Road Safety Trust

Who they support

The provision of funding to support research or practical interventions in road safety to reduce death and injury through education, engineering or enforcement or a combination of any of these approaches.

  • The average annual spending of grantees has been £31 million
  • The average age of charities supported has been 22 years.

www.roadsafetytrust.org.uk

info@roadsafetytrust.org.uk

07736466059

Colwyn Chambers
York Street
Manchester
M2 3BA


Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1156300
Charity Commission for England and WalesTwitter
Analysis of Grants Made
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In this period 63 donations have been made totalling £4,755,171 to 47 organisations

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Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)
Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
The National Lottery Community Fund 6% 11%
The National Lottery Heritage Fund 4% 6%
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 4% 6%
Co-operative Group 3% 4%
London Marathon Foundation 2% 2%
London Borough of Hounslow 2% 2%
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity 2% 2%
Greater London Authority 2% 2%
Department for Transport 2% 2%
BBC Children in Need 2% 4%
Sole supporter: 79% by number, 92% by value.
Individual Grants Made
When Amount Annual
Spending
Grantee To be used for
25/07/2023 £49,719 NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY Understanding and explaining the differences between the mental-models of motorcyclists and car drivers for detecting hazards: From theory to training.
08/06/2023 £49,928 UWE-BRISTOL Centre Line Removal Trialling for Safer Roads
08/06/2023 £46,000 £333,851 ROAD SAFETY GB Extending the reach of RSGB Ageing Driver Training
08/06/2023 £35,840 £1,150,479 FORESIGHT Making Me Proficient at Walking and Cycling
08/06/2023 £49,371 £1,190,611 LEEDS OLDER PEOPLE'S FORUM Driving Change Together
08/06/2023 £51,594 NATIONAL YOUNG RIDER FORUM The view from the saddle: What perspective works best for a motorcycle hazard perception test?
09/05/2023 £313,300 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND Safeguarding Vulnerable Road Users: Motorcycle Safety in Scotland using Applied Psychology to Influence Rider Behaviour: Phase 2
28/03/2023 £5,049 THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY (BHS) Look out for Laura - follow-up evaluation
28/03/2023 £19,330 £18,746,035 THE BIKEABILITY TRUST An Immersive VR Intervention to Improve Child Cyclists’ Looking Behaviour and Situation Awareness and its Effects on Child and Parent/Carer Confidence and Attitudes: A Nationwide Community-Based Study
07/02/2023 £25,000 SO-MO Message Not Received Evaluation
07/02/2023 £283,627 UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA INDICATE - Introduction of an oNline cognitive battery for fitness to Drive In mild Cognitive impAirmenT and dEmentia
07/02/2023 £182,878 LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY How can we stop people drug driving?
07/02/2023 £142,846 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, TRANSPORT SAFETY RESEARCH GROUP Self-administered caffeine-nap intervention for driver sleepiness: efficacy for obstructive sleep apnoea patients
07/02/2023 £292,950 NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY Development and validation of sleep-related driving risk prediction tools (SleepiEST)
07/02/2023 £206,604 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, TRANSPORT SAFETY RESEARCH GROUP Development of an effective screening test to identify individuals in the early stages of dementia who are unfit to drive
15/12/2022 £12,000 NATIONAL YOUNG RIDER FORUM National Young Rider Forum - continuation grant
15/09/2022 £16,750 £221,748 PACTS - THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY E-scooter safety and wider implications for understanding casualty data
10/06/2022 £5,874 SHINY SIDE UP PARTNERSHIP Know the Dangers - Social Media Campaign Evaluation
25/05/2022 £23,898 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY We need to talk about handsfree: Officer understanding of the dangers of handsfree and handheld mobile phone use by drivers
25/05/2022 £29,839 £301,904 THE KIER FOUNDATION Persuading professional drivers that hands-free phones are as dangerous as hand-held phone calls
25/05/2022 £30,000 THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY (BHS) De-escalating road rage when passing vulnerable road users (VRU)
25/05/2022 £30,000 £50,184 DRYMEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST Drymen Speed reduction and Community space gain through roadway softening layout changes trial
31/03/2022 £13,019 UWE-BRISTOL What is safe: Developing a Perceived Road Safety Indicators measurement tool (PeRSI) for pedestrians and cycle users
23/11/2021 £55,000 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED Redefinition of the London HGV Direct Vision Standard to ensure technology neutral HGV design for UNECE Direct Vision Standard.
23/11/2021 £91,073 INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL HEALTH INNOVATION, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Rating bicycle helmets used on the UK roads and disseminating results
23/11/2021 £24,532 STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY Routes to speed safety: Understanding and measuring the contribution of Community Speedwatch - A Partnership between Gloucestershire Police and Staffordshire University
23/11/2021 £18,999 UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH Safer roads through citizen partnerships: Enhancing road safety through improved use of community speedwatch volunteers
23/11/2021 £30,000 SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL Combining the carrot and stick: can ANPR Speed Indicator Devices reduce speed in rural areas?
23/11/2021 £30,000 DERBY CITY COUNCIL Local authority skid resistance (LASR) – Phase 2: pilot implementation
22/07/2021 £171,875 GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) Immunity - Understanding and overcoming the limitations of ANPR technology as a road safety and crime prevention tool.
22/07/2021 £189,919 THE FLOOW LIMITED F2DR: Fit2Drive Piloting new technology and processes to optimise fitness to drive assessments and improve safety
22/07/2021 £140,823 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Evaluating the role of telematics in reducing speed violations among drivers and riders in the delivery sector
22/07/2021 £195,932 UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Promoting Intelligent Speed Assistance to Reduce UK Road Traffic Crashes
22/07/2021 £199,327 £337,959 ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION Maximising the accessibility and impact of telematics speed data for enforcement, road safety engineering and research
22/07/2021 £149,771 LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE How can digital evidence submissions from the public (e.g. from ‘dash cams’) be used more effectively to reduce road offending and improve road safety?
22/07/2021 £116,000 £292,585 PACTS - THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY Advocacy
22/07/2021 £80,000 LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE Disqualified Driver Innovation: Improving Road Safety Through Electronic Monitoring Technology
10/06/2021 £46,437 £285,089,000 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY Digitising the Self-Administered Interview for Road Traffic Collisions (SAI-RTC): A pilot test of usability and efficacy
11/02/2021 £2,286 SHINY SIDE UP PARTNERSHIP Know the Dangers - Social Media Campaign
03/12/2020 £25,000 £256,028 PACTS - THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY The safety of private e-scooter use in the UK
03/12/2020 £49,903 £311,187 ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION Knowledge compilation and road safety evaluation for Emergency Active Travel Fund facilities
03/12/2020 £43,780 £13,599,575 THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY (BHS) Look out for Laura - Humanising vulnerable road users
03/12/2020 £31,492 BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON An Immersive Reality Intervention to Improve Young Cyclists’ ability to Detect and Perceive Hazards as they Navigate Road Junctions: A Collaborative Safe Cycling Pilot Study
03/12/2020 £10,830 £163,104 ST. MICHAEL'S AND LARK LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Slow-Mo 4k Road Safety
03/12/2020 £32,560 NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL Safe Journey Ahead: Road Safety Teacher Training
03/12/2020 £50,000 BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL "Message Not Received" Seatbelts - The Unseen Problem
03/12/2020 £39,840 SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL How effective is reducing speed limits on rural roads?
17/03/2020 £20,000 £77,180 THE AA CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ROAD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Young Rural Drivers
17/03/2020 £13,000 SHINY SIDE UP PARTNERSHIP Know the Dangers!
17/03/2020 £28,000 KENT FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE (KFRS) Pre-driver Theatre & Workshop Education Research (PdTWER)
17/03/2020 £30,000 DERBY CITY COUNCIL Local Authority Crash Model for Skid Resistance
17/03/2020 £19,940 WILSDEN PARISH COUNCIL (WPC) Harecroft: an evaluation of how to apply psychological speed reductions through a rural hamlet through incremental changes in visual deterrents over a fixed period of time
17/03/2020 £17,000 EDRIVING SOLUTIONS LTD Impulse control intervention and evaluation project
06/11/2019 £60,000 £256,028 PACTS - THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY Lower urban speed limits in Europe – what does the evidence show?
06/11/2019 £199,867 £311,187 ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION Enhancing iRAP Investment Plans for Vulnerable Road Users
06/11/2019 £95,147 £63,436,000 SUSTRANS School Street Closure Traffic Displacement and Road Safety Concerns
06/11/2019 £117,383 UWE-BRISTOL Design development of side road crossings for pedestrians and cyclists
06/11/2019 £196,253 LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL A nudge in the right direction - using insights from behavioural science to improve pedestrian crossing design
06/11/2019 £169,250 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND Safeguarding Vulnerable Road Users: Motorcycle Safety in Scotland using Applied Psychology to Influence Rider Behaviour
06/11/2019 £17,000 FOLKSAM Cycle Helmet Safety Testing
08/10/2019 £1,500 £1,525,179 DESIGNABILITY FLOURISH - Impact Funding
18/07/2019 £9,451 UNIVERSITY OF KEELE Mobile:Engaged Impact Funding
10/05/2019 £20,585 £63,436,000 SUSTRANS Evaluation of Albion Green/All Hallows Road design commission and public events programme
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Cumulative Grants
Amount Grantee
£482,550 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND
£449,097 ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION
£349,450 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, TRANSPORT SAFETY RESEARCH GROUP
£342,669 NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
£283,627 UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
£229,771 LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE
£217,750 PACTS - THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY
£196,253 LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
£195,932 UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
£189,919 THE FLOOW LIMITED
£182,878 LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
£180,330 UWE-BRISTOL
£171,875 GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY
£140,823 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
£115,732 SUSTRANS
£91,073 INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL HEALTH INNOVATION, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
£71,754 NATIONAL YOUNG RIDER FORUM
£55,000 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED
£50,000 BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
£49,371 LEEDS OLDER PEOPLE'S FORUM
£46,437 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
£46,000 ROAD SAFETY GB
£43,780 THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY (BHS)
£39,840 SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
£35,840 FORESIGHT
£35,049 THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY (BHS)
£32,560 NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
£31,492 BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON
£30,000 SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
£30,000 DRYMEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£30,000 DERBY CITY COUNCIL
£30,000 DERBY CITY COUNCIL
£29,839 THE KIER FOUNDATION
£28,000 KENT FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE (KFRS)
£25,000 SO-MO
£24,532 STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY
£23,898 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
£20,000 THE AA CHARITABLE TRUST FOR ROAD SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
£19,940 WILSDEN PARISH COUNCIL (WPC)
£19,330 THE BIKEABILITY TRUST
£18,999 UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
£17,000 EDRIVING SOLUTIONS LTD
£17,000 FOLKSAM
£13,000 SHINY SIDE UP PARTNERSHIP
£10,830 ST. MICHAEL'S AND LARK LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£9,451 UNIVERSITY OF KEELE
£1,500 DESIGNABILITY
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