Which road safety interventions have had the greatest impact in casualties in recent years?  

Background

The improve transport for the user strategic priority is critical in ensuring the department delivers and maintains a transport system that meets the needs of the public and addresses what they care about most. It puts the needs and expectations of current and potential users (both passengers and freight customers) at the heart of the operation of the transport system and considers about end-to-end journeys, not just individual transport modes. It is focused on ensuring that our infrastructure and the services which use it meet the varied needs of businesses and the public, are attractive, affordable, sustainable, and resilient is a crucial goal for the department.

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Related UKRI funded projects

  • TRANS-SAFE

    The TRANS-SAFE project will involve national, regional, and city level demonstrations to test different types of innovative and integrated Safe System solutions, complemented by a comprehensive toolbox, capacity developm...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: WALK21 FOUNDATION

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project is relevant as it involves road safety interventions, but it does not specify which interventions have had the greatest impact on casualties.

  • The RTrT Partnership: Reducing Traffic-related TraumA - A community-based prevention and first-response programme intervention for Malawi and beyond.

    Injuries resulting from road traffic collisions are a major and growing cause of preventable death in sub-Saharan Africa. Road traffic collisions in low and middle income African countries account for approximately 169,0...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Stirling

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on reducing road traffic-related trauma in Malawi and beyond, addressing casualties and providing community-based interventions.

  • Introduction of the Cardiff Trauma Pack in Road Traffic Accidents in Namibia for use by First-Responders: An early phase study

    Road traffic injuries are world's eighth leading killer of human beings and thus a major Public Health issue. They are the biggest killer in the world of young people aged 15 and 29 years, and globally account for 1.2 mi...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project directly addresses road safety interventions and their impact on casualties.

  • RoadRadar

    Road traffic incidents involving vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists) are the 8th leading cause of death globally and according to WHO, around 1.4 million deaths occur each year. In Great Brita...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: K-SAFE LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on road safety solutions for vulnerable road users, which is related to the question.

  • Continuously updating predictive accident models using modern data sources

    Reliable models to predict accident frequencies are essential to design and maintain safe road networks and yet the models in current use are based on data collected 20 or 30 years ago. Given that the national personal i...

    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool

  • Chitetezo: Improving adolescent road safety and reducing road traffic collisions.

    Up to 1.4 million people are killed each year as a result of road traffic collisions. Over 90% of these collisions happen in low and middle-income countries. Between 20 to 50 million people are injured but survive, often...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Stirling

  • Reducing newly-qualified driver crash risk: Identifying behavioural targets

    Road traffic crashes pose a major public health challenge. During 2013 crashes claimed 1713 UK lives and seriously injured 21657. This is an unacceptable human tragedy and also cost the economy £14.7 billion. Novic...

    Funded by: MRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield

  • PHOEBE - Predictive approacHes fOr SafEr urBan Environments

    Safer urban environments are needed for all road users to ensure the European targets to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030 are met. Vulnerable road users require specific attention in an urban environment that is su...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: THE FLOOW LIMITED

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