This conference has been published and can be accessed here. A copy of the presentations can be found here.
Join us in person or live online as we discuss protecting the workforce and the public by companies applying the safe system approach.
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Details
Date: Monday, 18th March 2024
Conference starts: 9.00
Conference ends: 15.30
Location: The Royal Automobile Club – Mountbatten room, London (and online)
Join us as we work to identify safe system strategies that will assist companies and organisation reduce work related road risk and ensure they play their part in the safe system and benefit from reduced costs and delays.
Work-related road traffic collisions (RTC) are estimated to contribute to a third of UK road deaths (565 people) and a fifth (5,620) of serious injuries. In November 2020, PACTS released a comprehensive report titled “What kills most on the roads?” The analysis revealed that per mile travelled, vans and light goods vehicles surpass all other vehicle types in causing deaths among road users, exceeding even the fatality rate associated with HGVs.
If you are unable to attend in-person but would like to join us online, please register separately for the online event here.
Special PACTS member pricing available! Contact us for the members’ discount code.
Conference Programme (for full details click here)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:50 | Welcome | Steve Gooding, Director – RAC Foundation |
| 10:00 | Opening Address | Transport Minister, DfT (TBC) |
| 10:05 | The role of business within the Safe System | Jonathon Passmore, Program Manager – Violence and Injury Prevention – World Health Organisation |
| Session 1: 10:20 – 11:35 The size of the problem and current legislation [Chaired by: Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation] | ||
| 10:20 | Work-related road traffic collisions – the current context | Heather Ward, Centre for Transport Studies – UCL |
| 10:35 | Assessing the human and economic consequences: Work-related RTCs on the strategic road network | Mark Cartwright, Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention – National Highways |
| 10:50 | Panel discussion: Road safety vs. other modes: Examining legislation and best practice to address work-related incidents (will the introduction of AVs change things?) | Tavid Dobson, Lead SMS Specialist – Rail Safety Standards Board Jonathon Passmore, Program Manager – Violence and Injury Prevention – World Health Organisation Alex Glassbrook, Barrister (Author of Advanced, Automated and Electric Vehicle Law) Jen Ablitt, Deputy Director Safety Strategy, Policy and Planning – ORR |
| 11:20 | Reflections on session learning | |
| 11:35 | Tea and coffee break | |
| Session 2: 11:50 – 12:45 Safe System Strategies [Chaired by: Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation] | ||
| 11:50 | Driving safety forward: Enhancing business vehicle safety through industry innovation and collaboration | Richard Cuerden, Academy Director – TRL |
| 12:05 | Recognising road risk in a work environment: How Jacobs uses Driving for Work policy and practice to reduce staff and public road risk | Kate Carpenter, Director of Operational Road Safety – People and Places Solutions – Jacobs |
| 12:20 | Navigating the road to safety: Identifying and mitigating high-risk driver behaviours in work-related crashes | Prof David Crundall, Professor of Psychology – Nottingham Trent University |
| 12:35 | Reflections on session learning | |
| 12:45 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: 13:35 – 14:50 – Current best practice and learning from failure [Chaired by Nikos Adamidis, Head of Policy & Impacts – National Highways] | ||
| 13:35 | TfL Direct Vision Standard – Preventing collisions by limited visibility | Scott Wilding, Principal City Planner – TfL |
| 13:50 | Enhancing road safety data: Strategies and plans for capturing work-related road collisions | Tavid Dobson, Lead SMS Specialist – Rail Safety Standards Board |
| 14:05 | Revolutionising fast food delivery: The TfL charter and its evolving delivery vision | Hannah Cordts Von Lowis of Menar, Safety Strategy Manager – TfL |
| 14.20 | Ensuring compliance and safety across such a large and diverse fleet group | Kieren Tickner, Occupational Road Risk Safety Manager – Openreach |
| 14:35 | Reflection on session learning | |
| Session 4: 14:50 – 15:30 – So What, What Next? [Chaired by Jamie Hassall, Executive Director, PACTS] | ||
| 14:50 | Panel discussion: Insights to actions: What’s next on the road to securing improved work-related road safety? | Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation Heather Ward – Centre for Transport Studies, UCL Hannah Cordts Von Lowis of Menar, Safety Strategy Manager – TfL Nick Fleming, Associate Director, Transport and Mobility, BSI Kieren Tickner, Occupational Road Risk Safety Manager – Openreach |
| 15:20 | Closing remarks and conference close | Jamie Hassall, Executive Director – PACTS |
| 15:30 | Close | |
