Resources for Road Safety Practitioners

Making It Count
- A Business Case for Road Safety
Leading road safety organisations have issued a joint briefing document to local authority chief executives to help them set spending priorities that will protect their communities. Free to download (PDF 598kb)

Young Drivers at Work
The results of a project run by RoSPA designed to get a better understanding of the risks faced, and created, by young (17-24 years) drivers at work. The results were published in a report in March 2009, freely available here, which will help employers and road safety professionals to better understand the risks for young at-work drivers.

Strategic Guidance for
Road Safety Professionals
A Guide outlining the roles and responsibilities of road safety professionals working in all areas of road safety: education, engineering and enforcement.

Free to download (PDF 426kb)

Road Safety: A Guide for
Local Councillors in England
A revised version of the Guide (2013) first published in 1996 to provide Councillors with a simple overview of road safety and advice on how they and the Council can reduce casualties.  Free to download (PDF format 328kb).

Carrying Other People's Children Safely
A booklet giving advice about using child seats and seat belts for anyone who transports other people's children in a car, taxi, bus or coach. Printed copies can be purchased from RoSPA's Web Shop. Discounts are available for RoSPA Members.

A Review of Practical Child
Restraint Fitting Schemes
A report detailing the result of a review of schemes and initiatives providing practical advice and help for members of the public about choosing and fitting child restraints. Free to download (PDF 320kb). Free printed copies are also available from Kevin Clinton.

"It Makes You Feel How It Is"
A report detailing the results of an independent evaluation of RoSPA’s "S'Cool to be Safe" Theatre-in-Health Education project. Free to download (PDF 370kb)

Practical Cyclist Training
Scheme Guidelines
Guidelines on managing and running practical child cyclist training schemes. Free to download (PDF 577kb). Free printed copies are available from Kevin Clinton.

Minibus Safety: A Code of Practice
Good Practice Guidelines for organisation that own, hire or lease minibuses. Free to download (PDF 495 kb). Printed copies can be purchased from RoSPA's Web Shop. Discounts are available for RoSPA Members

Presenting Road Safety:
A Guide for the Media
A guide to help the media with road safety issues when making television programmes and advertisements or when writing stories. Free to download (PDF format 331kb). Also available on CD from Kevin Clinton.

Dramatic Impact: Guidelines
for Commissioning TIE
Guidelines for commissioning and implementing Theatre-in-Education (TiE) for road safety officers and other professionals. Free to download (PDF 199 kb). Free printed copies are available from Kevin Clinton.

Promoting Refresher Driver Training Toolkit
This Toolkit is designed to help anyone who provides or promotes driver training to: raise awareness about the existence of refresher driver training explain what it involves, promote its benefits and suggest ways to overcome deterrents to undertaking further driver training.