RoadSafe News

 

 

International news

Latin America NGOs unify to strengthen advocacy The 51 members of Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety in 15 countries in Latin America launched a new regional chapter to unify and strengthen their advocacy and influence to save lives across the continent.  Read more...

UK news

Safe System Capacity Survey in UK A national survey to understand existing capacity for Safe System implementation  Read more...

Project EDWARD Week of Action This year's Project EDWARD week of action will take place from Monday 19th September to Sunday 25th September and be the most ambitious yet.   Read more...

Driving at work

Call for Evidence - UK Driving Licensing Government is seeking evidence on the ecoonmic benefits of widening the recruitment pool for medium-sized goods vehicles and minibus drivers, which may attract more people to the industry and support economic growth by further strengthening our supply chain  Read more...

Brand New Van Driver Toolkit Content The Van Driver Toolkit has been recently updated, helping businesses to reduce costs, improveoperating conditions and ensure safe and legal vehicles and wellbeing for their drivers.  Read more...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)

Technology for the Safe System - Webinar Series Technology for the Safe System - webinar series returns in September  Read more...

UK roads could see self-driving vehicles rolled out by 2025 New plan for self-driving vehicles plus a consultation on a safety ambition.  Read more...

CAV Safety Hub supports knowledge transfer The CAV Safety Hub is here to increase the awareness in the road safety community of the value of emerging technologies,   Read more...

Road Safety Management

The Safe Syatem Approach in Action This Report proposes a framework for designing, implementing and assessing projects with a Safe System focus.  Read more...

Expert Guide to The Safe System This report from OECD first published in 2016 is well-worth re-reading.  Read more...

Young drivers

Distracted driving: a safety guide for responsible young drivers A new guide from Comparethemarket aims to highlight and provide guidance on how to identify and tackle driving distractions, as well as taking a detailed look at the impact they can have on British roads.  Read more...

Safer vehicles

Majority of motorists back ISA Almost three out of four UK motorists (73%) back using in-car technology that would help ensure they stick to the speed limit.   Read more...

Safer roads

Integrating Safety into Road Design A focus on elements of safe road and roadside designs for road networks that can provide safe mobility to all road users.  Read more...

iRAP in 170 Countries iRAP global metrics and key highlights show programme activities are influencing the safety of roads in 170 countries.  Read more...

National Highways exceeds England's Star Rating target Almost two-thirds of travel on National Highways’ network is now on 4-star roads  Read more...

Safer drivers

Fitness to Drive’ A new report available through the UK's Road Safety Knowledge Centre concludes that while a great deal of research spending and effort has created a wealth of information on FTD, there are many areas where the evidence is either inconclusive or where no research has been carried out.   Read more...

Community safety

School Streets success improving road safety The Road Safety Trust, commissioned Sustrans, to investigate whether School Streets cause traffic displacement and have any knock-on effects on road safety on streets surrounding schools.  Read more...

Enforcement

Increasing dashcam evidence used by police The police can’t be everywhere, but the public can  Read more...

Forthcoming events

Project EDWARD – 19 September 2022 ADINJC & Intelligent Instructor National Conference & Expo ’22 – 2 October 2022 ICE LIVE: the UK’s first conference focused on road and community safety virtual reality education – 19 October 2022 UK National Road Safety Conference – 9 November 2022 UK Road Safety Week - Be a hero! – 14 November 2022 Young Driver Focus – 10 May 2023