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To address these shortcomings, this paper introduces SafeLink-V2X, a comprehensive Vehicle-to-Everything Cooperative Warning Framework designed to enhance safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and scooter riders. SafeLink-V2X employs Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) and Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) protocols to enable direct data exchange of location, velocity, and heading between connected vehicles, smart infrastructure, and VRUs via smartphones or wearable tags. By applying sensor fusion and machine learning\u2013based conflict prediction, the system identifies potential collision points and issues real-time, context-aware warnings through vehicle HMIs and VRU devices, promoting immediate evasive action. 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