2021 Festival programme

The programme for the Festival of Road Safety comprised an exciting mix of pre-recorded and live content, including keynote and fringe presentations, workshops and podcasts.

The content for week four (22-26 Nov) is outlined below. All videos can now be found via the Road Safety GB YouTube channel.

The agenda for weeks one, three and four can be found via the panel on the right-hand-side of this page.

For more information or assistance please contact Edward Seaman by email or on 01379 650112.

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Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

 

Monday 8 November

PRE-RECORDED: Keynote presentation
Enabling wide-area enforcement through technology
Emma Kelly (Development, PR & Advocacy Manager) & Steve Callaghan (Technical Support Manager & Head of Calibration), Road Safety Support
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PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
Horse incidents on the roads – DfT/British Horse Society Awareness Study
Alan Hiscox (Director of Safety) and Dee Pollard (Researcher), British Horse Society
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Tuesday 9 November

PRE-RECORDED: Keynote
Hazard Perception VR: Testing and Training Hazard Perception in VR Headsets
David Crundall, Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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PRE-RECORDED: Podcast
The importance of ‘joining the dots’
Matt Staton, Director of Research, Road Safety GB
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PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
How the national 30mph limit is no longer fit-for-purpose
Rod King MBE, Founder and Campaign Director, 20’s Plenty for Us
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Wednesday 10 November

PRE-RECORDED: Keynote presentation
What could a Road Collision Investigation Branch in the UK achieve? Learnings from the DfT & National Highways funded Road Collision Investigation Project
Elizabeth Box, Head of Research, RAC Foundation
More info
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LIVE: Workshop
Private e-scooters: Should they be legalised?
Facilitated by: Margaret Winchcomb & David Davies (PACTS), Jonathan Hodgkinson (Weightmans)
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Thursday 11 November

PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
Welcoming Roads - a development of Vision Zero
Colin Brown, Director of Campaigns and Political Engagement, Motorcycle Action Group
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PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
Powered two-wheelers and the Safe System approach
Karen Cole, Director of Safety and Training, MCIA
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PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
Towards a UK Motorcycling Strategy – what are the barriers and opportunities?
Craig Carey-Clinch, Executive Director, National Motorcyclists Council
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Friday 12 November

PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
Road collision investigations: A field trial of a Self-Administered Interview designed for Road Traffic Collisions
Chelsea Hughes, Research Assistant, Swansea University
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PRE-RECORDED: Fringe presentation
'It’s a Jungle Out There!' - the transition to secondary school
James Parker, Executive Officer, London Road Safety Council
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