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In the June issue...
- Awards
- International news
- Driving at work
- Young drivers
- Cycle safety
- Safer vehicles
- Safer roads
- Safer drivers
- Speed management
- Child safety
- Enforcement
- Conferences and events
- Forthcoming events
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Awards | ||
Prince Michael International Awards - Nominations
Awards - nominations to be submitted now. Read more...
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International news | ||
Prince Michael opens the ITF Summit with a call for a Three Point Plan of Action
Opening Plenary #Itf2018: Safe And Secure Transport for The 21st Century Read more...
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Call for urgent action as ‘fatal disconnect’ in global health policies fails child victims of road traffic
The
international community is failing to take action on a global health
crisis caused by road traffic, which kills 350,000 children and
adolescents each year and causes serious harm and injury to millions
more, says a new report and campaign launched today at the World Health
Assembly in Geneva. Read more...
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New EU vehicle safety standards could prevent 25,000 deaths within 15 years
In
a long-awaited and very significant announcement today the European
Commission set a new EU target to halve road deaths, and for the first
time, serious injuries in the decade to 2030. Read more...
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Ho Chi Minh City adopts pedestrian school safety plan
Ho
Chi Minh City’s new pedestrian safety plan has adopted the safe school
zone interventions advocated by Child Health Initiative partners AIP
Foundation, World Resources Institute and the International Road
Assessment Programme. Read more...
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Driving at work | ||
New case study by Gateshead Council
Log
in now to read our Business Champion case studies including our latest
updated Case Study from Gateshead Council who have reduced collisions by
two thirds and fuel use by over 50,000 litres per year. Read more...
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New resources on our website
March
and April have been busy months getting the new website ready and a lot
of effort has gone into making it simpler to use, and for those
responsible for managing work-related road risk to see what has been
achieved by others in the way of cost reductions and business
efficiencies, and how easy it is to start to emulate them. Read more...
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Drivers drive as they live
Drivers
drive the way they live as individuals, in families, communities and
most importantly - the way they work in organisations. Read more...
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New resource centre for employers or professionals
Driving
for Better Business has launched a new web site with free resources
available for employers and road safety professionals alike. Read more...
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Two common myths about fleet driver safety
Dr
Lisa Dorn from Driver Metrics highlights that traffic psychologists
have spent decades investigating common sense assumptions about driver
behaviour, and the research findings are sometimes surprising and often
challenge the prevailing wisdom about what constitutes a safe driver. Read more...
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Creating an appetite for change
A
water tight policy is nothing without day-to-day adherence. Ensuring
this adherence can become a real burden; a cycle of enforcement and
consequence. Read more...
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Hauliers urged to ‘get Smart’ on motorway driving
Haulage
companies across the UK are being urged to enrol their drivers on to a
smart motorway driving course offered by Highways England. Read more...
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Young drivers | ||
GDL updates casualty reduction estimates
The
RAC Foundation has used the latest available road safety data to update
previous estimates of the potential casualty and collision reductions
GDL might bring in Great Britain. Read more...
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Young Driver Focus 2018 conference papers now available
Now
in its fifth year, the Young Driver Focus conference is jointly
organised by FirstCar, Road Safety GB and the RAC Foundation. Read more...
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Cycle safety | ||
DfT goes on tour to hear views on cyclist and pedestrian safety
The
DfT is holding four events across the country this month as it seeks to
gather opinions on how to improve the safety of cyclists and
pedestrians. Read more...
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Safer vehicles | ||
New road safety target announced by the EU
The
European Union (EU) is pleased to announce the ‘Third Mobility Package’
, a package of transport proposals to improve road safety in the EU,
including an action plan on road safety that includes a new long-term
target to halve road deaths by 2030. Read more...
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Trust but Verify
New Car Assessment Programmes (NCAPs) have played a vitalrole in improving safety. Read more...
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Automated driving tests on Germany’s autobahn network
Continental
is expanding its global automated driving development efforts with
testing on public sections of Germany autobahn network, with the goal of
having a production-ready fully-automated system available to
automakers by 2025. Read more...
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Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks share live vehicle data to improve traffic safety
Volvo
Cars, the premium car maker, and leading truck maker Volvo Trucks will
share real-time data to expand coverage of the companies’ connected
safety technology, a cloud-based system that allows vehicles to
communicate with each other and alert drivers of nearby hazards. Read more...
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Global NCAP launches Safer Choice Africa Award
Following
the announcement of the Safer Choice India Award at the Delhi motor
show, Global NCAP is now launching the ‘Safer Choice Africa’ Award to
encourage automakers to achieve the highest levels of safety
performance. Read more...
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Safer roads | ||
Crashing cars into poles
Four
live demonstrations will show, for the first time in public, the
effects of crashing into a traditional, rigid lamp-post at high speed vs
the same crash into a “passive” lamp-post, as well as a low-speed urban
crash into a lightweight aluminium signpost. Read more...
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Safer drivers | ||
The Impact of Threat Appeals on Fear Arousal and Driver Behavior: a valuable report
The
Road Safety Knowledge Centre has recently posted a valuable report: The
Impact of Threat Appeals on Fear Arousal and Driver Behavior: A
Meta-Analysis of Experimental Research 1990–2011: National University of
Ireland (DOP: 5/13) Read more...
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‘High-tech’ headgear highlights commercial vehicle blind spots
Highways
England has developed a new virtual reality app in a bid to reduce the
risk of commercial vehicle drivers being involved in collisions. Read more...
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Speed management | ||
Speed Awareness Courses working well
New
research shows drivers who take a speed awareness course are as much as
23% less likely to reoffend in the six months after a first offence,
compared to those who accept the fine and points. Read more...
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Child safety | ||
Child Car Seat Website Evaluation
RoSPA is seeking help to evaluate use of the Child Car Seats website and identify any ways in which it can be improved. Read more...
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Enforcement | ||
Convictions for traffic offences on the rise again
Official
government figures analysed by road safety charity IAM RoadSmart have
found that convictions for traffic offences in England and Wales' courts
are steadily increasing again from a low point in 2013 – including a
huge 52% increase in dangerous driving convictions. Read more...
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Conferences and events | ||
Alliance Global Meeting 2019
The
Sixth Global Meeting of Nongovernmental Organizations for Road Safety
and Road Victims will be held 8th - 13th April in Chania, Greece. Read more...
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Forthcoming events | ||
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Senior Roads Executive Programme – 18 June 2018
3rd East Africa Driver Recognition Programme – 3 September 2018
Rural Roads for Development Course – 10 September 2018
TISPOL: Project EDWARD 2018 – 19 September 2018
Older Road User Conference – 19 September 2018
NETS 2018 Conference – 11 October 2018
National Road Safety Conference 2018 – 27 November 2018
Alliance Global Meeting 2019 – 8 April 2019
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