Road Safety Strategy: MPs to examine Government’s plans for reducing road deaths
The Transport Committee has launched an inquiry that will examine the ambitions and potential effectiveness of the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy. Published earlier this month, the new strategy aims to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads. It is the first road safety strategy in over a decade and sets out the Government’s intended approach across four different themes: supporting […]
ITS UK and ARTSM issue joint statement calling for HOTA action
ITS UK and ARTSM (the Association of Road Traffic Safety and Management), have issued a joint statement welcoming the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy, but calling for urgent action to speed up the review of the approval process for enforcement equipment. Kealie Franklin, Chief Executive of ARTSM and Max Sugarman, Chief Executive of ITS UK, […]
Westcotec welcomes data‑led and preventative focus in new Road Safety Strategy
Westcotec have welcomed the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy, recognising its strong emphasis on data, prevention and shared responsibility as a significant step forward in reducing deaths and serious injuries on UK roads. Central to the strategy is a new Road Safety Investigation Branch, which will use linked police and healthcare data to drive evidence‑based […]
The Road Safety Strategy: Dr Suzy Charman asks – are we ready for the tough choices?
The Government’s Road Safety Strategy sets a target of delivering a 65% reduction in deaths and serious injuries on UK roads by 2035, but and are we prepared to make the tough, and sometimes unpopular, decisions required to get there? In today’s Highways Voices we talk about how to turn an ambitious national road safety strategy into practical, funded, and deliverable action. Our guest is Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director at the Road Safety Foundation, to explore where policy, infrastructure, speed management, and data-led decision making must change if safety outcomes are genuinely to improve, rather than simply be promise. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! You’ll get a clear understanding of why a proactive, safe-system approach to road infrastructure and speed management is essential to meeting long-term casualty reduction targets. There’s also an insight into where investment in technology, data integration, and standards reform can deliver the greatest safety and economic returns, and you’ll hear her practical perspectives on how national strategy, local authority delivery, and industry expertise can align to move beyond consultation into measurable impact. Highways Voices is brought to you with our partners the Transport Technology Forum, LCRIG, ADEPT and ITS UK. (Picture – DfT)
Road Safety Strategy: Strong targets aren’t enough without funding, warns Road Safety Foundation
The Executive Director of Road Safety Foundation is welcoming the Government’s Road Safety Strategy, but is warning that we need the money to make it happen. Dr Suzy Charman has told this week’s Highways Voices podcast: “It’s no good just having strong targets. We need the money identified to actually make the impact. If we’re […]
WJ Group welcomes focus on line markings in road safety strategy
Road safety, line markings and surface treatments business, WJ Group, has welcomed the renewed focus on designing road markings to enhance safety in the government’s new road safety strategy. The newly launched strategy is built around four themes; “supporting road users”, “taking advantage of technology”; “ensuring infrastructure is safe” and “robust enforcement.” Under the theme […]
“People will have to take notice”: New seat belt penalty points backed as road safety measure
One of the UK’s leading experts in enforcement technology says plans to give penalty points to drivers caught not wearing a seat belt will help drive behaviour change and make roads safer, if they’re backed up with proper enforcement and driver awareness courses Acusensus UK General Manager and Chair of ITS UK’s Enforcement Forum, Geoff […]
Road Safety Strategy: National Fire Chiefs Council among organisations to welcome plans to reduce deaths and serious injuries on the roads
The transport industry is continuing to respond to the UK Government’s Road Safety Strategy published yesterday. National Fire Chiefs Council NFCC) Road Safety Lead, Dan Quin, said: “NFCC strongly welcomes the announcement of a new road safety strategy, which is a crucial step towards reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads. NFCC and organisations across the […]
Enforcement expert hopes road safety review will take up PACTS recommendations in full
One of the UK’s most knowledgeable automated enforcement experts says it’s vital the government embraces technology to make our roads safer and save lives. Geoff Collins, who leads the ITS UK Enforcement Forum and manages the AI camera company Acusensus in the UK, was responding to a report by The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport […]
Ireland’s new ten-year government road safety strategy launched – first step to ‘Vision Zero’
The Irish Government has launched the country’s fifth Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030. The primary aim of the new strategy is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on Irish roads by 50% over the next 10 years. This means reducing deaths on Ireland’s roads annually from 144 to 72 or lower and reducing serious […]