ROAD SAFETY

Listed below are details of a number of websites that may be of interest to anyone wanting to find out more about road safety:

Arrive Alive
A supplementary Driving Standards Agency website, dedicated to influencing young peoples’ attitudes towards learning to drive and passing the driving test.
www.arrivealive.info

Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers
AIRSO is an independent membership organisation working in the interests of road safety. One of it’s main aims is to present a comprehensive national road safety diary on behalf of all road safety organisations.
www.airso.org.uk

Bikesafe
BikeSafe is an initiative run by Police Forces around the United Kingdom who work with the whole of the biking world to help to lower the number of motorcycle rider casualties.
www.bikesafe.co.uk

BRAKE
Brake promotes safe use of roads by addressing the skills and attitudes of road users, enforcement of traffic rules and appropriate punishment and education of road users who break the law.
www.brake.org.uk


Child Accident Prevention Trust
CAPT is a national UK charity committed to reducing the number of children and young people killed, disabled and seriously injured as a result of accidents.
www.capt.org.uk

Institute of Road Safety Officers
Providing a central organisation for all people actively engaged in the promotion of road safety.
www.irso.org.uk

Kerbcraft
A national pilot child pedestrian training scheme organised by the Department for Transport. The aim of the pilot is to demonstrate how an effective child pedestrian training scheme can be established and sustained. This website is primarily for Kerbcraft co-ordinators, who are responsible for implementing pedestrian training in schools participating in the pilot.
www.kerbcraft.org.uk

Learn and Live
The original pressure group, formed in 1989, committed to improving road safety, particularly among young and inexperienced drivers.
www.learnandlive.org.uk

Local Authority Road Safety Officers’ Association
Supporting Road Safety Officers in fulfilling their statutory role – to reduce the number and severity of road accidents through education, training and publicity policies and programmes.
www.larsoa.org.uk

Occupational Road Safety Alliance
ORSA was established in April 2002 to represent the key stakeholders in road safety and occupational safety.
www.orsa.org.uk

Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
PACTS advises and informs members of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords on air, rail and road safety issues.
www.pacts.org.uk

Road Casualty Reduction Group South East
The Road Casualty Reduction (RCR) Group for the South East Region is a grouping of the local Highway Authorities and Police Forces responsible for safety on the roads of south eastern England. Each year, the RCR Group has produced an annual report of its activities in co-operative regional casualty reduction action, summarising the part the region is playing in making Britain’s roads safer. This website contains the latest report for the year 2001/02.
www.roadsafetysoutheast.org.uk

RoadSafe
RoadSafe is a road safety partnership of leading companies in the motor and transport industries in Britain, the Government and road safety professionals. It aims to reduce deaths and injuries caused by road accidents and promote safer driving.
www.roadsafe.com

Road Safety Council of Wales
ROSCOW co-ordinates, stimulates and promotes road safety education, training and publicity throughout the Principality, aiming to reduce accidents and the severity of injury to all road user groups.
www.roscow.org.uk/index.html

Road Safety UK
Independent road safety website for information about speed, child safety, young drivers, the theory test, drinking and driving.
www.roadsafetyuk.co.uk

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
A registered charity that was established over 80 years ago. This website provides information, advice, resources and training for the promotion of safety in all areas of life – at work, in the home, on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on or near water.
www.rospa.co.uk

Scottish Road Safety Campaign
Formed in 1985, the campaign is funded by the Scottish Executive and its remit is to develop and co-ordinate Scotland-wide road safety initiatives and campaigns.
www.srsc.org.uk

The Slower Speeds Initiative
Campaigns for lower and better enforced speed limits, a higher profile for speed reduction initiatives, development of speed control technology and changes in the law to allow conviction of speeding drivers who kill and maim.
www.slower-speeds.org.uk

The Think Campaign
The Department for Transport’s ‘THINK!’ road safety campaign website
www.think.dft.gov.uk