RoadSafe News

Awards
Swedish Government receives Decade of Action Award The Government of Sweden has been presented with the Decade of Action award at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety 2020.   Read more...
Sweden awarded Global Innovation Award Sweden has been presented with a prestigious iRAP Global Innovation Award recognising the lifesaving safety impacts of its 2+1 with wire rope median road design.  Read more...
International news
The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety has come to an end. Now the real work begins! Now is the time to turn ideas, experiences and shared knowledge and successes into action. A strong political commitment is required at all levels, together with regional and national strategies and road safety action plans.  Read more...
Prince Michael addresses Commonwealth Ministers HRH Prince Michael of Kent addresses a gathering of Commonwealth Ministers and transport officials during the Global Conference.   Read more...
First Road Safety Profile Report to help save lives on the road The World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF) presented the Guide for Road Safety Opportunities and Challenges: Low- and Middle-income Country Profiles during the 3rd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety in Stockholm.   Read more...
Stockholm Declaration The Chairman’s conclusions, called the “Stockholm Declaration”, was presented by the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Mr.Tomas Eneroth, as the outcome document of the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety.  Read more...
New report: The Day Our World Crumbled: The Human Cost of Inaction on Road Safety. The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance) has launched its new report The Day Our World Crumbled: The Human Cost of Inaction on Road Safety.  Read more...
The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety is now taking place in Sweden.  Read more...
No pedestrian fatalities in Helsinki traffic last year In 2019, there were no pedestrian fatalities in road traffic in the capital city of Helsinki.  Read more...
UK news
Ageing and Safe Mobility: 21st Century Streets. The Ageing and Safe Mobility: 21st Century Streets conference will take place on the 7th April 2020 at the Chakrabati Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University.  Read more...
Driving at work
'Managing work-related road injury risk: Ensuring decent work conditions for those who drive for work and protecting other road users' A new report has been launched during the session on Decent Work conditions during the Global Road Safety conference.  Read more...
Leadership at the heart of good management of those who drive for work Driving for Better Business has now improved its 7-Step Process to help employers in both the private and public sector manage their drivers and vehicles   Read more...
New website helps fleet drivers and operators stay ‘Fit2Drive’ A new website has been launched to provide fleet operators and drivers in Scotland with a reliable source of information to help keep them safe on the roads.  Read more...
The Role of Business Drivers In its recent white paper IAM RoadSmart examines the factors that influence driver risk, and take a deeper look at the contribution that could be made by government agencies, employers and drivers themselves to improving the safety of those who drive as part of their working lives.  Read more...
Good Practice in recruiting safer drivers DriverMetrics reduces the risk of work-related crashes for leading global fleets, via our range of scientifically validated risk assessments, eLearning and driver coaching interventions.  Read more...
Commercial Vehicle Safety Confence: The Challenges and Opportunities. The Commercial Vehicle Safety conference will take place on the 1st April in Surrey.  Read more...
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)
Self-driving electric Nissan Leaf navigates a 230 mile road journey. A self-driving electric Nissan Leaf has navigated itself 230 miles up the country to complete the longest and most complex autonomous journey ever achieved on UK public roads.  Read more...
Streetwise: developing self-driving vehicles for daily commute Cars with a single occupancy fill the streets of towns and cities in the UK. This leads to congestion and pollution and a lot of frustrating delay.  Read more...
Young drivers
International road safety behaviour change program An international road safety program, proven to increase awareness and influence the behaviour of young people on our roads, is being launched in London next week.  Read more...
Safer roads
Human Impact of Global Road Crash Injury Unveiled The tragic face and true extent of life-changing road crash injuries incurred every single day has been revealed for the first time today in an iRAP Vaccines for Roads V road safety resource released in Stockholm.   Read more...
Speed management
New Speed Compliance Dashboard Launched After several months of reviewing suitable data sources RSA/Agilysis is now launching the Speed Compliance Dashboard.  Read more...
Child safety
Star Rating for Schools given a boost Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) launched to delegates and stakeholders gathered in Sweden for the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety .   Read more...
Alcohol and drugs
THINK Campaign - Mates Matter is enhanced THINK! has launched a campaign calling on young men to intervene and ‘Pint Block’ their mates.  Read more...
Post-crash response
MiX Telematics: Post-Crash Analysis The latest paper from MiX Telematics on Post-Crash Analysis is now available to download.  Read more...