents and the number of injured have increased since 2008, and although there is a decrease in the number of deaths at the accident site, it is not at the desired level. It was determined that 88% of the accidents were caused by driver error, and the accidents caused by pedestrian error occurred at a rate of 8.3%. The most prominent driver faults were identified as "not complying with the vehicle speed to the conditions required by the road, weather and traffic", "Not complying with the priority of passing at intersections, crossings and narrow pavement", and "Rear collision". The vast majority of vehicles involved in fatal-injury traffic accidents across the country consist of automobiles, pickup trucks and motorcycles. In 2018, 14,524,688 traffic fines worth 4,637,571,584 TL were applied across the country. These figures show how serious the problem is in terms of both life and property safety. Traffic safety is given great importance by both our country and the European Union, and efforts are made to take measures to reduce accidents and increase safety. Although the European Union has made great efforts to ensure the safety of its citizens, there are still problems worth addressing. One of these problems is the high accident and death rates on the roads. The main causes of accidents and deaths are road safety deficiencies and inadequate first aid knowledge. According to 2017 data, Germany has managed to reduce their fatal accident rates to very low figures, followed by Lithuania and Poland, while Turkey and Serbia are still countries with high accident rates. In order to positively change this traffic safety problem in our country and in EU, youth organizations from these countries met in Manisa on 8-15 September 2021 for the youth exchange “Safety is NOT Automatic”. Participants from each country aged between 18-30, participated in the exchange, with a total of 36 participants. Italy could not send participants due to Covid and travel restrictions. Working together with the NA, the budget for the Italian participants was divided among the participants of other countries. In the selection of participants, priority is given to young people with a disadvantaged background and inequality of opportunity. The objectives of our project were to raise awareness by drawing attention to the problem of road safety, to discuss the road safety problems in different European Union countries with participants, target groups (young drivers, cyclists, pedestrians) and society: - Correct behavior in the event of an accident; - Safe driving on roads (accident prevention); - Finding road safety information and following them while traveling - Other goals of our project were to find ideas to reduce traffic accidents both at the project site and in partner countries. In addition, our project aimed to improve the problem-solving and decision-making skills of the participants, and to nurture their creative thinking and self-confidence.