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Theme: Road Safety: What Have We Learnt?
Dates: 23 - 25 February 2009
Venue: Hilton Metropole, Blackpool
Tremendous progress has been achieved in reducing death and injury on the UK’s roads, despite massive increases in traffic. However, around 9 people are still killed, and 700 injured, on the road every day. The reduction in death and injury has not been evenly spread over all road users; some groups have fared much better than others.
Road safety is entering a crucial period. In the UK, we are beginning to consider what strategies and targets should be developed for the next decade and beyond. There is also increasing recognition of the interaction and inter-dependence of road safety policies and other public policies, especially those relating to the environment, climate change, public health, sustainable transport, Policing, employment practices, advances in vehicle design and road technology (for example, Active Traffic Management Systems). Significant demographic changes are also underway.
The situation also varies across the world. Several countries have made very significant improvements in their road safety records, whereas others have not done so. Globally, road crashes are now the second biggest killer of young adults after HIV/AIDS.
Congress will explore the lessons we have learnt; the approaches, policies and interventions (in the UK and elsewhere) that have worked well and the ones that have been less successful, as well as the reasons for their success or otherwise. And, crucially, what does this mean for the future.
A Call for Papers will be published in June 2008, inviting describing successful road safety measures, and papers describing measures that have only been partially successful, have failed or have had unintended consequences.
A Booking Form will also be published in June. Click here to register your interest.
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