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30 Σεπ 2019
European Road Safety Charter Νews
Brake, the road safety charity
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RoadSafe News
Decade of Action | ||
New Global Road Safety Target
Improving global road safety - a new UN report. Read more...
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Decade of Action Evaluation
The
evaluation will gather information from members of the UNRSC and
leading experts on the overall success and impact of the Decade of
Action globally, nationally and on an organizational level. Read more...
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Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) | ||
North American cities release vision for AV policy
The
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in North
America has released the second edition of its Blueprint for Autonomous
Urbanism. Read more...
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New system to ensure safety of self-driving vehicles ahead of their sale
The
UK’s position as a world leader in the safe testing and roll-out of
self-driving vehicles has been further cemented by a new safety regime,
called CAV PASS, being pioneered in the UK. Read more...
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The Scottish Household Survey 2019: Transport Scotland
The
number of people in Scotland willing to buy an electric car has risen
for a second consecutive year, a new survey suggests. Read more...
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Evaluation of the driVR young road user education intervention
While
students enjoy using VR and find it engaging, limited or one-off
exposure to road safety education is unlikely to bring about ‘meaningful
changes in attitudes’, according to evaluation of a Scottish road
safety programme. Read more...
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Conferences and events | ||
International Road Safety Conference 2019
London conference proposes new thinking. Read more...
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Road Safety GB 2020 Conference
Road Safety GB & DfT team up to deliver 2020 conference programme. Read more...
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PACTS conference: Post crash reponse
The PACTS conference Post Crash Response will take place on the 17th October at the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Read more...
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Occupational Road Risk in the Public Sector: South West Summit
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall is inviting interested parties to her summit Read more...
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Driving at work | ||
New Champions from the Highways England supply chain
Three
companies from the Highways England supply chain have been recognised
as new DfBB Champions for the efforts in improving management of
work-related road risk and the reduction of collisions within their
businesses Read more...
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How to report unsafe lorry, bus or coach drivers to DVSA
The
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), have published new guidance
on GOV.UK to help people report lorry, bus or coach drivers and
companies to DVSA if they think they're breaking safety rules. Read more...
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Commercial Fleet Awards 2019
This year's Commercial Fleet Awards will take place at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham. Read more...
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Bus driver fatigue management to become a London priority
Transport
for London has mandated that from 2020, any company operating London
buses will be required to introduce rigorous fatigue risk management
systems as part of their contract. Read more...
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Webinar - New vehicle technology for safe and healthy mobility.
The New vehicle technology for safe and healthy mobility will take place on the
29th October 2019 - 2pm-3pm GMT.
Read more...
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Webinar - Eliminating driver distractions.
The Eliminating driver distractions webinar will take place on the 10th October 2019 - 2pm-3pm GMT+1.
Read more...
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Drowsy Driving: Why businesses must wake up to the threat
Businesses should ensure they are taking a proactive approach to preventing drivers operating vehicles while tired. Read more...
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ANCAP CEO says fleet buyers play crucial role in vehicle safety
ANCAP
CEO James Goodwin made clear in his presentation to the AfMA 2019 Fleet
Management Conference the important role fleet buyers have to play in
improving the safety of the Australian vehicle parc. Read more...
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NRSPP Welcomes Safe System Solution as a programme partner
The National Road Safety Partnership Programme has welcomed Safe System Solution as a programme partner. Read more...
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International news | ||
EASST - Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport
The
Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST) is an
independent UK-registered charity whose mission is to save lives and
prevent injuries by making road transport safer, greener and more
sustainable for future generations. Read more...
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Evaluating the Decade of Action Survey
People are invited to participate in a research study Evaluating the Decade of Action. Read more...
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Ecuador and Colombia Round the World Roundtables
The
national governments of Ecuador and Colombia made public commitments to
road safety action at Round the World Roundtables events. Read more...
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2019 GRSP Asia Pacific Road Safety Seminar
The
Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), supported by the Malaysian
Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) and ASEAN NCAP, will be
bringing to the region the 2019 Asia Pacific Road Safety Seminar. Read more...
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Project EDWARD 2019
TISPOL's Project EDWARD will take place this year on Tuesday 26th September. Read more...
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Urban Design and Child Road Safety
Ayikai
Poswayo, Programme Director at Amend, outlines what urban engineering
needs to focus on to make cities safer for children. Read more...
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ARRB webinar library now available.
ARRB leads the way in knowledge transfer for the roads and transport industry, with its regular webinars. Read more...
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UK news | ||
Road Safety Week 2019
This year, Road Safety Week will take place between the 18th - 24th November. Read more...
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Young drivers | ||
New RAC Report: Keeping Young Drivers Safe During Early Licensure.
The
RAC Foundation has today published ‘Keeping Young Drivers Safe During
Early Licensure’ by Dr Bruce Simons-Morton of the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development, following his talk at this year’s
Young Driver Focus conference. Read more...
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Safer vehicles | ||
ITAI Crash Test and Research Day
The
Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators crash test days provide a
range of well-structured activities for industry professionals with a
personal or commercial interest in collision investigation. Read more...
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Van drivers reminded that ‘Britain works on tyres’
The tyre safety charity TyreSafe has launched a new campaign focusing on van tyre safety. Read more...
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Safer roads | ||
Road Safety in Local Government
Significant
and sustained budget reductions have driven down the funding which has
been available to spend on road safety engineering schemes. Read more...
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YOURS 'Youth Stars' programme in collaboration with iRAP and FedEx
YOURS has teamed up with International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) to create a new 'Youth Stars' programme. Read more...
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Safer drivers | ||
Older Drivers Website Survey
RoSPA is conducting research to evaluate the use of the Older Drivers website and identify ways in which it can be improved. Read more...
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Tougher actions needed to tackle driving while using a mobile phone
The
Government should consider tougher restrictions on driving while using a
mobile phone and stricter enforcement of the law to prevent the
'entirely avoidable' tragedy of deaths and serious injuries from related
crashes on the roads, MPs say. Read more...
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Alcohol and drugs | ||
Regulating Drug Driving To Protect All Road Users
The
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) and the
European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) are organising a seminar on
drug driving on 22nd October in London. Read more...
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UK Drink Driving casualties remain at previous levels
Final
estimates for 2017 show that between 230 and 270 people were killed in
accidents in Great Britain where at least one driver or rider was over
the drinkdrive limit, with a central estimate of 250 deaths. Read more...
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Forthcoming events | ||
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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
2019 GRSP Asia Pacific Road Safety Seminar – 29 October 2019
National Road Safety Conference 2019 – 12 November 2019
Road Safety Week 2019 – 18 November 2019
3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety – 19 February 2020
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