RoadSafe News – December 2022

Autonomous Vehicles

Confused UK drivers believe they can buy a fully Autonomous car

Thatcham Research is launching findings from its Trust in Automation consumer study, which has revealed that just over half of UK drivers think that they can buy a fully Autonomous car today. This is despite the fact that only Assisted Driving systems, which require driver support, are currently available in the UK.  Read more...

Awards

Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards Ceremony

Tickets are available for those wishing to join the event to meet the winners and celebrate..  Read more...

Driving at work

Changing Driver Behaviour

Supporting organisations to encourage safer work-based road use  Read more...

National Road Safety Partnership Program

A government-supported, industry-led collaborative network which aims to support Australian businesses and organisations to develop a positive road safety culture and help protect their workers and the public, not only during work hours but also when staff are 'off-duty'.  Read more...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)

Technology for the Safe System - Webinar Series

Each webinar is bringing together professionals from across the whole sector to see just how the latest generation of telecoms, sensors and analytics will allow us to collaborate across the Safe System like never before.  Read more...

Conferences and events

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

On this Day, we remember victims of road traffic crashes; call for better support & justice for bereaved families; & urge action to #SaveLives.  Read more...

Road Safety Management

Safe System Resources

A series of helpful new resources are available for professionals.  Read more...

Social Cost of Road Crashes

Road crashes impose large human and financial costs on society, and substantial investments are made in infrastructure and safety programs to reduce road trauma. However losses are all toooften simply set out in numbers killed or injured. The cost of road crashes is important in the safety debate in Australia and elsewhere  Read more...

Young drivers

Why are newly qualified motorists at high crash risk?

Novice driver crash risk diminishes steeply over the first few months of driving.  Read more...

Study confirms benefits of graduated driver licensing

Expert report shows that concerns over GDL are unfounded  Read more...

Cycle safety

Make Way for Walking and Cycling

The Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH) has launched as a new global coalition calling on governments and cities to make a real commitment to walking and cycling  Read more...

Protected Bike Lane Networks Save Money and Protect Planet,

Investment in urban protected bicycle lanes can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, lower transport costs, and prevent road fatalities compared to investment in other infrastructure, says a new report developed by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s (ITDP) global Cycling Cities campaign, supported by the FIA Foundation.  Read more...

Safer vehicles

Euro NCAP and ANCAP Vision 2030: a Safer Future for Mobility

Euro NCAP, together with Australasia’s independent voice on vehicle safety, ANCAP, have released their forward-looking vision to 2030 establishing the future focus for vehicle safety across the European, Australian and New Zealand new vehicle markets.  Read more...

Safer roads

‘Fix Crash Corner’ – a Roundabout Story

The constructed roundabout was the first ‘Safe System – Vision Zero’ design of its kind in New Zealand, being a fully raised roundabout with four pedestrian crossings.   Read more...

Community safety

Serious child pedestrian road injuries on the journey to and from school in deprived communities .

This report was produced as part of a wider project, funded by the Road Safety Trust, which set out to identify and evaluate promising road safety education programmes for parents of children under eleven years of age.  Read more...

Forthcoming events

UK Road Safety Week - Be a hero! – 14 November 2022

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – 20 November 2022

Young Driver Focus – 10 May 2023

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