RoadSafe News – July 2020

Awards

Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards - Nominations

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

International news

Youth leading the charge for road safety - YOURS Annual Report

Before many young people can start realizing their dreams, they are taken from the world because of road crashes. Every day more than a thousand of them die on the roads and with them their dreams for a life and future. Most of these deaths are preventable, and it saddens me to tell you that I am not able to bring you a different message on the eve of YOURS’ 10-year anniversary in 2020.  Read more...

Countries making the most progress on road safety in Europe.

The Baltic States, together with Greece and Portugal, were the best performing countries in the EU according to a new report on the progress made reducing road deaths in Europe since 2010, published by the European Transport Safety Council.   Read more...

Don’t Take Your Eyes Off The Road - The critical case for ongoing road safety investment

As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing road safety pandemic has had a temporary reprieve as road traffic volumes have fallen with governments globally taking unprecedented steps to reduce virus contagion. The economic impacts, of course, will be profound.  Read more...

2020 Australasian Road Safety Conference postponed.

The 2020 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2020) has been postponed.   Read more...

iRAP and 3M Announce Partnership to Improve Safety for School Children Around the World

3M will provide an annual contribution to support the programme and its goal of ensuring that children are able to travel safely to and from school.  Read more...

Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Annual Report now available.

The Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety Annual Report is now available.  Read more...

'COVID-19, the Commonwealth and the urgency of action on road traffic injury'.

UK Parliamentarian and former Secretary-General of NATO, Lord Robertson of Port-Ellen writes about 'COVID-19, the Commonwealth and the urgency of action on road traffic injury' as he examines the greatest threats to human life in the Commonwealth.  Read more...

UK news

PACTS: Roads policing and its contribution to road safety

PACTS has published a major report Roads policing and its contribution to road safety.  Read more...

Road Safety GB: Take Extra Care Campaign.

Phase two of Road Safety GB’s Take Extra Care campaign urges all road users to continue to protect the emergency services by staying alert and travelling safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Read more...

Driving at work

Free app gets company car drivers back on the road safely

Driving for Better Business has launched a free driver app to help fleet operators manage the safe return of furloughed staff who normally drive for work, and their unused vehicles, following the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown.  Read more...

How can we improve the safety of goods vehicles?

Since the last time ETSC published a report looking at the safety of goods and passenger transport in 2013, the transport sector has continued to evolve.  Read more...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)

Webinar:Virtual Validation of Automated Vehicles

TRL’s Smart Mobility Living Lab is hosting a webinar to explore the subject of Virtual Validation of Automated Vehicles: What? How? Why? What next?  Read more...

The road to an autonomous future: within reach, or a tantalizing mirage?

The rapid rate of innovation on technologies such as artificial intelligence has shifted the narrative regarding autonomous vehicles (AVs) from whether such vehicles are even possible, to how fast companies can bring commercially viable AVs to market.  Read more...

Decade of Action

A year of successes influencing the global road safety agenda

This has been an extraordinarily successful year of growth and delivery for the World Bank's Global Road Safety Facility   Read more...

Young drivers

Young riders sought for short survey.

Road safety professionals and others who work with young riders are being asked to promote a short survey, ahead of its impending deadline.  Read more...

Winners announced for the FirstCar Young Driver Road Safety Awards 2020

The winners of the FirstCar Young Driver Road Safety Awards 2020 have been announced.  Read more...

Cycle safety

eBike ABS - controlled and stable braking,

The world's first production-ready eBike ABS now enables controlled and stable braking,   Read more...

Safer roads

iRAP Achievements in 101 Countries

iRAP’s latest metrics have been released showing work across 101 countries with European risk-mapping growth, 770 school assessments in 38 countries, great training activity and an additional USD$11.3 billion in safer roads investment in the last 12 months.  Read more...

Safer drivers

Road Safety Analysis and Agilysis: latest webinar series launched.

Road Safety Analysis and Agilysis have announced the release of a third series of webinars.  Read more...

Speed management

Speed limits: is 20 really plenty?

Speed limits: is 20 really plenty? Speed kills – which means cutting speed should cut collisions. But is it that simple?  Read more...

20mph Zones and Speed Limits Facts

A new 20mph Zones and Speed Limits Factsheet now available from RoSPA adds more readily available knowledge.  Read more...

Child safety

Back to school - safe, healthy journeys during COVID-19

Protecting 1.7 billion children as they venture back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic is not just possible, but a long-term opportunity, said speakers and participants of the Child Health Initiative’s online meeting, convening more than 60 global mobility experts  Read more...

Alcohol and drugs

Academy launches impairment e-learning course.

The Road Safety GB Academy has launched a new online e-learning course that deals with impairment by alcohol and drugs.  Read more...

Post-crash response

Mobile app for First Responders in Europe

Euro NCAP has, together with The International Association of Fire & Rescue Services (the CTIF), centralised the manufacturers’ rescue sheets in a new app, ‘Euro Rescue’.  Read more...

Forthcoming events

NETS Annual STRENGTH IN NUMBERS® Benchmark Conference – 12 October 2020

National Transport Research Awards 2020 – 20 November 2020

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Conference 2020 – 2 December 2020

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