66th RoSPA Road Safety Congress
Child Casualties: meeting the target Congress Proceedings
Glasgow Thistle Hotel, Glasgow - 12th-14th March 2001
Programme:
Day One : Monday 12th March 2001
Day Two : Tuesday 13th March 2001
Day Three : Wednesday 14th March 2001
Programme : Day One : Monday 12th March 2001
14:00 Congress Opens
Chair: John Howard, Director of Safety Policy, RoSPA
14:05 Welcome to Congress
Dr John Hooper, Chief Executive, RoSPA
14:10 Opening Address
Lord MacDonald of Tradeston CBE, Minister for Transport
Sarah Boyack MSP, Scottish Minister for Transport
14:30 Overview of Child Road Casualties
Michael McDonnell, RoSPA
15:00 Aiming for the Child Casualty Target
Gordon Harland, Transport Research Laboratory
15:30 Coffee
16:00 Socio-Economic Influences on the Risk of Child Involvement in Road Traffic Accidents
David White and Dr Robert Raeside, Napier University
16:30 DETR Child Road Safety - Evidence-based Policy Approaches
Dierdre O’Reilly and Alice Dinwiddy, DETR
17:00 Open Forum
17:30 Close
20:00 Dinner, Grand Ballroom
Programme : Day Two: Tuesday 13th March 2001
9:15 Chair’s Introduction
Chair: John Howard, Director of Safety Policy, RoSPA
9:20 School Travel Plans
Geoff Gilbert, Sustrans
9:50 Safer Routes to School in Buckinghamshire
Marcus Rogers, Buckinghamshire County Council
10:20 Targeting Child Casualties through Community Based Safer Routes to School Projects
Derek Haldan, Derek Haldan Conultancy
Janet Ruiz, Scottish Executive
10:50 Coffee
11:20 Traffic Safety Around Schools and on the School Run in Austria
Markus Mailer, Vienna University of Technology
11:50 School Bus Occupant Protection in the USA
Barbara Czech, National Transport Safety Board, USA
12:20 Open Forum
12:40 Lunch
14:00 Chair’s Introduction
Chair: John Howard, Director of Safety Policy, RoSPA
14:05 Lancashire County Council’s "Right Start" Pedestrian Programme
Colin Everett, Lancashire County Council
14:30 A Computer-based Resource for Pedestrian Training
Prof James Thomson, University of Strathclyde
15:00 Best Value and Practice in Child Cyclist Training
Keith Sinden and Sara Facer, East Sussex County Council
15:30 No Where Safe to Play - SAFE KIDS at Play Campaign
Carol Sherriff, Child Accident Prevention Trust
16:00 Open Forum
16:30 Coffee and Close
19:30 Drinks Reception
Hosted by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, City Chambers
20:00 Congress Dinner
City Chambers
Programme : Day Three: Wednesday 14th March 2001
9:30 Chair’s Introduction
Chair: John Howard, Director of Safety Policy, RoSPA
9:35 The Case for the Compulsory Use of Child Restraints in the UK
Peter Archer, Managing Director, Britax
9:50 National Programmes to Increase Child Passenger Safety in Canada
Nancy Dawson, Transport Canada
10:20 Child Safety Audits
Wendy Broome MBE, LARSOA
10:50 Coffee
11:20 Creating Child-Friendly Environments: Lessons from the Home Zones Pilots
Tim Gill, National Children’s Bureau
11:50 Open Forum
12:10 Chair’s Closing Remarks
12:15 Congress Closes
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