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RoadSafe News – January 2024 |
For the most up to date news visit www.roadsafe.com
In the January issue...
- Awards
- Decade of Action
- International news
- Safer vehicles
- Safer roads
- Safer drivers
- Speed management
- Alcohol and drugs
- Other articles
- Forthcoming events
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Awards | ||
Technologies for the Safe System |
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Royal Awards presented in LondonHRH Prince MIchael of Kent welcomed his 2023 International Award winners to his annual awards ceremony in London on 12 December. Read more... |
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Royal Award for UN Road Safety FundThe Award was given to the Fund in recognition of the growing impact of its 44 projects operating in 88 low and middle-income countries across five regions. Read more... |
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Transport for London Wins the 2023 Premier Prince Michael International AwardThe 2023 Premier Award has gone to Transport for London. Read more... |
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The Road Safety Capacity Building Programme wins a Prince Michael International Road Safety AwardThis innovative capacity-building programme focused on building road safety capacity and technical knowledge among professionals in LMICs Read more... |
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Decade of Action | ||
Global status report on road safety 2023The Global status report on road safety 2023 shows that the number of annual road traffic deaths has fallen slightly to 1.19 million. Read more... |
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International news | ||
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Launches Strategic Plan 2024–2030The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety (the Alliance) is excited to announce the launch of our Strategic Plan 2024–2030. The strategy outlines the Alliance’s vision, mission, and strategic priorities to navigate the remaining years of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030 (Decade of Action). Read more... |
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Safer vehicles | ||
New Vehicle Safety Systems Report highlights the importance of ADASThis report highlights a worrying lack of knowledge about the latest vehicle technology, which has the potential to prevent crashes and save thousands of lives if introduced in all new vehicles. Read more... |
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Safer roads | ||
New Interactive Crash Mapping ToolRoad Safety Foundation UK launch a new interactive crash risk mapping tool. Read more... |
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Safer drivers | ||
Road Safety campaigns to reduce careless driving and speedingThe Department for Infrastructure has announced two road safety campaigns in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership (NIRSP). Read more... |
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How do we get people to change behaviours to improve safety on our roads?National Highways takes a variety of behavioural, social and physical factors into account when seeking to enable, engage and support people to drive safely on England’s motorways and major A-roads. Read more... |
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Speed management | ||
Speed Management ManualThe Second Edition of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Speed Management Manual has been released, sharing the link between reduced speeds and safer roads through iRAP partner case studies. Read more... |
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New WHO manual aims to curb dangerous speeding on the world’s roadsThe World Health Organization [WHO] and partners launched a revised manual to help curb the scourge of road traffic deaths and injuries through managing speed on the world’s roads today. Read more... |
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Alcohol and drugs | ||
Mates for Life 2023THINK! is relaunching the Mates for Life campaign to empower friends to intervene if the moment arises with the message ‘A mate doesn’t let a mate drink drive’. Read more... |
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Other articles | ||
Road Safety Capacity Building ProgrammeThis innovative capacity-building programme focused on building road safety capacity and technical knowledge among professionals in LMICs. Read more... |
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Forthcoming events | ||
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Trial by Roadside: The Corporate Cost – 17 January 2024 SHIFTing Gears to improve health – 24 January 2024 How can we manage driver sleepiness? – 24 January 2024 56th CIECA General Assembly and Congress – 7 March 2024 ADINJC Scotland Conference – 17 March 2024 EU Road Safety Conference 2024 – 16 April 2024 Great British Fleet Event – 17 April 2024 ADINJC & Intelligent Instructor Driving Instructor Convention ‘24 – 12 May 2024 Young Driver Focus 2024 – 22 May 2024 RoadSafe Technology Live 2024 – 9 July 2024 ADINJC & Intelligent Instructor National Conference & Expo ’24 – 29 September 2024
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