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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...
ENGINEERING SAFER ROADS: STAR RATING ROADS FOR IN-BUILT SAFETY
In 2013, 1,713 people were killed on Britain's roads and 21,657 were seriously injured. There are now 10 times more people killed on our roads each year than in the workplace. Until recently, death and injury on the road had been regarded as inevitable. The...
JOHN PLOWMAN TO CHAIR OLDER DRIVERS TASK FORCE
John Plowman to Chair Older Drivers Task Force The Road Safety Foundation announced today that John Plowman will chair the Older Drivers Task Force. Responding to the fast growing population of older drivers, the Task Force was proposed by the Foundation in November...
HOW SAFE ARE YOU ON BRITAIN’S ROADS? – 2014 RESULTS
The majority of British road deaths are concentrated on just 10% of the British road network, motorways and 'A' roads outside major urban areas. This report measures and maps the differing risk of death and serious injury road users face across this network, sometimes...