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The Road Safety Trust Announces £2.4 Million in Grants to Transform UK Road Safety
In a significant step towards its ambition of achieving ‘Vision Zero’ - zero deaths and serious injuries on UK roads - The Road Safety Trust has announced £2.4 million in grant funding for 11 pioneering projects.
Road safety projects announced
The Road Safety Trust has awarded funding to four organisations across the UK through its small grants programme to help improve road safety.
Lincolnshire Police trial electronic monitoring of disqualified drivers
Lincolnshire Police has received £80k funding from The Road Safety Trust to assess whether electronic monitoring technology can reduce the risk to road users caused by persistent disqualified drivers.
Projects dedicated to improving road safety announced
The Road Safety Trust has awarded approximately £120k funding from its Autumn 2021 Small Grants round to five organisations across the UK to help improve road safety.
Lincolnshire Police and Keele University to explore dash cam technology to improve road safety
Lincolnshire Police and Keele University have received £150k funding from The Road Safety Trust to explore how ‘Dash Cam’ technology can be used to reduce road offending and improve road safety.
University College London evaluates role of telematics to reduce speed violations and improve road safety
University College London (UCL) has received £140k funding from The Road Safety Trust to evaluate the role of telematics in reducing speed violations among drivers and riders in the delivery sector.
Universities of Sheffield and Greenwich investigating intelligent speed assistance to improve road safety
The University of Sheffield, in partnership with the University of Greenwich, has received £195k funding from The Road Safety Trust to promote Intelligent Speed Assistance as a technological solution that can reduce speed-related road traffic collisions.
Gloucestershire Constabulary using tech to improve road safety
Gloucestershire Constabulary received £171.8k funding from The Road Safety Trust to conduct research to understand and overcome limitations of current Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology.
New technologies for assessing older drivers' road safety
The Floow, a world leader in vehicle telemetry data capture and processing, has received £190k funding from The Road Safety Trust to advance approaches for assessing older drivers’ fitness to drive.
Road Safety Foundation using tech to improve road safety
The Road Safety Foundation received nearly £200k funding from The Road Safety Trust to provide stakeholders in the West Midlands with access to speed data to help reduce road collisions in the region.
Liverpool and Hull to trial new pedestrian crossing designs
Liverpool City Council has been awarded £196,253 by the Road Safety Trust to deliver an innovative project intended to reduce the number of pedestrians who are killed and injured on their roads every year.
Sustrans and Birmingham City Council set to improve road safety around schools
Sustrans received over £95k funding from the Road Safety Trust to evaluate the impact of school streets on the safety of surrounding roads.
Results from safety test on UK cycle helmets revealed
A range of new safety tests have been undertaken on popular UK cycle helmets to help improve cyclists safety on the roads.
Parliamentary advisory group set to improve road safety
PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) has received £60,000 funding from the Road Safety Trust to investigate the safety benefits of lower urban speed limits.
Road Safety Foundation set to improve road safety
The Road Safety Foundation has received £199,867 funding from the Road Safety Trust to help vulnerable road users.
University of the West of England set to improve safety at side road junctions
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has received £117,000 from the Road Safety Trust to undertake research to assist in the design development of side road crossings.