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Take this opportunity to tackle England’s highest risk roads
The Road Safety Foundation and one of the UK’s largest motor insurers Ageas have today called on the Government to commit to a new Safer Roads Fund as a major investment in the country’s road network. Boris Johnson is expected to announce a spend of £900m for "shovel...
Enhancing iRAP Investment Plans for Vulnerable Road Users
The Road Safety Foundation has received funding from the Road Safety Trust to help 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...
REVIEW OF SAFETY PRIORITIES ON HIGHWAYS ENGLAND NETWORK: ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION WINS ORR CONTRACT
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has awarded the Road Safety Foundation a contract to review how investments are prioritised to improve safety outcomes by Highways England (HE). The Foundation will look at how HE ranks the location and type of scheme to deliver; how...
HOW SAFE ARE YOU ON BRITAIN’S MAIN ROAD NETWORKS?
This annual report tracks the safety of the main ‘A’ roads where most of Britain’s roads deaths are concentrated, and which can be targeted. This year’s survey shows, overall, the number of deaths on Britain’s roads has changed little since 2011. For the first...
GETTING BACK ON TRACK
The highest annual number of road deaths since 2011 were recorded on Great Britain’s roads in 2017. After decades of trauma reduction, we have reached a plateau. In effect, a decade has been lost. 2,549 people have not returned to their families so far because...
SAFER ROADS FUND RESULTS
The Safer Roads Fund was established to treat the 50 highest risk local A road sections in England with remedial road safety engineering interventions. As a result £100 million has been committed by the Department for Transport across 48 schemes. Together...
New report tackles the transition to automated vehicles on roads that cars can read
Serious crashes on inter-urban roads may be slashed by a quarter over the next 30-40 years with the introduction of automated vehicles. However, the journey may be far from easy, with a mixed fleet transition and vital need for roads that cars can read, according to a...
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...