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Welcome to Road Safety

Road Safety at RoSPA are 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.

Cycling

The RoSPA 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 British 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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17/03/2010 : Press Release : Moving towards fewer road deaths in Scotland.The lynchpins of Scotland’s road safety sector are getting together in a bid to save more lives. Scores of road safety professionals will converge on the Radisson SAS Hotel, in Glasgow, for the Go Safe: Delivering the Framework conference, in association with RoSPA, on March 30.
04/03/2010 : New Road Safety FAQs addedHave you taken a look at the FAQs database on the RoSPA site? We've just added some additional road safety FAQs including answers to your questions about planning safe journeys, driving at night and poor eyesight and driving.
04/03/2010 : Mobile Phones and DrivingOur updated factsheet explains the dangers of using a mobile phone while driving.
04/03/2010 : NEW! Advanced Instructor course dates for 2010New dates for the RoSPA National Diploma in Advanced Driving Riding and LGV Driving Instruction courses.
04/03/2010 : NEW! Emergency Driving CourseHeadline-making incidents have called into question the training given to emergency drivers. In anticipation of the enactment of regulations under the Road Safety Act, RoSPA has developed an Emergency Driving course.