The first session to be announced for NRSC 2025 comprises four presentations giving practical examples where enforcement and education have been deployed in tandem, along with any lessons learnt.
National Road Safety Conference (NRSC) is Road Safety GB’s flagship event. For the past two years, it has attracted almost 400 attendees and has sold out.
NRSC 2025 is being held at Wyboston Lakes Resort, located adjacent to the A1 between Cambridge & Bedford, on 4-5 November. It will be hosted by Road Safety GB Eastern Region, with delegate fees remaining virtually the same as last year. NRSC 2025 is sponsored by Jenoptik, Westcotec and National Highways.
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More than 180 people have already registered to attend the event, and 19 organisations have signed up to exhibit alongside the conference.
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The four presentations in the enforcement and education session are:
Operation Ugain
Ian Bradfield (Welsh Government) & Chief Insp Gareth Morgan (Go Safe Safety Camera Partnership)
In January 2024, ‘Operation Ugain’ was launched to deliver roadside engagement across Wales. Since then, it has played a significant role in embedding compliance with the 20mph speed limit. GoSafe, Welsh Police Forces, and Welsh Fire and Rescue Services, have focused on engaging with communities in areas where the speed limit has changed from 30mph to 20mph. The aim is to help drivers adjust to the change.
Results show positive trends in both compliance and road safety outcomes, so the Welsh Government has decided to continue funding this Operation and widen it to cover the five main contributory factors that cause serious road traffic collisions, known as the ‘Fatal Five’.
Speedwatch – planning a co-ordinated approach to delivery
Alan Watson, Community Speedwatch Manager, Kent Police
In the nine years that Alan Watson has been Community Speedwatch Manager for Kent, it became very apparent that there are inconsistencies between forces as there is currently no national SpeedWatch standard/guidance for police forces.
In October 2023, Alan launched a virtual Speedwatch coffee morning, through which forces came together to discuss how impactful it could be if everyone worked the same way. This has developed into a monthly meeting that started in January 2025 to enable forces to obtain a full national picture.
Police Fitness to Drive (FTD) Assessments
Rob Heard, Road Safety & Older Drivers Consultant
Across the UK, National Driver Offender Retraining Schemes (NDORS) exist as an alternative to prosecution for offences including speeding, mobile phone use or careless driving.
The Police (FTD) Fitness to Drive Assessment is another diversion in the toolkit of disposal options available to police forces and is used for certain vulnerable drivers as an alternative to a course for careless driving offences.
This presentation will cover the FTD assessment which has been running for 12 years and is now utilised by over 20 police forces across the country.
Not all drivers are criminals, but most criminals are drivers
Jason Roach, Professor of Psychology and Policing and Director of the Crime and Policing Research Centre, University of Huddersfield
In this presentation the Self-Selection Policing approach to identifying active, serious criminals by virtue of their committing driving offences, will be introduced.
Two decades of research will be presented including studies focusing on disqualified drivers, those who do not wear seatbelts whilst driving, those that park illegally in disabled bays, and those who drive without motor insurance and vehicle tax.
The presentation will conclude with some suggestions for how AI might be incorporated into the Self-Selection Policing approach to identify and disrupt serious and organised criminality.
Record-breaking call for papers
The provisional agenda for NRSC 2025 comprises 18 sessions across the Main and Fringe programmes, along with four workshops – following the record-breaking call for papers, which drew more than 90 submissions from practitioners and academics interested in speaking at the conference.
The Main conference agenda comprises 7 sessions covering Safe System/Vision Zero (4 presentations), enforcement and education (4), AI and road safety (3), GDL & novice drivers (7), speed management (5), e-scooters & micromobility (5) – plus a series of quick-fire presentations in the Speed Dating session (9).
The Fringe programme comprises 11 sessions covering reviewing fatal collisions (3), vehicle technology (2), topical topics (5), children & the school run, evaluation (7), work-related road risk (4), passive safety (3), quick wins in road safety (2), international presentations (3), plus two other sessions with no specific theme (7).
For more information about NRSC please contact either Sally Bartrum (delegate registration) or Nick Rawlings (agenda and exhibition etc) – both are available on 01379 650112.
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