RoadSafe News – November 2018

Awards
TISPOL wins prestigious Prince Michael Award for Project EDWARD TISPOL has won a 2018 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for Project EDWARD.  Read more...
European Transport Safety Council announces 2018 fleet safety award winners The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has announced the 2018 winners of the PRAISE awards, in recognition of outstanding efforts taken by companies to improve road safety at work.  Read more...
RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2019 RoSPA Health and Safety Awards are now open for entries for 2019.  Read more...
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)
Cities must drive autonomous and connected strategies ingapore and San Francisco have put connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) at the heart of their mass transit future while Paris and Hong Kong view it as an enhanced transport solution  Read more...
Driving at work
Highways England Takes a lead on Road Safety at Work Driving for Better Business has announced that Highways England Chief Executive Jim O’Sullivan will open their supply chain masterclass at this year’s Highways UK.  Read more...
Highways England contractors recognised for road user safety Amey and WJ Group recognised by Highways England for their achievements in managing work-related road risk.  Read more...
International news
FIA High Level Panel for Road Safety Report Based on current trends 500 million people will be killed or injured in road crashes worldwide between now and 2030. That disaster must not be allowed to happen. The UN Road Safety Trust Fund has now been established to support institutional actions that support safe system principles worldwide with a great summary provided in the recently launched FIA High Level Panel report "Committed to Deliver".   Read more...
First African Road Safety Forum The 1st African Road Safety Forum, will be held from 13th to 15th November 2018 in Marrakesh.  Read more...
International Traffic Safety Conference The International Road Federation (Geneva) together with the Qatar University is pleased to present an International Conference and a Training in Doha, Qatar.  Read more...
UK news
Highway Code changes The new Highway Code will highlight how to avoid the dangers of close passing a cyclist, and encourage people to adopt the ‘Dutch reach’, a method of opening a car door with the hand furthest from the handle, to force drivers to look over their shoulder for cyclists and other passing traffic.  Read more...
Road Safety Trust launches new survey Road safety professionals are being invited to participate in a new consultation, designed to help the Road Safety Trust identify its priorities for the next decade.  Read more...
New national strategy calls for vulnerable road users to be put first The needs of vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, children and older people must become a priority in local planning processes if the level of road deaths and serious injuries is to be addressed, according to a new strategy.  Read more...
Young Driver Focus 2019 The 2019 Young Driver Focus will be held at the Royal Automobile Club on London’s Pall Mall – on Wednesday 1st May 2019.  Read more...
PACTS: new report launched PACTS has announced that its report Developing safe system road safety indicators for the UK was launched at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.  Read more...
New THINK! website launched The new THNK! website has been launched.  Read more...
Safer vehicles
Study reveals automated driving hype is dangerously confusing drivers 71% of drivers around the world believe they can purchase a self-driving car right now.  Read more...
Crashing cars to save lives. Crashing Cars to Save Lives. Dramatic Car-to-Car Crash Tests Marks 20th Anniversary European Union Car Safety Regulations.   Read more...
UK Autodrive in ‘world’s first’ multi-vehicle connected and driverless test The UK Autodrive consortium has completed the 'world’s first' tests involving more than one connected and autonomous vehicle.  Read more...
Tyre Safety Month The annual Tyre Safety Month campaign gets underway today, with a musical theme designed to remind British motorists to ‘get down and check their tyres’.  Read more...
Safer roads
Getting Back on Track A New report from The Road Safety Foundation highlights that UK's ‘A’ road network, which represents around 10% of the total road length, carries more than half of the nation’s traffic and upon which half of all road deaths occur can be targeted to make a major impact on national road casualties.  Read more...
Safer Roads Funds Results A £100m programme of works announced by the DfT in June 2018 under the Safer Roads Fund is on course to prevent almost 1,450 road deaths and serious injuries over the next two decades.  Read more...
Safer drivers
New smartphone driver safety solution with in-app training eDriving launches new smartphone driver safety solution with in-app training for right-hand drive markets.  Read more...
Alcohol and drugs
Lower drink-driving limit has ‘little effect’ on road deaths in Scotland The reduction in Scotland’s drink-driving limit has had little effect on the level of deaths and accidents on the nation’s roads, according to a new study.  Read more...
Conferences and events
First speakers confirmed for Young Driver Focus The first two speakers have been confirmed for the 2019 edition of Young Driver Focus which is being held in London in May 2019.  Read more...
London Road Safety Council one-day conference The agenda has been published for a one-day conference taking place in London next month, which will examine the future of road safety in the Capital.  Read more...
Forthcoming events
National Road Safety Conference 2018 – 27 November 2018 Commercial Fleet Awards 2018 – 29 November 2018 FirstCar Awards 2019 – 6 February 2019 Alliance Global Meeting 2019 – 8 April 2019 Young Driver Focus 2019 – 1 May 2019