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RoadSafe News – May 2021

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In the May issue...

International news

 

Scholarships available for the Australasian Road Safety Conference

Exciting news - scholarships are available for LMIC candidates to participate in the Australasian Road Safety Conference this year  Read more...

 

UK news

 

Project EDWARD 2021

Project EDWARD (Every Day Without A Road Death) is an annual UK-wide road safety campaign backed by government, the emergency services, highways agencies, road safety organisations and British businesses.  Read more...

Driving at work

 

Free Work-Related Road Safety Resources

A comprehensive range of helpful resources to help those who manage drivers to deliver enhanced safety and productivity has been updated and improved.  Read more...

 

A new focus on the gig economy -

Delivery riders and drivers have helped keep many of us safe and sane while isolating and social-distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but who’s looking out for them?  Read more...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)

 

Government to allow use of “self-driving” tech on UK roads this year.

The Government has confirmed it will legalise the use of “self-driving” driver assistance systems before the end of the year.  Read more...

 

Ocado in self-driving vans push with £10m stake in Oxbotica

Online grocery retailer Ocado has unveiled a major push into autonomous driving technology.  Read more...

 
 

The UK self-driving vehicles startups on cusp of transport revolution

At the CES technology conference in January 2021, Transport Minister Rachel Maclean outlined that the connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) market in the UK could be worth £41.7 billion by 2035.  Read more...

 

Recommendations for autonomous vehicle laws to be announced.

Recommendations for who will be legally liable if an autonomous vehicle is involved in a collision or commits an offence are set to be published by the Law Commission before the end of the year.  Read more...

 

Industry must come together before autonomous cars hit the road.

Dr Chris Davies, head of global technical superiority at Autoglass writes for Fleet News.  Read more...

 

TRL: Draft Code of Pracitce

With funding from Innovate UK and support from a wide range of industry stakeholders, RoadSafe partner TRL has developed a draft Code of Practice for organisations wishing to use automated vehicles in an off-highway setting.  Read more...

Decade of Action

 

Global Road Safety Week 17-23 May

Central to the publicity during the UN Road Safety Week 17 - 23 May is the Streets for life: why #love30?campaign.  Read more...

Road Safety Management

 

Facilitated on-line course for professionals

The course aims to equip road safety professionals and all interested partners with a solid background and understanding of the road safety challenges along with modern Safe System Approach to address them and good practices in implementation of sustainable road safety interventions.  Read more...

Young drivers

 

Top 10 reasons for failing a driving test

Many people who failed their test made at least one of the mistakes explained in a newly published guide.   Read more...

Cycle safety

 

Road Safety GB: More cycling, safer cyclists.

This online event will comprise a mix of presentations, discussion sessions and podcasts featuring experts from academia, road safety and the cycling sector - outlining the measures they think we should be taking to help reduce collisions and casualties among cyclists.  Read more...

 

Safer vehicles

 

TyreSafe Briefing: September 2021

This year’s TyreSafe Briefing will take place on Thursday 23rd of September at 2pm.  Read more...

 
 

Euro NCAP: latest safety results.

Euro NCAP has released the safety ratings of three new cars and one new variant.  Read more...

 

Safer roads

 

Enhancing iRAP investment plans for vulnerable road users

The project will provide Local Authorities with a specialist resource to help understand the risks to vulnerable road users in towns and cities. It will also help Local Authorities to understand the benefits of introducing different traffic measures to their urban areas to improve the environment for these users.   Read more...

 

Highways England first year progress report on smart motorways stocktake

The Department for Transport has published the Highways England first year progress report on the All Lanes Running motorways stocktake.  Read more...

Speed management

 

eDriving and Global Road Safety Partnership Launch “Triple Threat” Resources

eDriving and Global Road Safety Partnership Launch “Triple Threat” Resources to Arm Organizations Against SPEEDING, DISTRACTION and FATIGUE High-Risk Behaviours.  Read more...

 

Community safety

 

New Toolkit for safety of non-motorised users

A new guide to prioritizing safety in road design and improvements, Infrastructure Toolkit for Non-Motorised User Safety in African Cities: Challenges and Solutions, has been launched by the NGO Amend,  Read more...

Forthcoming events

GRSF Road Safety Facilitated Online Course – 17 May 2021

6th UN Global Road Safety Week 2021 – 17 May 2021

Road Safety GB: Cycling Online Event – 7 June 2021

Safe Kids Worldwide Childhood Injury Prevention Convention – 12 July 2021

TyreSafe Briefing – 23 September 2021

Young Driver Focus – 25 May 2022

 

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