Road Safety Foundation
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| Founded | 31 October 1986 |
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| Founder | AA |
| Type | Registered Charity |
| Focus | Road Safety Research |
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Area served
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UK, Republic of Ireland |
| Product | EuroRAP |
| Method | EuroRAP, Campaign for Safe Road Design, European Campaign for Safe Road Design |
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Key people
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Lord Dubs, Chairman |
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Revenue
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GBP138,614 (2007) |
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Employees
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10 (2007) |
| Website | roadsafetyfoundation.org |
The Road Safety Foundation is a UK based charity which carries out and procures research into safe road design and road safety. The Foundation is responsible for the European Road Assessment Program (EuroRAP) in the UK and Ireland.
The Foundation began in 1986 as the AA Foundation for Road Safety Research by the AA while it was still a member owned institution. The charity became the Road Safety Foundation following the sale of The AA by Centrica to CVC and Primera.
Today the Foundation's aims are:
The Foundation is governed by a Council of Management led by Lord Alf Dubs and includes representation from the Freight Transport Association, FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society and International Road Assessment Programme (IRAP).
In addition to his role in the Foundation, Lord Dubs, previously a Labour Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office, is an active member of the House of Lords. In January 2008 Lord Dubs spoke of his interest in Road Safety and the Foundation in a debate on Road Safety.
The Foundation has a legacy of research going back to its inception in the mid-1980s. Research covers a wide range of road safety related subjects including the causes of accidents in young pedestrians, risk and safety in the older driver and a review of tyres and road surfaces. Since 2003 the work of the Foundation has focused on EuroRAP in the UK and in 2008 the Campaign for Safe Road Design.
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