New approach to skid resistance could be a game-changer for highway safety teams
A groundbreaking new method for prioritising skid resistance treatments on local roads has been developed through research funded by The Road Safety Trust. Typically, these decisions are guided by research and approaches tailored for national road networks which have very different geometries, junction types, traffic flow and speed compared to local roads. Now, Derby City […]
The Road Safety Trust invites funding bids for road safety research projects and interventions
The Road Safety Trust’s Autumn 2025 Small Grants programme officially launched today, with funding being provided for potentially life-saving initiatives. Grants of between £10k-£50k are available to help fund practical research projects and interventions that will make a positive impact on the safety of our roads. For the first time, the Trust is implementing a […]
The Road Safety Trust announces over £1.1 million in new grant funding to tackle road safety inequalities
The Road Safety Trust, the UK’s largest independent road safety funder, has announced the award of over £1.1 million in grant funding for six new projects focused on addressing inequalities in road safety. These projects were selected following the Trust’s Autumn 2024 funding round, which invited applications for research and practical interventions that explore and […]
Motorcycle safety scheme goes global
A prize-winning motorcycle safety project in Scotland will be shared with road safety partners around the globe. Project PRIME saw Transport Scotland work with the Road Safety Trust, BEAR Scotland and globally recognised expert Professor Alex Stedmon to create 22 trial sites across Scotland where new road markings were installed to improve the riding behaviour […]
Further funding provided to improve seat-belt usage in the Midlands
The Road Safety Trust has provided funding to behavioural scientists So-Mo in partnership with Transport for West Midlands to evaluate the efficacy of a real-world pilot for their Message Not Received project. Funded by The Road Safety Trust in 2020, Message Not Received, undertaken by Birmingham City Council and So-Mo, tested the hypothesis that culturally […]
Road Safety Trust announces four new projects
The Road Safety Trust has awarded funding to four organisations across the UK through its Small Grants Programme to help improve road safety. The Road Safety Trust is the largest independent funder of road safety in the UK and supports vital research and practical interventions committed to reducing the number of people killed or injured on […]
Further funding provided to assess e-scooter safety
The Road Safety Trust has provided funding to The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) to assess private e-scooter safety and understand casualty data. The project has three key elements: to investigate the extent of under-reporting of e-scooter casualties and ways in which this could be improved; to critique the DfT evaluation report of the […]
Road casualties in Scotland remain steady in 2021 show latest statistics
Transport Scotland Statisticians have released provisional figures for road casualties showing a slight drop in 2021. The total casualty figures and fatality figures for 2021 are the lowest since annual records began. However, they are broadly similar to the previous lows recorded in 2020. The figures show the total number of casualties fell by 0.5% […]
Newcastle City Council confirms traffic restrictions on five local bridges to be made permanent
Decisions to permanently close five local bridges to traffic are confirmed by Newcastle City Council today (1 February) as part of the council’s commitment to reduce traffic cutting through local streets and improve local neighbourhoods for the people who live there. Salters Bridge is one of the five bridges where traffic restrictions will become permanent […]
Universities of Sheffield and Greenwich investigating intelligent speed assistance to improve road safety
The University of Sheffield, in partnership with the University of Greenwich, has received £195,000 funding from The Road Safety Trust to promote Intelligent Speed Assistance as a technological solution that can reduce speed-related road traffic collisions. They say speeding is common on UK roads and increases both the chances of crash involvement and the severity […]