Venue and date: Royal Society of Arts, London
30 November 2000
Published: 2001
In 1987, a year after the AA Foundation for Road Safety Research was formed, Britain published its first national road casualty reduction target. The challenge then was to reduce road casualties by a third before the millennium. The target helped mobilise a sustained and successful national effort. Deaths and serious injuries were reduced by over a third and, today, Britain has the best overall road safety record of any developed country.
Britain's annual death toll is, however, still over 3,000 people a year and Britain does not rank with the best in preventing child casualties. In spring 2000, the Prime Minister announced a second national casualty reduction target, which set the challenge to reduce road casualties by a further 40 per cent, with a 50 per cent reduction for children, both by the year 2010.
New routes to safety: delivering Britain's aggressive casualty reduction target describes the programme that the Foundation proposes to contribute to help achieve the second national target.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Formula Zero: rejecting acceptance of death and serious injury
Max Mosley, President FIA and Chairman NCAP
THE AA FOUNDATION PROGRAMME
9 years 1 month and counting: the action needed
John Dawson, AA Foundation Managing Director
THE VEHICLE - Part One
Developing crash protection
Dr Wilfried Klanner, Director Technical Services, ADAC
THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY
The Government's Road Safety Strategy
Lord Whitty, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
THE VEHICLE - Part Two
Applying technology for safety
André Rault, Secretary General, EUCAR
Reducing injury to pedestrians and cyclists
Graham Lawrence, Head, Pedestrian Protection Research, TRL
THE ROAD
A European Road Assessment Programme
David Lynam, Head of Safety Department, TRL
Understanding drivers and speed
David Silcock, Divisional Director, Babtie Ross Silcock
Developing the speed template
Dr Rod Kimber, AA Foundation Technical Director
THE BEHAVIOUR
Children
Where, how and why children have accidents
Dr Rod Kimber, AA Foundation Technical Director
Reducing injuries to children
Howard Sherriff, A&E Consultant, Addenbrooke's Hospital
Elderly Road Users
Helping the older driver
Professor Patrick Rabbitt, University of Manchester
Road accidents and elderly people
Dr Kit Mitchell, Independent Consultant
The GP's dilemma
Dr James Bevan, AA Senior Medical Consultant
Young Drivers
Making unsafe drivers safe drivers
Professor Frank McKenna, University of Reading
THE STRATEGY
Developing practical policy
John Plowman, Director, Road Safety and Environment, DETR
There were two discussion sessions, one following the third presentation on The Road and the second following The Strategy.
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