RoadSafe News

International news
'Slow down traffic to ease health emergency’: Lord Robertson tells UK Parliament Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Chairman of the FIA Foundation and a member of the UK House of Lords, urges legislators to address the leading cause of death and injury for young people around the world.  Read more...
ARRB Webinar: A national blameless culture in road incident investigations In this webinar, the Australian Road Research Board will examine the benefits and implications of establishing a national ‘blameless’ culture (as applied in other transport modes) in road incident investigations in Australia.   Read more...
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...
UK news
Ageing and Safe Mobility: 21st Century Streets. The Ageing and Safe Mobility: 21st Century Streets conference will take place on the 1st September 2020 at the Chakrabati Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University.  Read more...
Driving at work
Driver Risk Management during the COVID 19 Outbreak The UK Government has relaxed drivers’ hours rules, and relaxed vehicle testing requirements in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.  Read more...
Business Champions lead the way They share their own stories – the challenges they faced, how they met those challenges, and the benefits they’ve seen as a result.   Read more...
Commercial Vehicle Safety Confence: The Challenges and Opportunities. The Commercial Vehicle Safety conference will take place on the 2nd December in Surrey.  Read more...
Free risk assessment tool now available. A new business management free online gap analysis tool is now available for all through the Driving for Better Business programme.  Read more...
Fleet Drivers can be better prepared for risks associated with ADAS Drivetech has released the latest in our series of Whitepapers focusing on the range of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (or, more popularly, ADAS) and how increasing automation is providing benefits, but also new challenges for drivers and driver training.  Read more...
Time Pressure and Driver Risk DriverMetrics has published a new white paper addressing Time Pressure and Driver Risk.  Read more...
Driving for Work, what's the risk? The Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance (ScORSA) will be holding a free seminar aimed at equipping those who drive for work to be safer on the road.  Read more...
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)
Automated systems need stronger safeguards to keep drivers focused on the road The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has issued a set of research-based safety recommendations on the design of partially automated driving systems.  Read more...
Survey Seeks Drivers Views on Autonomous Vehicles Drivers are being encouraged to share their views on autonomous vehicles, as part of a European-wide research project.  Read more...
Driverless vehicles demand bespoke control rooms Crossover AV is supplying bespoke control room solutions, together with event and meeting technology, to the world’s most advanced urban testing lab for driverless vehicles in London.  Read more...
BSI sets the standard for CAV test safety BSI has released a new specification setting out minimum requirements for managing safety during development testing and when trialling automated vehicles both on and off public roads.  Read more...
Young drivers
Young Driver Focus 2020: moved to 10th September 2020 The Young Driver Focus Conference 202 has been moved to the 10th September 2020.  Read more...
Safer vehicles
EuroNCAP rewards Volkswagen safety technology Euro NCAP has rewarded Volkswagen’s ‘Local Hazard Warning’ system with an ‘Advanced’ award.  Read more...
Safer roads
Research to look at side road layouts A new research project has been launched to explore issues linked to the design of side road layouts and the way priority is offered to different users.  Read more...
Safer drivers
Take Extra Care. Road Safety GB is encouraging all road users to do their bit to reduce the strain on the emergency services in the coming weeks and months, by taking extra care if they must make an essential journey.  Read more...
Failure to wear seat belts remains a challenge New PACTS report highlights the need for better evidence.  Read more...
Forthcoming events
CIECA Congress 2020. – 4 June 2020 Ageing and Safe Mobility: 21st Century Streets. – 1 September 2020 Young Driver Focus 2020 – 10 September 2020 NETS Annual STRENGTH IN NUMBERS® Benchmark Conference – 14 October 2020 National Transport Research Awards 2020 – 20 November 2020 The Commercial Vehicle Safety Conference 2020 – 2 December 2020