RoadSafe News

Awards
Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards nomination deadline. The 2019 nomination deadline for the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards is the 31st July.  Read more...
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)
New: Safety Case Framework The Safety Case Framework, a report by Zenzic and authored by TRL, is now available to download.  Read more...
Conferences and events
International Road Safety Conference 2019 The International Road Safety Conference will take place between the 3rd and the 4th September 2019.  Read more...
PACTS Conference: Post Crash Response The PACTS Conference Post Crash Response, will take place on the 17th October at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London.  Read more...
New: iRAP Star Rating for Designs Webinar Series This course will empower road safety practitioners to use the iRAP Star Rating for Designs (SR4D) web app to assess designs and help make roads safe before they are built.  Read more...
Driving at work
There's no excuse for not managing grey fleet The Driving for Better Business Leadership Report has highlighted some worrying failings in senior management's knowledge and actions in dealing with grey fleet.  Read more...
Driving for Better Business: Leadership Survey Survey uncovers UK employers are risking the safety and well-being of those who drive for work   Read more...
Highways England Motorway Driving Campaign Highways England works hard to help drivers understand how to be safe and feel safe while driving on England’s motorways, particularly the importance of obeying red x and variable speed limit signs and what to do in a breakdown.  Read more...
DfBB advises fleets to set safety goals high and mean what you say Whether you’re running the fleet department or the whole company, a credible commitment to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of your staff is essential.   Read more...
International news
iRAP reaches a milestone: saving lives in 100 countries iRAP is celebrating reaching a milestone 100 countries.  Read more...
Academic Expert Group recommendations for 2nd Decade of Action for Road Safety In preparation for the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in February 2020 in Stockholm, an Academic Expert Group has compiled a set of recommendations for a road safety strategy for the period 2020-2030.   Read more...
iRAP: Building capacity and empowering professionals Following the creation of the UN Targets 3 & 4, and the release of the WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety last year, it is critical that we rapidly build the skills of engineers, auditors and professionals able to undertake iRAP assessments.  Read more...
UK news
British 2019 Action Plan The UK government has set out a major package of measures to reduce the number of people killed and injured on roads.  Read more...
3rd Annual Road Safety Forum The 3rd Annual Road Safety Forum will take place on the 11th September in Central London.  Read more...
Older Road User Conference: agenda nearly complete The potential for autonomous vehicles to transform the lives of older people will come under the microscope at a one-day conference taking place later this year.  Read more...
Young drivers
UK Government looks at steps to make new drivers safer Road safety action plan to explore if graduated driver licences should be introduced in England.  Read more...
Driver2020 Driver202 is a research project looking at different ways to make young drivers safer, more confident and more skilful in their first year of driving.  Read more...
Safer vehicles
Euro NCAP Safety Ratings Euro NCAP releases safety ratings of six new cars today. Four of those have achieved five stars: the much talked about Tesla Model 3, the new Škoda Scala, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class and the latest GLE from the same stable  Read more...
Safer roads
How safe are you on Britain's main road network? This annual report tracks the safety of the main 'A' roads where most of Britain's road deaths are concentrated, and which can be targeted.  Read more...
Safer drivers
DriverMetrics launches telematics guide A new guide has been launched to help fleet operators maximise the safety benefits of telematics.  Read more...
Community safety
Older Road User Safe Mobility Digital Knowledge Platform A digital platform for use by professionals which shares a best practice review of road safety risks for older road users.  Read more...
Star Rating for Schools in Uganda The Global Fleet Champions programme carries an article highlighting the need for improved management of school zones.  Read more...
Older Road User Safe Mobility Knowledge Programme RoadSafe will be working with UK road safety organisations and a number of international road safety institutions to develop an Older Road User Safe Mobility Knowledge Programme.  Read more...
Enforcement
UK Roads policing review to improve safety Review into roads policing and traffic enforcement to be launched  Read more...
Forthcoming events
International Road Safety Conference 2019 – 3 September 2019 3rd Annual Road Safety Forum – 11 September 2019 Older Road User Conference 2019 – 24 September 2019 International Course on Traffic Safety in Work Zones – 24 September 2019 2019 Strength in Numbers Annual Conference – 9 October 2019 PACTS Conference: Post Crash Response – 17 October 2019 26th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) – 21 October 2019 National Road Safety Conference 2019 – 12 November 2019 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety – 19 February 2020