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Awards

Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Excellence in Road Safety Congratulations to the recipients of the inaugural Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Excellence in Road Safety   Read more...

Road Safety Reporting Competition and Awards The Road Safety Reporting Competition and Awards aims to help journalists produce stories that shine a light on road crash deaths and injuries in some of the hardest-hit countries.  Read more...

Decade of Action

UN Road Safety Fund supporting new programmes Fund supporting new projects in Armenia and Zambia  Read more...

UN Resolution on Improving Global Road Safety General Assembly Urges Speedier Action to Reduce Deaths, Injuries from Traffic Accidents Worldwide, Adopting Resolution on Improving Global Road Safety  Read more...

International news

Finland Wins European Transport Safety Council’s Road Safety Prize for 2024 Finland is the recipient of the 2024 European Transport Safety Council prize for outstanding progress in road safety.   Read more...

Major Advancement in Global Road Safety In a landmark move, the World Bank has established a dedicated Road Safety Unit, making it the first multilateral development bank (MDB) to do so. This development underscores the World Bank's unwavering commitment to addressing the global road safety crisis.  Read more...

UK news

Manifesto for Prioritized action The road safety community is advocating the adoption of a targeted, prioritized, and deliverable action plan to get the country back on a trajectory to tackle this unacceptable toll of death and injury  Read more...

Funding to address inequalities in road safety The Road Safety Trust announces funding to address inequalities in road safety  Read more...

Reported road casualties Great Britain, provisional results: 2023 This release provides an estimate of the number of personal injury road traffic casualties in Great Britain that were reported by the police in 2023 using the STATS19 reporting system.  Read more...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)

Enabling safe adoption of automated vehicles through best practice Self-driving technologies are advancing daily with a rapidly increasing number of trials and operational deployments of CAVs across the world.  Read more...

Self-driving vehicles set to be on roads by 2026 Self-driving vehicles could be on British roads by 2026 but wider legislation is needed for it to be effective.  Read more...

Road Safety Management

Status Summary Reports Comprehensive Status Summary Reports to inform decision-making, to encourage evidence-based interventions,   Read more...

Focus on the system not the indicidual It is time for us to stop expecting behaviour change interventions focused on individuals to solve everything in road safety. It is the system that needs change.  Read more...

Safer vehicles

Gereral Safety Regulations “ General Safety Regulation” (GSR) of the European Union come into play this week  Read more...

Designers must make vehicles safe for everyone IIHS is identifying vehicle improvements that can work in conjunction with infrastructure and enforcement changes to produce a safer transportation system for all.  Read more...

Heavy Truck safety rating tests revealed at NCAP24 Euro NCAP reveals details of the first ever Heavy Truck safety rating tests at NCAP24.  Read more...

Be A Sport, Check Your Tyres Campaign TyreSafe has announced the launch of its Be a Sport, Check Your Tyres campaign. This initiative encourages road users to adopt the mindset of elite athletes by emphasising the importance of preparation for peak performance—specifically, in maintaining their tyres.  Read more...

Safer drivers

Distracted Driving Drivers are up to four times more likely to get in an accident using their smartphone while driving. The FIA Region I Road Safety Campaign calls for reflection on mobile distraction while driving.  Read more...

Blue Light Aware Resources GEM Motoring Assist has added three new videos to its Blue Light Aware resource, to illustrate specific situations where different road users could be confused by emergency vehicles.  Read more...

Motorcycle safety

Strengthening Motorcycle Safety: Autoliv and UN Road Safety Fund Announce Renewed Collaboratio  Read more...

Forthcoming events

Introduction to Safe System culture – 9 July 2024 Stop Saying Stop – New Approaches To Safety Campaigning – 9 July 2024 Graduated Licensing Schemes – 9 July 2024 ADINJC & Intelligent Instructor National Conference & Expo ’24 – 29 September 2024 ARSC 2024 Conference | Road Safety Excellence - Australasia – 30 September 2024 International Road Federation World Congress – 15 October 2024 ICTCT Conference – 17 October 2024 2024 National Road Safety Conference – 6 November 2024