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Awards | ||
Prince Michael International Awards - Nominations
Nominations close next month Read more...
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Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) | ||
London boroughs host data gathering exercise for automated vehicles
A
UK company has started data gathering in two London boroughs as part
of plans to trial a shared driverless passenger service in the Capital
next year. Read more...
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IIHS: New studies highlight driver confusion about automated systems
Vehicles
are getting increasingly sophisticated, with more and more of them able
to stay in a lane and maintain a set speed and following distance with
minimal driver input. Read more...
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Intelligent Parking: A Tale of Five Cities
Today,
more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, the
UN projects that figure will increase to about 70%.
Read more...
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Top 10 jobs the UK needs for the self-driving vehicle revolution
Groundbreaking
study with organisations such as Highways England and the Centre for
Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) plots the UK’s CAV ‘Roadmap to
2030’ including the skills critical for a self-driving future. Read more...
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Results of the first automated vehicles consultation on safety and legal liability published
Results
of the first automated vehicles consultation on safety assurance and
legal liability as well as the full text responses received have been
published today by the Law Commission. Read more...
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26th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
IRF is pleased to support the 26th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Read more...
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Hyundai uses artificial intelligence to develop safety systems
Hyundai will use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop the next generation of advanced safety systems. Read more...
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Conferences and events | ||
Rural Roads for Development
The
University of Birmingham, in association with the International Road
Federation is pleased to offer this hands-on training course in the
area of rural roads. Read more...
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UK Road Safety Week 2019
UK Road Safety Week 2019 will take place between the 18th-24th November. Read more...
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2019 Strength in Numbers Annual Conference
The
NETS 2019 Annual STRENGTH IN NUMBERS® Benchmark Conference will take
place in Arlington Virginia on October 9th & 10th, 2019.
Read more...
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Driving at work | ||
RoSPA Fleet Safety Awards 2019
The winners of two prestigious fleet safety awards have been announced by RoSPA. Read more...
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Commercial Fleet Awards
The
Commercial Fleet Awards recognise and reward the hard work and
achievements of the best commercial fleet departments, suppliers and
manufacturers operating in the UK. Read more...
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Leadership needed to change behaviour
Managing
Director of Amey Highways and Driving for Better Business Ambassador,
James Haluch, explains why leadership is so important to managing
occupational road risk. Read more...
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International news | ||
São Paulo plans to cut traffic fatalities by half in 10 years
Sao Paulo is planning to become the first Brazilian city to adopt a road safety plan based on the ''Safe System'' approach. Read more...
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Ireland’s leadership on road safety is “a model for the European Union”
Ireland is the winner of this year’s European Transport Safety Council Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) award. Read more...
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Sweden to host 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety
Sweden is to host the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Read more...
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Enforcement of road transport rules must be a top priority for the EU after elections
In
light of the European elections, IRU and ETF - the EU social partners
for Road Transport - call on the European Commission and Parliament to
put enforcement at the top of the EU transport agenda for the next
legislative term. Read more...
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Safer vehicles | ||
Older tyres banned to ‘improve road safety’
New
laws banning older tyres on large vehicles to improve road safety could
be introduced later this year, says the Department for Transport
(DfT). Read more...
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Bloomberg Philanthropies: new report concerning road safety in Latin America
A
new report commissioned by Bloomberg Philanthropies reveals that more
than 25,000 Latin American lives could be saved and over 170,000 serious
injuries prevented by 2030 if United Nations (UN) vehicle safety
regulations were applied by four key countries in the region—Argentina,
Chile, Mexico and Brazil. Read more...
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Volvo Cars joins pan-European safety data sharing project
Volvo
Cars has joined a pan-European pilot project to share traffic safety
data generated by cars and infrastructure aimed at improving road
safety. Read more...
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Safer roads | ||
iRAP’s Star Rating for Designs 4 Part Webinar Series
iRAP's Star Rating for Designs 4 Part webinar Series will be held in July. Read more...
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Safer drivers | ||
Using Telematics to understand individual driver risk
A
challenge with using telematics systems to reduce driver risk is that
whilst telematics data offers a high level indication of which drivers
at the highest risk of a crash, it cannot tell you what specific
behavioural motivation is causing each telematics violation. Read more...
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Forthcoming events | ||
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Southern African Transport Conference – 8 July 2019
International Course on Traffic Safety in Work Zones – 24 September 2019
2019 Strength in Numbers Annual Conference – 9 October 2019
26th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) – 21 October 2019
3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety – 19 February 2020
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