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Liverpool City Council

A nudge in the right direction - using insights from behavioural science to improve pedestrian crossing design

This innovative project intended to reduce the number of pedestrians who are killed and injured on the roads every year and complements the council’s road safety strategy that was launched in March 2020.

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Bannerman Road Community School PTA

Albion Green/All Hallows Road design commission and public events programme

The proposal was to create and design a new use for an area of public space, created when a section of Albion Green/All Hallows Road in Easton closed, as an approach to promoting road safety.

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Coventry University

Reducing road traffic casualties through improved forensic techniques and vehicle design (RoaD) - proof of concept

The aim of this pilot project was to develop a proof of concept for a pedestrian trauma database. This will support A&E departments at the accident site, law enforcement in pedestrian accident scenarios and the design of future safer vehicles.

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Sustrans

Developing and evaluating light touch traffic calming measures to improve road safety outside schools

This project will research, trial and monitor a range of light touch traffic calming measures outside three schools in the South East and Wales.

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Cardiff University

Developing a road crossing educational computer 'game' for primary schools

Funding of £67,468 was awarded for a project to design and develop an evidence-based, educational computer game (using a first-person perspective) to teach children how to cross the road safely.

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University College London (UCL)

Identifying and evaluating promising road safety education programmes for parents of children under eleven years

This three-year project aimed to strengthen the evidence base of effective road safety programmes for parents of children under eleven years by identifying three promising programmes that are currently being used in local areas of the UK.

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