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CUTTING THE COST OF DANGEROUS ROADS
A lifetime of care following a road crash can cost more than £20m. In total, Britain loses 1-2% of GDP in road crashes. The £36bn lost annually is more than is spent on GP services and primary schools combined. Half of all Britain’s road deaths are concentrated on...
DR SUZY CHARMAN APPOINTED RESEARCH DIRECTOR
The Road Safety Foundation has appointed Dr Suzy Charman as Research Director to lead its annual EuroRAP risk mapping and performance tracking results, as well as a ground-breaking project to improve safety on England’s 50 highest risk ‘A’ roads. Dr Charman brings...
SAVE THE DATE – BRITISH EURORAP RESULTS 2017
The launch of the Road Safety Foundation's annual EuroRAP Risk Mapping and Performance Tracking results for the British motorway and 'A' road network, sponsored by leading insurer, Ageas will take place on Tuesday 21 November from 0830hrs at a breakfast launch in the...
JOHN DAWSON STEPS DOWN FROM INTERNATIONAL ROLE
John Dawson is standing aside from his role as Chairman of iRAP as Gary Liddle takes over as its new Chairman.
GOVERNMENT TO FUND UPGRADING OF ENGLAND’S 50 MOST RISKY ROADS
The government is to invest £175m in England's 50 most risky 'A' roads that were identified by the Road Safety Foundation in its latest report Making Road Travel as Safe as Rail and Air. The new Department for Transport funding package follows the Chancellor's autumn...
FUNDING PACKAGE FOR GB’S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD ANNOUNCED AT RESULTS LAUNCH
Britain's most persistent high risk Á' road is set for an upgrade with help from a £1 million cash boost announced by the Government on 14 November. Under Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Jones MP said that he hoped the targeted funding for West Sussex County...
MAKING ROAD TRAVEL AS SAFE AS RAIL AND AIR
We no longer need accept road deaths. The annual death toll can be driven towards zero. Travel on our road system can be made as safe as on rail and air within a generation. Sudden road trauma destroys families but in the past we have failed to count the economic...
MAKING OLDER DRIVERS SAFER FOR LONGER
Leading road safety experts have recommended raising the mandatory fitness to drive self-declaration for licence renewal from 70 to 75 years old - if proof of an eye sight test is made compulsory. The recommendations are made by the Older Drivers Task Force...
HOW MUCH DO ROAD CRASHES COST WHERE YOU LIVE?
Britain loses 2% of GDP in road crashes. Half of all Britain's road deaths are concentrated on just 10% of roads - the motorways and 'A' roads outside urban cores. This annual report maps the risks on the network where so much social and economic loss is...
RESEARCH CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Since 2012, Ageas have sponsored the annual Risk Mapping and Performance Tracking results. Last year, an additional report was published, Making Road Safety Pay which made a series of recommendations including "Minimum inbuilt safety levels of 4-stars are needed for...