RoadSafe News – December 2021

Awards

Prince Michael International Road Safety Award Winners

Each year the most outstanding examples of international road safety initiatives are given public recognition through the scheme.  Read more...

Decade of Action

The Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety receives Royal Award

The Youth Coalition is enabling youth to continue experiencing opportunities through the initiatives that it is implementing: capacity development sessions, meaningful youth participation at high-level advocacy spaces/events, regional workshops and local action funding.  Read more...

#Streetsforlife Campaign wins a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award

The #StreetsforLife #Love30 campaign was organized under the auspices of the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) for the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week by the World Health Organization, FIA Foundation, YOURS - Youth for Road Safety, and the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety.   Read more...

The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety celebrates its 10th anniversary.

The Alliance was founded in 2011 to mobilize and empower NGOs during the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020.  Read more...

UK news

Festival of Road Safety

The Festival of Road Safety first ran in November 2020 and was regarded a big success, with more than 10,000 visits to the Festival website – and very positive feedback from many road safety professionals.  Read more...

London intensifies efforts to achieve Vision Zero

Bold new commitments include a 20mph speed limit on 220km of the TfL road network by 2024 and enhanced support for victims of road traffic collisions  Read more...

Safer Roads Index

A new Safer Roads Index , compares the performance of local authorities across Great Britain, identifying how weak results over the last decade have resulted in an unacceptable level of death and injury.  Read more...

Driving at work

Royal Award for Driving for Better Business

The programme provides information and resources to ensure employers make effective interventions with their drivers and vehicles to improve safety and risk management. Originally established as a business to business programme and delivered by RoadSafe with DfT funding. It is now led by National Highways.  Read more...

CTT – Correios de Portugal puts Safety high in its business priorities

CTT – Correios de Portugal (Portugal's Postas Service) regards the investment in the road safety prevention with sustainability issues in mind.  Read more...

NRSPP Australia recognised with Prince Michael International Road Safety Award

The National Road Safety Partnership Program (NRSPP) is an industry-led government funded program launched in 2014 which assists organisations to reduce workplace road trauma among their workforces and the broader community  Read more...

Royal Award for eDriving's Mentor

eDriving awarded Prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for Mentor  Read more...

Conferences and events

Joining the Dots

The Road Safety GB National Analysts Conference will be presented live on Tuesday, 1st March 2022  Read more...

Older Mobility Webinar Series

After the success of the 'Ageing and Safe Mobility: 21st Century Streets' webinar series in 2020, we are pleased to support a new series being launched which included further sessions to shine a light on important issues around safety for older road users.  Read more...

Road Safety Management

The Deadly Myth That Human Error Causes Most Car Crashes

In this opinion piece recently published in The Atlantic David Zipper highlights the myth that the responsibility for road safety largely falls on the individual sitting behind the wheel, or riding a bike, or crossing the street.   Read more...

Safer vehicles

King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok to receive a Royal Award

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Future of transport regulatory review: modernising vehicle standards”

UK Department for Transport is consulting on the “ Future of transport regulatory review: modernising vehicle standards”.  Read more...

Safer roads

Royal Award for The Safer Roads Fund

The Road Safety Foundation, the RAC Foundation and the Department for Transport have won a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for their “fine example of collaboration” and the “outstanding achievement” of the Safer Roads Fund.  Read more...

Safer drivers

Making Roads Safer for Older Drivers

Older drivers (70+) do not pose a significant risk to other road users, but their relative frailty means that they are over-represented in serious crashes – particularly those over 80.  Read more...

Mobile Phone Regulations Tightened

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Speed management

Why is speed hurting so many people?

This blog from The World Bank team busts some of the most common myths on driving speeds.  Read more...

Community safety

Royal Award for Street Design Guide

Designing Streets for Kids is NACTO-GDCI's latest guide to designing urban streets has won a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.  Read more...

Royal Award for Chevron

From 2011-2020, Chevron played an integral role in protecting vulnerable young road users in rural communities across Chongqing Municipality and Sichuan Province, China through its support of the comprehensive Walk Wise program   Read more...

Enforcement

Online driver improvement courses win Prince Michael Award

UKROEd has received a 2021 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its suite of online behaviour change courses.   Read more...

Forthcoming events

Joining The Dots returns LIVE! – 1 March 2022

Young Driver Focus – 25 May 2022

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