Road Safety Foundation

Engineering a Safer Future: GB EuroRAP 2012

The government is undertaking a radical review of the finance and ownership of our major roads. Arrangements for monitoring safety will be key to whether public support for reform is won or lost.

The British EuroRAP Results 2012 report details the safety levels of motorways and A roads. For the first time busy high risk routes where the suffering and cost of crashes is especially concentrated are identified.

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RSF comment on Road Casualties 2011

Today government announced the first road casualty increase since 2003 despite a levelling off in vehicle traffic levels. In the last decade, the reduction in road deaths has largely come from improved 'passive' safety in new vehicles. To keep pace with the highest performing countries, the long term benefits of investing to bring single carriageway 'A' roads up to at least 3-star safety standards by 2020 need to recognised.

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Unfit for 80

England's motorways do not currently provide enough protection to car drivers and occupants to consider raising the speed limit, according to a new report from the Road Safety Foundation. Instead focus should be on the large economic benefits arising from fixing the network systematically

In new research it shows widespread faults in run-off protection doubling the rate of death and serious injury and shunt crashes rising exponentially with traffic flow.

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Simple Measures Save Lives

The 2011 British EuroRAP results underline the importance of designing out hidden surprises with self-explaining and forgiving roads.

The report shows where simple, well known safety measures have been installed, paying back the costs of investment in an average of just 10 weeks - a 500% rate of return in the first year alone.

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Supporter of the Decade of Action 2011-2020

There is growing awareness that the current road safety situation constitutes a crisis with devastating health, social and economic impacts that threaten health and development.

Over the next decade, the Road Safety Foundation will raise funds to measure and map the safety of the UK's roads. We will support policy makers, road authorities and public in saving lives and saving money.
Saving Lives, Saving Money

Road crashes have killed 30,000 people in Britain over the last decade and seriously injured 300,000. Six people are day are killed on our roads every day.

Road crashes also cost money - up to £30billion annually or 2.3% of GDP - borne by families, carers, emergency services, businesses and the insurance industry.

See the Saving Lives, Saving Money report for more.
Safe drivers, in safe cars, on safe roads

The Road Safety Foundation is a UK charity advocating road casualty reduction through action on all components of the safe road system: behavior, vehicles and roads.

Our work in each of these fields has provided advocacy and advice for new legislation and government policy.

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Rating Roads for Safety

Since 2000, the Foundation has been measuring and mapping the risks faced by road users on Britain's motorways and A roads providing comprehensive analysis of high risk routes at national and regional levels.

We work closely with road authorities across the UK to show where engineering, enforcement and education has saved lives.

See the latest GB EuroRAP Results for more.

Our Objectives

We carry out and procure research into all factors affecting the safe use of public roads in the UK.
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Meet the Team

Our dedicated team come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, offering unique insights and drawing on a wealth of experience. More information ».

Campaign

We lead the Campaign for Safe Road Design to raise understanding of how affordable road safety improvements can save lives.
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EuroRAP UK

The Foundation plays a pivotal role in raising awareness and understanding of the importance of road infrastructure through EuroRAP UK.
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Road Safety Foundation

The Road Safety Foundation is a UK charity advocating road casualty reduction through simultaneous action on all three components of the safe road system: roads, vehicles and behaviour.

The charity has enabled work across each of these components and several of its published reports having provided the basis of new legislation or government policy.

For the last decade, the charity has focused on leading the establishment of the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) in the UK and internationally. Since the inception of EuroRAP in 1999, the Foundation has been the UK member responsible for managing the programme in the UK (and, more recently, Ireland), ensuring the UK provides a global model of what can be achieved.

The Foundation also manages the Campaign for Safe Road Design on behalf of key stakeholders calling for Government commitment to make safe road design a national transport priority.

The Road Safety Foundation is a founder member of the FIA Foundation and frequently works with other FIA members in Britain and abroad. We also work closely with other road safety orgnaisations including the RAC Foundation, AA, IAM, RoadSafe, PACTS and professional bodies such as ADEPT.

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Latest News

Engineering a Safer Future: GB EuroRAP 2012
Government can make engineering a safer future the centrepiece of reform.
RSF comment on Road Casualties 2011
Government announces first road casualty increase since 2003.
Unfit for 80
England's motorway network is not safe enough to have the speed limit raised to 80mph.