Road Safety Congress 2009 - 23-25 February 2009, Hilton Hotel, Blackpool
Theme: Road Safety: What Have We Learnt?
Road Safety Congress 2009: 23 - 25 February 2009, Hilton Metropole, Blackpool
Programme
Day One: Monday 23 February 2009
Day Two: Tuesday 24 February 2009
Day Three: Wednesday 25 February 2009
Monday 23 February 2009
Chair: Tom Mullarkey MBE, Chief Executive, RoSPA
Opening Session
14:00 Chair’s Introduction
14:10 Child Safety: Best Way Forward
Mark Bennet, Technical Support Manager, Britax Excelsior Limited
14:30 Road Safety Beyond 2010
Rob Gifford, Executive Director, PACTS
14:55 Road Safety Delivery and Demonstration Projects
Mike Fawcett, Head of Road User Safety Division, Department forTransport
15:15 Coffee
15:45 What We Know – theUunderlying Evidence
Nick Carter, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Performance, DSA
16:10 The DSA’s Competence Framework for Drivers
Dr Charles Johnson, Technical Director, Competence Assurance Solutions Ltd (CAS)
16:35 Delivering the Reforms – Trialling and Partnership Working
Nick Carter, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Performance, DSA
17:00 Open Forum
17:15 Close
20:00 Dinner
Tuesday 24 February 2009 (am)
Chair: Bill Bailey, Chair RoSPA Road Safety Advisory Group
Managing Occupational Road Risk
09:15 Chair’s Introduction
09:20 Heading for a Crunch?
Saul Jeavons, Director, The Transafe Network
09:50 Driving for Better Business
Caroline Scurr, Driving for Better Business Programme Manager, Roadsafe
10:20 Evaluating Occupational Road Safety Programmes: A Process and Outcomes Based Approach
Dr Will Murray, Director, Interactive Driving Systems
10:45 Open Forum
10:55 Coffee
Road Safety Evaluation
11:20 Lessons We Have Not Learnt About Evaluation
Dr Jenny McWhirter, Risk and Safety Education Adviser, RoSPA
11:45 Evidence Based Practice – Knowing What We’ve Learnt About Road Safety is Correct
Jeremy Phillips, Road Safety Operations Manager, Devon County Council and Dr Paul Hewson, Lecturer in Statistics and Mathematics, University of Plymouth
12:10 What Has Contributed to the Reduction in Road Casualties in London?
Chris Lines, Head of Road Safety, Transport for London
12:35 Open Forum
12:45 Lunch
Tuesday 24 February 2009 (pm)
Chair: Bill Smith, Chair, National Road Safety Committee, RoSPA and Chair, Road Safety Committee, Scottish Accident Prevention Council
Responding to Local Road Safety Evaluations
14:00 Chair’s Introduction
14:05 Road Safety Audits - Are We Still Learning?
Matt Smith, Surrey County Council
14:30 Road Safety Injury Inequality Reduction Scheme
Ayiah Jahan, Programme Manager, Transport for London
14:55 Essex Casualty Reduction Board Strategy for KSI Reduction
Rosemary Welch, Network & Safety Manager, Essex County Council
15:20 Open Forum
15:35 Coffee and Close
20:00 Congress Dinner
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Chair: Errol Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive, RoSPA
Motorcycling
09:20 Chair’s Introduction
09:25 Great Roads Great Rides II
Stuart Lovett, Safety Action Plan Co-ordinator, Highways Agency
09:40 Take Control: The Warwickshire Rider Training Programme
Stephen Rumble, Road Safety Research and Projects Officer, Warwickshire County Council
10:05 Ridesafe Backsafe
Shelby Williams, Lancashire Police
10:30 Ministerial Address
Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Minister for Road Safety
10:55 Coffee
Evaluating the Role of Technology
11:20 Operation Crackdown
Chief Inspector Mark Trimmer, Sussex Police
11:40 Failure to Provide ESC as Standard Puts Lives at Risk
Alix Mary Weekes, Research Engineer, Thatcham
12:00 Young Driver Coaching Programme (YDCP): Embracing Technology
Irene Williamson, Road Safety Officer, and Adrian Hide, Road Safety Manager (Training), Staffordshire County Council
12:20 Open Forum
12:30 Chair’s Closing Remarks
12:35 Congress Closes
