IAM Motoring Trust

The IAM Motoring Trust is an independent road safety organisation, which forms the research and advocacy arm of the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists).

The IAM’s remit to the IAM Motoring Trust is to:

• undertake a programme of transport and road safety research
• promote practical evidence-based policies that will improve the safety of all road users
• be an effective advocate for safer roads, safer drivers and safer vehicles
• encourage responsible motoring and motorcycling through training and education

Policy responses to consultations

Star rating roads for safety: UK trials 2006-07

The EuroRAP Road Protection Score provides a star rating for the safety built in to the road, based on how well its design would protect car occupants from severe injury in a collision. Each road is star-rated from 1 to 4, with 4-star representing a road engineered to minimise the likelihood of severe injury.

More than 7000km of UK roads were surveyed in 2006-07 in trials jointly funded by the Highways Agency and the IAM Motoring Trust.

Click here to view the report

Click here to view the ADAC report

If you would like to know more about the work of the IAM Motoring Trust, please call on: 020 8996 9770, or use the email or postal address details contained in the Contact Us section of the site.