Road Safety Performance Forum

BACKGROUND Young drivers (17-24 year olds) make up a disproportionate number of KSIs on our roads and is a country wide issue. Across the UK, a number of road safety partnerships, deliver live road safety ‘performances’ to 16 - 19 year olds, such as ‘Safe Drive Stay Alive’, ‘Learn 2 Live’, ‘Licence to Kill’ and other similar road safety programmes, but with limited ‘cross border’ working or communication. James Evans, from First Car, approached the two of us, asking if we would be interested in, and possibly Chairing, a road safety forum that focused on live ‘performances’ to young people. The first meeting was held in summer 2015.

RSPF OBJECTIVES Establish contacts across the UK Encourage the sharing of good practices Compare funding models and securing financial supporters Compare and share educational resources Review current trends and developments Share innovative ideas Understand what success looks like - attendance, outputs & outcomes What and how to monitor and evaluate

MEETING FORMAT Approximately 15-20 people at each meeting Representation so far includes: Hertfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex, London (TFL), Kent, Wiltshire, Northamptonshire, Thames Valley, Road Safety Analysis and First Car Informal conference style setup, with refreshments and a buffet lunch 10.30 – 15.30 with a working lunch; hosted currently at Hertfordshire County Hall

KEY BENEFITS Share your knowledge with others and learn from their experiences too Opportunity to tour other performances as a group Working together for economies of scale Sharing and producing resources collaboratively Brainstorming solutions and new ideas as a group Recording best practise

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS Collaborative national funding Development of a national brand Shared long-term evaluation Creation of shared resources Developing best practise around Behavioural Change Techniques Joined-up social media Speaker welfare, training and support

Deana Frost Hertfordshire County Council Deana.Frost@hertfordshire.gov.uk www.learn-2-live.org.uk Mark Taylor Surrey Fire & Rescue Service mark.taylor@surreycc.gov.uk www.safedrivesurrey.org