Road Safety

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Wednesday 23rd June 2010, One Wimpole Street - Central London, 08:45 - 16:20

Road Safety Beyond 2010: Delivering a Safer, Cohesive Road Safety Strategy

Overview

The former government had made significant progress in improving road safety since it launched its first ten-year strategy in 2000. Over the past ten years, it had met its casualty reduction targets.

However, with nearly 3000 people still dying on Britain’s roads every year, the present government is keen to introduce measures, based on the latest data, technology and road design, to reduce this figure still further.

Whether as a passenger, driver, rider or pedestrian, road safety affects every family, community and business throughout the country. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene examined data on deaths caused by road traffic collisions and calculated that for a 35 year period between 1971 and 2005, almost 600,000 people in England and Wales were likely to have been left bereaved due to road traffic crashes.

Another study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, published in 2009, estimated that in London alone, 20mph zones save 200 lives a year. However, if plans were introduced to extend 20 mph zones, they could prevent up to 700 casualties every year. The estimated cost to the economy for road-related deaths and serious injuries is put at £3bn.

Agenda

With proposed new targets to halve both the number of child deaths and serious injuries on our roads as well as to cut road deaths by one-third by 2020, this forum will provide delegates with an opportunity to learn , examine and discuss the latest policies and implementation strategies to make Britain’s roads the safest in the world for pedestrians and all road users beyond 2010.

08:45	Registration and Coffee
09:55	Chair’s Opening Remarks Andrew Howard, Head of Road Safety, The Automobile Association (CONFIRMED)
10:05	Cutting Casualties and Improving Safety Key policy priorities Effective performance indicators Better management of information Robert Gifford, Executive Director, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) (CONFIRMED)
10:25	Questions and Answers Session
10:35	Reducing Road Traffic Injury Using 20mph zones Evidence base: analysing the data 20 mph speed zones: Reduction injuries in children and other age groups Reduction in injuries to cyclists Effect on injury rates in areas bordering zones 20 mph zones and inequalities in road injury 20 mph zones vs speed limits possibilities and requirements for evidence Chris Grundy, Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (CONFIRMED)
10:55	Safer Roads for All Increasing awareness of the importance of road infrastructure as a life saving measure Promoting the role of safer roads, safer drivers and safer cars Devoting funds to large scale improvements to road infrastructure Reducing death and serious injury through safer road design and layout John Dawson, Chairman, European Road Assesment Programme (EuroRAP) and the International Road Assessment Programme (IRAP) (CONFIRMED)
11:15	Questions and Answers Session
11:30	Coffee and Networking
11:55	Road Safety Matters: Supporting Victims, Campaigning for Change Road safety – a shared responsibility: Reducing the number of road crashes Education, training and research: Using data to campaign for change Making rural roads safer for all users Supporting young drivers: graduated licences Drink and drug driving: Reducing the legal limit Modal shift: Reducing vehicle carbon emissions Cathy Keeler, Deputy Chief Executive, Brake (CONFIRMED)
12:15	Safety in Numbers: Making Cycling Safer Halve the risk of cycling by doubling the numbers who cycle Improve driver behaviour and awareness Make the road environment more welcoming for cyclists Promoting cycling positively Cherry Allan, Information Coordinator and Cycle Digest Editor and Debra Rolfe, Campaigns Coordinator, CTC (CONFIRMED)
12:35	Improving Road Safety for Children – Partnerships for Injury Prevention Safer children, healthier lives Injury and inequalities Making time for road safety – engaging families and communities Who can make a difference? Supporting effective partnership working Ian Evans, Head of Education and Engagement, Child Accident Prevention Trust (CONFIRMED)
12:55	Questions and Answers Session
13:05	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Improving Road Safety: Policing our Roads Outline current ACPO roads policing strategy Position road safety within the overall context of delivering policing services to the public Summarise what the strategy has delivered in road safety terms and what still remains to be done Share some emerging thoughts about our roads policing strategy beyond 2010 Geraint Anwyl, Chief Superintendent, North Wales Police, and Chair of the National Roads Policing Intelligence Forum, ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) (CONFIRMED)
14:20	Work-Related Road Safety Current Position & Review Legality & Political Climate New priorities Organisation's Vulnerability Gaining from Action...Now Graham Feest, Secretary, AIRSO (CONFIRMED)
14:40	Beyond 2010: A New Vision for Road Safety Reducing the number of road deaths and casualties: our strategy Enforcement issues: Sir Peter North’s recommendations R&D: supporting research and development into car safety, road engineering and road surfaces Learning to drive: better training including pre and post qualification Encourage more and safer cycling and walking Paul O'Sullivan, Head of Road User Safety Division, Department for Transport (CONFIRMED)
15:00	Questions and Answers Session
15:10	Coffee and Networking
15:30	Making Britain’s Roads Safer for Motorcyclists Reducing the number of motorcycle collisions on our roads Driver training: raising standards of motorcyclist awareness Data collection: more detailed accident causation data Targeting bad and dangerous driving Nich Brown, General Secretary, MAG (UK) (CONFIRMED)
15:50	Closing Keynote: Road Safety Innovations in London Economic and social costs of road fatalities and casualties in London Better road safety by design and through intervention The driver The vehicle The road How can technology help? Chris Lines, Transport Consultant and ex-Head, London Road Safety Unit, Transport for London (CONFIRMED)
16:10	Questions and Answers Session
16:20	Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Exhibitor

Cyclepods

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Audience

Delegates will include central government departments and agencies, road safety officers, driving instructors, teachers, youth and community workers, transport planners and managers, logisticians, engineers, transport research organisations, schools and colleges, architects and planners, NHS, PCT, and ambulance, fire and police rescue services, faith, parent, voluntary, community and sports organisations, housing associations, trade unions and think-tanks.