Project Description
Webinar panel discussion, broadcast live: Wednesday 26th March 2025
Following on from February’s webinar featuring Nick Reed which focused on the technology needed to support the Safe System, our second Safe System webinar will feature Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director of the Road Safety Foundation and will focus on how to apply the Safe System in the UK.
Hosted by Simon Turner, Engagement Manager for the National Highways Driving for Better Business programme, and Chairman of ARRM
The Safe System Knowledge Exchange provides a gateway to learning for road safety professionals, helping to develop a much more detailed understanding of the culture, principles and practice that make up Safe System delivery. This webinar offers an opportunity to hear from those at the very heart of the project, and to ask questions on any element of the Safe System.
The presenters, Adrian Walsh, Executive Director of RoadSafe, and Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director of the Road Safety Foundation, will focus on what the Safe System is, along with the challenges, and what good practice looks like, for those charged with implementing it in the UK. A short introductory presentation will be followed by a comprehensive Q&A session in which attendees will be able to quiz the presenters on any aspect of the Safe System to help their understanding on this vital framework for delivering road safety improvements.
Presenters:
Adrian Walsh: Executive Director of RoadSafe
Adrian Walsh is the executive director RoadSafe. He is well known amongst road safety professionals as the organiser of The Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards which he runs on The Prince’s behalf together with his wife Judy and colleagues in Agilysis. An Army officer for some thirty years provided a lifetime interest in people and mobility, he has worked in many countries in all continents. After retiring from the army in 1995 he became a financial services regulator and then as a consultant established The UK Engineering and Technology Board. His interest in road safety developed while he was with The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Together with three former transport ministers, and with support from the automobile industry he established RoadSafe in 2002 to bring together the private sector with government to support and develop partnerships to promote the safe system, share knowledge, encourage innovation and recognise achievement. RoadSafe was a founding member of the UN Road Safety Collaboration where Adrian was co-chair of the Road Safety Management Working Group and chair of the Driving for Work Working Group, responsible for developing the plan for the two Decades of Action. He was the original Road Safety Champion of the Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP), a UK Aid initiative. He also chaired the UK Road Safety Observatory Programme Board and led in the establishment of Driving for Better Business – which RoadSafe now runs in partnership with National Highways.
Dr Suzy Charman: Executive Director of the Road Safety Foundation
Suzy started her road safety career 17 years ago at EuroRAP (European Roads Assessment Programme) where she was the international programme manager and oversaw the establishment of iRAP. After that, she was Head of International Road Safety at TRL, before joining the Road Safety Foundation in 2017 where she is now Executive Director. Suzy leads a thriving programme at the Road Safety Foundation including provision of support to National Highways for their iRAP Star Rating work, leadership of the Older Drivers Task Force, supporting local authorities with their iRAP programmes, undertaking research on urban mobility and speed.
