General news
July 2010
- Brake 'horrified' by funding threats to road safety
- EU programme a 'missed opportunity' for driver training: IAM
- Mixed reception for new EC safety plan
- Brake launches international road safety library
- PACTS presents events for road safety professionals
- Minister to speak at Road Safety GB conference
- Road Safety GB counters safety camera claims
- Belgium pledges to put road safety high on EU agenda
- iPhone app developed for driving instructors
- We must work in partnership and share expertise, says Road Safety GB chair
- Consumers can help reduce road deaths
- Impressive trio of sponsors unveiled for Road Safety GB conference
- New chair and vice chair for Road Safety Wales
June 2010
- Save money by reducing casualties, report says
- Older motorists need urgent review, says RAC Report
- Submissions invited for Road Safety Knowledge Centre
- 'Lighter Later' campaign launched
- DfT launches stats website for public
- 'Experience of a lifetime' with Transaid
- 2009 casualty figures are good news - but what of the future?
- Prince Michael Awards close on 15 July
- Long-serving RSO recognised in Queen's birthday honours
- Taxi driver training 'first' in Suffolk
- Road casualties will rise because of budget cuts
- On Yer Bike! Ellie rides for transport safety
- Organisations lobby for enhanced eyesight test for drivers
- THINK! team to review campaign website
- Dorset public aware there's 'No excuse'
- EC invites funding requests from road safety professionals
May 2010
- Road Safety GB exhibition fully subscribed
- New-look DfT takes shape
- Nominations invited for Prince's Awards
- Thumbs up for Knowledge Centre from stakeholders
- Philip Hammond appointed secretary of state for transport
- New charity will 'push knowledge boundaries'
- Brake: towns and villages 'blighted by speed'
- Chairman outlines achievements to date and opportunities ahead
- Chairman's update - May 2010
- Road Safety Advisory Group welcomes new chair
- 'No excuse' teams continues crack down
April 2010
- Road safety resource nominated for public sector award
- Record month for Colan
- Road Safety GB website goes from strength to strength
- New course focuses on evaluating interventions
- IAM publishes Road Safety Manifesto
- Delegates already registering for Road Safety GB national conference
- Public behaviour report has pointers for road safety professionals
- US journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for distracted driving series
- Road Safety Knowledge Centre to launch during summer 2010
- EU project develops driver self assessment skills
March 2010
- RoSPA welcomes political support for lighter evenings
- DfT announces details of Road Safety Partnership Grant awards for 2010-2011
- Stricter safety rules for road works
- DfT to 'contribute £90m savings' towards Government's £11bn target
- East Midlands to benefit from £260,000 road safety funding
- TMS launches new brand and website
- 2010 European Road Safety Awards launched
- CAPT publishes free Child Safety Toolkit
- New-look for RoSPA website
- David Harrington - obituary (1936 - 2010)
- Brake calls for 'ring fenced funding' for road safety
- Recession blamed for rise in Derbyshire road deaths
- Network Rail calls for tougher action on level crossing misuse
- Women clean up in league of driving convictions
- Road Safety GB joins the ranks of the Tweeters
- Dorset project crosses the Atlantic
- Road Safety GB conference - delegate registration now open
- RoSPA and DfT develop road safety evaluation toolkit
- PACTS publishes road safety review
- Police catch speeding clowns
- Parents committing fraud by 'fronting', says MIB
- Campaign encourages drivers to 'Engage Your Brain'
February 2010
- 'Car visibility getting worse', says Which? Car
- DfT invites ITO Expressions of Interest
- 'Naked streets' exposed: report reveals 'disastrous effects' of removing guardrails
- Partnership meets casualty target 12 months ahead of schedule
- RoSPA invites applications for accident prevention scholarships
- Gritty Gritty Bang Bang we love you!
- Road Safety GB exhibition - now open for bookings
- Drink-driver blames Atkins diet
- AXA rewards safe motorists
- Support grows to keep roadside memorials
- Road Safety GB welcomes DfT stats but is 'concerned' about cyclists and mobiles
- Drivers face 20% car insurance hike
- Most drivers 'feel they are superior behind the wheel'
- School run is most stressful time for mums
January 2010
- Safety rating of England's trunk road network revealed
- MoD to deploy GreenRoad in almost 5,000 vehicles
- Drivers 'scarily complacent' about dangerous vehicles
- Anyone remember Kerby Drill?
- Road safety 'Parliamentarians of the Year' announced
- Funding boost for Lifewise Centre
- Big changes planned for Time Bank
- RoSPA boss discusses road safety on LocalGovTV
- Dorset gets tough with bad drivers
- RoSPA organises 'vulnerable road user' seminar
- IRSO unveils 2010 conference details
- Road Safety GB seeks new honorary secretary
- 'Free burial' deal for New Year's Eve drink-drivers
- Tyre company produces winter safety videos
- Record drop in Republic of Ireland's road deaths
- Motorists back 'etiquette' section for driving test
- Government proposes to raise dangerous driving sentences
- FIA Foundation scoops premier road safety award
- Neil Cunliffe awarded OBE for services to road safety
December 2009
- Santa's a bad role model
- Motorists face speeding 'postcode lottery'
- Grampian's road deaths at lowest levels
- LGA accuses AA of 'scaremongering' about salt levels
- IHE rebrands
- Search for the blueprint for driver education interventions
- Campaigner calls for end to 'dangerous local authority practices'
November 2009
- eDriving Solutions launched to expand driver education
- DSA in line for e-Government award
- Drivers hate motorways
- Steve Stradling to retire
- Young Marmalade receives Prince Michael Award
- Planning already underway for 2010 conference
- Man drove 370 miles in wrong direction
- Determined campaigning wins Brake award for MP
- Song available FOC to RSOs
- Road safety team are STARS!
- PACTS director receives Lynda Chalker Award
- UK to pay for safer roads abroad
- Chairman's update
- Buy five, get five free
- Brake offers half price subscription to Fleet Safety Forum
- THINK! changes distribution company
- Members agree important changes at EGM
- Conference lives up to expectations
- All (road safety) roads lead to Cambridge
- Biker clocked at 383mph
- Road Safety Expo will analyse big issues
- Volunteers wanted for driver attitude survey
- Male roadside fatalities three times higher
- Banned drivers targeted in international agreement
October 2009
- 2009 Road Safety GB Conference now sold out
- Road Safety GB to hold Extra-Ordinary General Meeting
- Call for entries for Fleet Safety Forum Awards
- Charity calendar in memory of popular RSO
- BT shows road safety leadership through competition
- TV appearance for Road Safety GB chair
- Homeowner builds fake speed camera in front garden
- Brake and TailGuardian team up
- Breaks from driving increase crash rates
- Cornwall KSIs drop to lowest-ever level
- IRSO 2010 to evaluate road safety schemes
- Peer pressure putting unprepared young drivers at risk
- Survey gives strong pointers for Time Bank future
- 'No Excuses' for road casualties
- Highways Agency campaign wins Prince Michael Award
- Irish drivers playing a 'sick game'
- CragRats specialists form new company
- Minister backs advanced e-safety systems
- New look Driving for Better Business website
- Irish road deaths at lowest ever level
September 2009
- AA publishes new research about the 'first car'
- DSA launches online video channel
- New CD helps migrant workers stay safe
- DfT annual report confirms casualty drop in 2008
- Conference agenda finalised
- Uninsured drivers face tighter laws
- Gloucestershire puts safety first
- Deer initiative publishes factsheet
- Motorists encouraged to leave their car at home
- 'Tyre safety month' focuses on tread depth
- Jenson Button talks to RoSPA about safety
- 999 event in Milton Keynes
- Simple CO2 reducing measures may be smarter: AA
- Men with long ring fingers more likely to be bad drivers?
- F1 drivers take part in road safety challenge
- Drive SMART launched to tackle anti-social driving
- Computer engineers are the UK's worst drivers
- Bogus driving instructor punished
- Judge calls for higher sentences for serious motoring offences
August 2009
- Hi-vis supplier goes online
- RoSPA calls for papers for 2010 congress
- New chair wants IAM to take lead on safety
- Seven new cars get top Euro NCAP score
- Alan Kennedy is interviewed on LocalGovTV
- Commons Transport Committee calls for foreign lorry crackdown
- RoSPA commissions safer driving survey
- Red light fine for letting police pass
- Driving lessons rerouted due to potholes, says AA
- A13 campaign warns of additional enforcement
- Bromley scoops Laurie Bunn Award
- Magistrates' Association issues warning over driving fines plan
- New Sussex Safer Roads website goes live
- Comfort zone leads to danger close to home
- Road Safety GB membership votes to reduce number of meetings
- Minister announces more hard shoulder running on M42
- Charity launches bereavement DVD
- Time Bank success
- Footballers plan to 'Drive for Life'
- HA issues luggage reminder to holidaymakers
July 2009
- UK drivers to face French roadside drug tests
- Five million believe they lack skills for motorway driving
- Chairman's Update: August 2009
- SCP Guidelines - updated version published
- dbda confirmed as conference co-sponsor
- Road Safety Time Bank - tell us what you think!
- LTPN to host road safety best practice web event
- Man drove car down train tunnel
- A sign of things to come
- Court case proves licence checks are vital
- Red light to car litter
- DfT launches carbon reduction strategy
- Former RSO appointed ANDISP secretary
- TfL launches new road safety site
- A Safer Way - there's still time to respond
- 100 not out for Road Safety GB conference
- 'Thatchback'
- Road Safety GB seeks communications support
June 2009
- Road Safety GB subscription - deadline looms
- Accidents or crashes?
- DfT strategy 'not thought through': CPRE
- 2008 casualty figures show record lows
- Crashes caused by drivers, not roads: Road Safety GB
- Dawn Boyfield awarded MBE
- Devon launches post-2010 targets course
- Scotland to have toughest targets
- Korean delegation learns from visit
- 'Confusing' signs at level crossings
- Don't be a mug on Fathers' Day
- RSOs urged to get planning for Road Safety Week
- Reducing risk makes it hard to cut casualties
- New cameras ideal for training
- Impact offers maintenance sessions
- Help available to reach Polish drivers
- South Yorkshire Police launch month-long campaign
- Charities join forces to train emergency drivers
- Vote for Norfolk!
- Highways Agency confirmed as conference sponsor
- Moths go for a spin
- Motorists struggle to identify road signs
- Norfolk road deaths increase
May 2009
- Nominations sought for Prince's awards
- More funding for engineering 'key to cutting casualties'
- Road Safety GB exhibition sells out
- The world's smallest car
- RoSPA launches updated driver risk assessment software
- Taxi testing takes off in more areas
- Foreign lorry crashes increase by 10%
- IRSO conference to focus on the future
- Road Safety GB conference - bookings now being taken
- RAC Foundation calls for road accident investigation body
- Cat gets into wheelie tight spot
- Resounding 'thumbs up' for new site and brand
- International group urges action to stop road deaths
- Mind the gap!
- Prince Michael Awards - nominations invited
- DSA consults on Driver CPC arrangements
- AIA highlights '15-year' potholes backlog
- Royal guest opens Safeside
- New chairman emphasises 'need for change'
April 2009
- New name heralds fresh initiative to reduce casualties
- Chocolate-powered 145mph racing car made of vegetables
- Britain slipping down European league table?
- Wakefield MP wins Brake award
- IRSO conference to focus on the future
- Recession may increase drivers' risks
- Chairman's opening address at AGM, 27/4/09
- Father's pavement protest cut short
- LARSOA members to be asked to endorse name change
- New role for driving examiners
- Man arrested for crashing bar stool
- Deaths and serious injuries at record low
- Nominations sought for royal awards
- Tough new powers come into force
- 'Smart' cameras focus on driver distractions
March 2009
- Ex-cop's 'atishoo' of lies
- Sat nav leaves BMW left teetering on cliff edge
- Oliver Garvey obituary
- Runway driving lesson causes near disaster
- Breakdown advice from Brake
- Safety advice for foreign drivers
- Minister makes 'impassioned stand' at Congress
- Driver wakes up in coffin
- Motorists set to be caught by new MoT rules
- Foreign drivers face £900 roadside fines
- Holyrood puts brakes on bilingual signs
- Transport professionals 'TAP' in
- Partnership working pays dividends in Essex
- Multi-lingual presentations help get message across
- Cyclops warning
- Tina takes top prize
- £3.5m for 'innovative' road safety projects
- 30% casualty reduction in West Yorkshire
- Deputy fire chief in IAM role
- Blind mechanic can work in the dark
- THINK! annual survey findings: special report
- Pilot scheme to 'prevent a wreck'
February 2009
- Time Bank hosts conference for members
- Examiner sues learner after 'worst exam ever'
- Photo licence drivers face fines
- Ban for traffic jam farmer
- Fondation Norauto launches annual European awards
- Brake launches Road Safety Exchange
- Crackdown urged on motorists' level-crossing 'lunacy'
- Woman fails driving test 771 times
- Report highlights flu dangers for drivers
- LARSOA publishes election plans
- Hard core of banned drivers not deterred, AA says
- Best-seller tops 1m sales
- 'Warning - zombies ahead!'
- Man lands on church roof
January 2009
- Road safety service announced
- Uninsured drivers left with nowhere to hide
- Competition winner gets 4x4 experience
- LARSOA national conference dates and venue announced
- 'SLOW' system for tailgaters
- End in sight for uninsured drivers?
- Road deaths lowest on record
- Harry Green honoured
- Boy, 6, takes family car after missing bus
- Residents want clampdown
- LARSOA AGM date confirmed
- Enforcement stepped up as offences continue
- Footballer stars at final
- Essex road deaths down
- Irish road deaths lowest in 47 years
- Drivers may face '10-year health tests'
