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Road Safety

Road Safety at RoSPA is proud that Great Britain now enjoys one of the best road safety records in the world - but with around eight people still dying on Britain’s roads every day there is much more to be done.

Want to help reduce road risk? Our advice, help, training and information is available for all. Search the site and find out more about our work.

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The Road Safety Department produces a vast array of advice and information on all areas of road safety and accident prevention. Drivers, riders, pedestrians, cyclists and horseriders will all find information related to their mode of transport.

(Child Car Seats chapter 1 of 6)

Visit our video gallery

RoSPA's Road Safety Department has produced several highly-informative DVDs and videos on a range of road safety topics, including:

The film is split up into several chapters which include an introduction to child car seats and why they are needed.

"Driving for Work" is a short film designed to raise awareness about the risks faced and created by people who drive for work.

This short video highlights the dangers faced by cyclists on the road especially when in the vicinity of lorries.

Road Safety Features

Tom Mullarkey

Tom Mullarkey on LocalGovTV
Tom Mullarkey, RoSPA's Chief Executive, was interviewed by LocalGovTV, the internet television channel for senior executives in the public sector, about road safety.


British Summertime Factsheet - Updated

British Summertime Factsheet - Updated
One of the consequences of the UK's clocks following Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) from October to March and British Summer Time (BST) which is GMT + 1 hour from March to October is that more people are killed and injured on the road because of darker evenings in the autumn and winter than would be if we adopted Single/Double Summertime (SDST).

Using mobile phones while driving.

Mobile Phones and Driving
Our updated factsheet explains the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving.

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27/08/2010 : Press release: RoSPA Congress to look at road safety in time of spending cuts

RoSPA’s Road Safety Congress in 2011 will take an in-depth look at how reduced public spending could impact on strategies to prevent accidents on the UK’s roads.

24/08/2010 : Safety Cameras and Road Safety Funding Cuts

Although it is unavoidable that public spending cuts will affect road safety because they will affect every area of our lives, it is crucial that spending decisions are informed and based on clear evidence and data, and crude, blanket spending cuts are not imposed.

24/08/2010 : Road safety experts issue joint statement in defence of speed cameras

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has joined forces with other leading road safety organisations to voice its concern about the switching-off of speed cameras.

19/08/2010 : New Road Safety Consultation Response

RoSPA's response to the European Commission consultation on the "Deployment of In-vehicle Emergency Call – eCall – in Europe".

18/08/2010 : New Policy Paper - Rural Road Environment

Environmental factors, including the road environment are the prime cause in 2-3% of accidents and contribute to around 18% of road accidents in total. However, altering and redesigning the road environment can have a much greater influence on preventing accidents.