Small projects
Here’s a portfolio giving details of the projects who have received Small Grants funding from us. If you have a road safety initiative that requires funding and you meet our small grant criteria, why not apply when the grant applications are open?
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Bristol Community FM
The Community Radio Road Safety Project - Engaging Listeners, Saving Lives
A project by BCfm Radio in partnership with University of the West of England, Avon & Somerset Police, and four other community radio stations across the West of England tackling road safety concerns in the region using the power of community radio.
UWE Bristol
Centre Line Removal Trialling for Safer Roads
This project will deliver a small scale controlled trial to test the effectiveness of implementing CLR in addition to existing lower speed limits i.e. 30mph and 20mph in small towns and semi-rural settlement areas within East Lothian Council's local highway network.
The Kier Foundation
Persuading professional drivers that hands-free phones are as dangerous as hand-held phone calls
This project focused on tackling the use of mobile phones whilst driving within the scope of professional drivers.
The British Horse Society (BHS)
De-escalating road rage when passing vulnerable road users (VRU)
This project aimed to look at de-escalating road rage when passing vulnerable road users.
Drymen Community Development Trust
Speed reduction and community space gain through roadway softening layout changes trial
This project is a trial of the installation of white lining and planters in the roadway around the village square…
The Open University
We need to talk about handsfree: officer understanding of the dangers of handsfree and handheld mobile phone use by drivers
This project examined police officer attitudes to, and awareness of, the dangers of hands-free phone use…
University of Greenwich
Safer roads through citizen partnerships: Enhancing road safety through improved use of community speedwatch volunteers
The University of Greenwich explored the role of volunteers in roads policing initiatives, including the CSW scheme, improving their deployment and management.
Suffolk County Council
Combining the carrot and stick: can ANPR Speed Indicator Devices reduce speed in rural areas?
Suffolk County Council conducted a trial on the effectiveness of interventions using ANPR Speed Indicator Devices.
Staffordshire University
Routes to speed safety: Understanding and measuring the contribution of Community Speedwatch - a partnership between Gloucestershire Police and Staffordshire University
Staffordshire University provided an evaluation of the effectiveness of Community Speed Watch (CSW) throughout Gloucestershire to help engage with drivers and communities around the issue of speed.
Surrey County Council
How effective is reducing speed limits on rural roads?
Over recent years, many rural roads in the east of Surrey have been reduced from the national speed to 40mph or 50mph. Meanwhile, rural roads in the west of Surrey are still subject to the national speed limit of 60mph.
Road Safety Foundation
Active Travel Tool
The project analysed information about active travel schemes.
Derby City Council
Local authority crash model for skid resistance
This project analysed road surface skid resistance and road traffic collision data for selected local authorities, to develop a model of the relationship between skid resistance and collision risk for a typical ‘city’ road network.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS)
Pre-driver Theatre and Workshop Education Research (PdTWER)
A project to evaluate whether a theatre-based pre-driver education programme and follow up peer-to peer learning and peer-based social networks can improve pre-driver strategies to road related risk.
Wilsden Parish Council (WPC)
Harecroft: an evaluation of how to apply psychological speed reductions through a rural hamlet through incremental changes in visual deterrents over a fixed period of time
A trial of self-enforcing 20mph traffic calming measures and visual driver aids in a rural hamlet. The project evaluated speed, driver behaviour and public perception and acceptance of the scheme.