RoadSafe News – January 2019

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In the January issue...


Awards

The Premier Award presented to the IRTE The Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) Delhi, has been presented with the Prince Michael International Road Safety Premier Award during a distinguished luncheon held at The Savoy, London. Read more...

FIA High Level Panel for Road Safety honoured with Royal Award. The FIA High Level Panel for Road Safety has been honoured with a Royal Award for its promotion of key safety messages. Read more...

Important role of the Police recognised at Award Ceremony Prince Michael has recognised the important role of the Police at his annual award ceremony. Read more...

Road Safety Awards presented under the Safer Road Users category Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards have been presented under the category Safer Road Users. Read more...

Private sector corporate social responsibility programmes recognised. This year, His Royal Highness Prince Michael has made three awards that recognise the huge contribution made through private sector corporate social responsibility programmes. Read more...

NGOs honoured with distinguished Royal Awards Two NGOs have been honoured at the annual Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards Ceremony. Read more...

Prince Michael presents awards to Star Rating for Schools iRAP and AMEND. Prince Michael has presented awards to Star Rating for Schools iRAP and African-based NGO AMEND for improving road safety within school zones. Read more...

Britain's most improved road receives Royal Award Each year, His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent gives an award for Britain's Most Improved Road. Read more...

Global Street Design Guide honoured with Royal Award Prince Michael presented an award for Road Safety Management to the National Association of City Transportation Officials for its Global Street Design Guide at a distinguished ceremony held at The Savoy, London. Read more...

Prestigious awards presented for Road Safety Management. The Qatar National Traffic Safety Committee, Scotland Transerv and the Centre for Accident and Road Safety Queensland (CARRS-Q), have all been honoured at this year's Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards ceremony for Road Safety Management. Read more...

AA Trust wins Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for ten years of innovative road safety campaigns The AA Trust has been awarded a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for ten years of innovative road safety campaigns. Read more...

JKJR and MIROS win Prince Michael Award for Road Safety Education project The Malaysian Road Safety Department (JKJR) is pleased to announce that Malaysia through the initiative of JKJR and the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) has won a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its Road Safety Education Project (RSE). Read more...

PCYC Queensland wins prestigious International Road Safety Award PCYC Queensland is excited to be amongst the winners of a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (PMIRSA) for our learner driver mentor driver programme PCYC Braking the Cycle. Read more...

International news

WHO Report highlights insufficient progress is being made. The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. Read more...

UK news

Road Victims Trust launch film to promote work The Road Victims Trust, which provides free emotional and practical support to all people affected by a road death, has launched a hard-hitting film to highlight it work. Read more...

Safer vehicles

Global NCAP’s first five star car in India: the Tata Nexon Following recent four star safety announcements, the Tata Nexon becomes the first made in India, sold in India car to achieve Global NCAP’s coveted five star crash test rating. The Mahindra Marazzo also does well, achieving a four star result. Read more...

EuroNCAP awards Fiat Panda zero-stars for safety The 2018 facelift FIAT Panda has today been given one of the lowest ratings in Euro NCAP’s history, having failed to achieve more than 50% in any of the car safety organisation’s four key testing categories. Read more...

Speed management

Road Safety Support’s speed testing facility now an official laboratory Road Safety Support’s facility for testing the accuracy of speed cameras and other speed measurement devices has passed a stringent accreditation process and is now recognised internationally as an official testing laboratory. Read more...

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