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In the June issue...


Awards

Prince Michael International Awards - Nominations Awards - nominations to be submitted now. Read more...

International news

Prince Michael opens the ITF Summit with a call for a Three Point Plan of Action Opening Plenary #Itf2018: Safe And Secure Transport for The 21st Century Read more...

Call for urgent action as ‘fatal disconnect’ in global health policies fails child victims of road traffic The international community is failing to take action on a global health crisis caused by road traffic, which kills 350,000 children and adolescents each year and causes serious harm and injury to millions more, says a new report and campaign launched today at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Read more...

New EU vehicle safety standards could prevent 25,000 deaths within 15 years In a long-awaited and very significant announcement today the European Commission set a new EU target to halve road deaths, and for the first time, serious injuries in the decade to 2030. Read more...

Ho Chi Minh City adopts pedestrian school safety plan Ho Chi Minh City’s new pedestrian safety plan has adopted the safe school zone interventions advocated by Child Health Initiative partners AIP Foundation, World Resources Institute and the International Road Assessment Programme. Read more...

Driving at work

New case study by Gateshead Council Log in now to read our Business Champion case studies including our latest updated Case Study from Gateshead Council who have reduced collisions by two thirds and fuel use by over 50,000 litres per year. Read more...

New resources on our website March and April have been busy months getting the new website ready and a lot of effort has gone into making it simpler to use, and for those responsible for managing work-related road risk to see what has been achieved by others in the way of cost reductions and business efficiencies, and how easy it is to start to emulate them. Read more...

Drivers drive as they live Drivers drive the way they live as individuals, in families, communities and most importantly - the way they work in organisations. Read more...

New resource centre for employers or professionals Driving for Better Business has launched a new web site with free resources available for employers and road safety professionals alike. Read more...

Two common myths about fleet driver safety Dr Lisa Dorn from Driver Metrics highlights that traffic psychologists have spent decades investigating common sense assumptions about driver behaviour, and the research findings are sometimes surprising and often challenge the prevailing wisdom about what constitutes a safe driver. Read more...

Creating an appetite for change A water tight policy is nothing without day-to-day adherence. Ensuring this adherence can become a real burden; a cycle of enforcement and consequence. Read more...

Hauliers urged to ‘get Smart’ on motorway driving Haulage companies across the UK are being urged to enrol their drivers on to a smart motorway driving course offered by Highways England. Read more...

Young drivers

GDL updates casualty reduction estimates The RAC Foundation has used the latest available road safety data to update previous estimates of the potential casualty and collision reductions GDL might bring in Great Britain. Read more...

Young Driver Focus 2018 conference papers now available Now in its fifth year, the Young Driver Focus conference is jointly organised by FirstCar, Road Safety GB and the RAC Foundation. Read more...

Cycle safety

DfT goes on tour to hear views on cyclist and pedestrian safety The DfT is holding four events across the country this month as it seeks to gather opinions on how to improve the safety of cyclists and pedestrians. Read more...

Safer vehicles

New road safety target announced by the EU The European Union (EU) is pleased to announce the ‘Third Mobility Package’ , a package of transport proposals to improve road safety in the EU, including an action plan on road safety that includes a new long-term target to halve road deaths by 2030. Read more...

Trust but Verify New Car Assessment Programmes (NCAPs) have played a vitalrole in improving safety. Read more...

Automated driving tests on Germany’s autobahn network Continental is expanding its global automated driving development efforts with testing on public sections of Germany autobahn network, with the goal of having a production-ready fully-automated system available to automakers by 2025. Read more...

Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks share live vehicle data to improve traffic safety Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, and leading truck maker Volvo Trucks will share real-time data to expand coverage of the companies’ connected safety technology, a cloud-based system that allows vehicles to communicate with each other and alert drivers of nearby hazards. Read more...

Global NCAP launches Safer Choice Africa Award Following the announcement of the Safer Choice India Award at the Delhi motor show, Global NCAP is now launching the ‘Safer Choice Africa’ Award to encourage automakers to achieve the highest levels of safety performance. Read more...

Safer roads

Crashing cars into poles Four live demonstrations will show, for the first time in public, the effects of crashing into a traditional, rigid lamp-post at high speed vs the same crash into a “passive” lamp-post, as well as a low-speed urban crash into a lightweight aluminium signpost. Read more...

Safer drivers

The Impact of Threat Appeals on Fear Arousal and Driver Behavior: a valuable report The Road Safety Knowledge Centre has recently posted a valuable report: The Impact of Threat Appeals on Fear Arousal and Driver Behavior: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Research 1990–2011: National University of Ireland (DOP: 5/13) Read more...

‘High-tech’ headgear highlights commercial vehicle blind spots Highways England has developed a new virtual reality app in a bid to reduce the risk of commercial vehicle drivers being involved in collisions. Read more...

Speed management

Speed Awareness Courses working well New research shows drivers who take a speed awareness course are as much as 23% less likely to reoffend in the six months after a first offence, compared to those who accept the fine and points. Read more...

Child safety

Child Car Seat Website Evaluation RoSPA is seeking help to evaluate use of the Child Car Seats website and identify any ways in which it can be improved. Read more...

Enforcement

Convictions for traffic offences on the rise again Official government figures analysed by road safety charity IAM RoadSmart have found that convictions for traffic offences in England and Wales' courts are steadily increasing again from a low point in 2013 – including a huge 52% increase in dangerous driving convictions. Read more...

Conferences and events

Alliance Global Meeting 2019 The Sixth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations for Road Safety and Road Victims will be held 8th - 13th April in Chania, Greece. Read more...

Forthcoming events
Senior Roads Executive Programme – 18 June 2018 3rd East Africa Driver Recognition Programme – 3 September 2018 Rural Roads for Development Course – 10 September 2018 TISPOL: Project EDWARD 2018 – 19 September 2018 Older Road User Conference – 19 September 2018 NETS 2018 Conference – 11 October 2018 National Road Safety Conference 2018 – 27 November 2018 Alliance Global Meeting 2019 – 8 April 2019