Date: 04/01/2018
As restricted budgets inhibit the large-scale production of printed materials, and changes the way information is communicated and shared, RoSPA conducted a pilot project to assess the feasibility of disseminating advice, rather than sending printed copies, to GP practices. The full evaluation report has now been published.
Date: 17/11/2017
In September, we conducted a survey for Road Safety Evaluation users to understand why practitioners do and do not use the website and what improvements could increase its use. The results of the survey have now been published.
18/10/2017
Researchers have developed a new web-based tool to assist road safety stakeholders in their evidence based decision making.
The tool offers scientific evidence on the effects of various road safety risks alongside related countermeasures covering road user behaviour, roads infrastructure, vehicles and post-crash care.
Access the tool at www.roadsafety-dss.eu/
Date: 06/09/2017
RoSPA are currently conducting research to find out why road safety practitioners do and do not use the Road Safety Evaluation website and what improvements might increase its use. Responses will be used to write a report, which will be published on the website.
As part of this research, we would like to invite you to take part in a short survey, which should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. We would like to reassure you that responses are anonymous.
Please note: This survey is now closed and results are being analysed. The results will be published in the reports section of the website in Spring 2018.
New Resources
Date: 03/07/2017
A number of new resources have recently been added to road safety evaluation. These resources include a new e-valu-it question set, designed for those wishing to evaluate young driver interventions, a series of 11 webcasts to guide practitioners through each stage of the evaluation process, a question bank full of academically robust survey questions that can be used in evaluation questionnaires and a guide for practitioners who wish to design their own evidence-based road safety interventions.
Date: 24/03/2016
An exciting opportunity has arisen to help design, deliver and promote RoSPA research and evaluation projects in our road safety department. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research and evaluation projects, offer evaluation advice and information to external stakeholders and maintain the content for our road safety evaluation website, www.roadsafetyevaluation.com. In addition the role will include analysing and interpreting data, writing factsheets and helping to run road safety projects and activities. Experience of evaluation techniques and analysing qualitative and quantitative data is essential, along with the ability to conduct research, and write and review research reports. You must also have excellent verbal and written communication skills. In addition you will be IT and computer literate and have knowledge of common statistical tests. Presentation skills and project management experience would be advantageous. Apply here.
Date: 28/01/2016
An evaluation by RoSPA has revealed that Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership delivers long-term improvements to the attitudes of young drivers and passengers. Researchers from the charity discovered that sixth formers who participated in partnership workshops still displayed improved attitudes towards road safety 12 months after taking part. Matt Pickard from the road safety partnership said: “We’re encouraged by the fact that we’re making a lasting difference to young people’s attitudes towards driving - but we’re not complacent. We’ll be looking closely at RoSPA’s recommendations to see how we can make the workshops even more successful.” Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership will be presenting at RoSPA’s Road Safety Conference to help other’s understand the key to their success. The full evaluation report can be found here.
Date: 11/09/2015
Dorset County Council wanted to understand how best to deploy temporary Speed Indicator Devices. These devices detect the speed that a vehicle is doing and display some form of alert when the vehicle is over the speed limit. The evaluation, therefore, set out to understand how often the devices should be deployed, and the length of deployment time, to determine the greatest benefit in speed reduction.
Date: 29/06/2015
Earlier in the year we conducted a survey of E-valu-it users. We wanted to find out how users were interacting with the site, and what some of the key barriers were to finalising and publishing evaluation reports.
Date: 05/06/2015
Road safety interventions that are based on good quality, robust evidence are something that we should all be striving for. With time and resource pressures, however, it can be difficult to gather the evidence and digest it. To help deal with this issue Dr Adrian Davis has put together a series of “Essential Evidence on a Page”. The series looks at topical transport issues. Each issue has the information summarised into a single page and is presented in a de-jargonised format.