RoadSafe News

 

Awards

Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards - Nominations ach year the most outstanding examples of international road safety initiatives are given public recognition through the scheme  Read more...

Prince Michael congratulates the FIA Foundation on its achievements. Since its creation in 2002 the Foundation has helped to transform the global road safety agenda.  Read more...

Decade of Action

UN General Assembly High Level Meeting The High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on improving global road safety in New York 30 Jun - 1 July  Read more...

International news

20th Anniversary of the FIA Foundation Leading a Catalyst for Change: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the FIA Foundation  Read more...

Millions of Young Lives Lost Without Global Road Safety Investment, Almost 12 million serious injuries to children and youth can be prevented between now and 2050 if proven road safety interventions are implemented across 77 low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study commissioned by the FIA Foundation.  Read more...

UK news

Electronic Monitoring of Disqualified Drivers Lincolnshire Police trail electronic monitoring of disqualified drivers  Read more...

Changing Minds Changing Behaivour- Project EDWARD This year the programme will reach its climax in a week of action - 19-25 September. The theme will be: Chaning Minds, Changing Behaviour.  Read more...

Driving at work

Van Conference Highlights Employers Responsibilities Far too many companies don’t do enough to help their van drivers avoid collisions.  Read more...

Leadership for a Safe Driving Culture Whilst drivers who don’t exhibit the correct behaviours can present a big risk, in safety, reputation and financial terms, good drivers can be very effective brand ambassadors.  Read more...

London's Work Related Road Risk Programme No death or serious injury on our roads is acceptable or inevitable  Read more...

Conferences and events

Safe Journeys to School 3M is collaborating with International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and is using its Star Rating For Schools tool to help improve school zone safety.   Read more...

Joining the Dots 2023 Call for Papers The RSGB National Analysts Conference (Joining the Dots) is once again set to return to Birmingham on Wednesday 1st March 2023 as a hybrid conference.   Read more...

Road Safety Management

London Vision Zero Action Plan Vision Zero action plan progress report  Read more...

UK launches country’s first ever investigation branch focused on road safety UK Government launches country’s first ever investigation branch focused on road safety  Read more...

US Traffic Fatalities Reached a 16-Year High in 2021 The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for 2021.  Read more...

Developing and Measuring Safety Performance Indicators at Sub-National Level Roundtables Summary Report Developing and Measuring Safety Performance Indicators With the growing interest developing road safety plans which information other than historic data supported by Agilyisis, Road Safety GB has run a series of workshops develop other ways to help explain and demonstrate the levels of safety using Safety Performance Indicators  Read more...

Safer vehicles

Global NCAP’s Car to Car Test Demonstrates Zero Star Double Standard on Vehicle Safety Double standards in vehicle safety are too often the ‘stock-in-trade’ of auto industry associations. And that is why this week’s UN High Level Meeting in New York needs to send a clear message to the auto industry to stop their delaying tactics & apply the most important vehicle safety regulations worldwide.”  Read more...

Speed management

TRL Speed Management and Assessment Tool TRL has developed a Speed Management and Assessment Tool (SMAT) which primarily requires iRAP coding data. It has been developed for and tested with National Highways in the UK.  Read more...