Large grants awarded
Here’s a portfolio giving details of the projects who have received funding from us in our large grants programme.
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Cardiff University
Developing a road crossing educational computer 'game' for primary schools
Funding of £67,468 was awarded for a project to design and develop an evidence-based, educational computer game (using a first-person perspective) to teach children how to cross the road safely.
Designability
FLOURISH - design requirements to enable use of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) by older people with a disability
The project looked at design issues of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) and how technology can be developed to benefit people with a range of age related impairments.
Nottingham Trent University
Assessing the potential of driver awareness and emotional regulation training in improving road safety
Funding was awarded to Nottingham Trent University to research and develop a novel training intervention designed to improve driver safety.
Nottingham Trent University
Mobility scooter user behaviour and hazard perception at road crossings
The project explored what Motorised Mobility Scooter (MMS) users see as hazards and then, by recording real time footage, assessed the strategies used by expert users to avoid hazards when crossing roads.
PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety)
Reducing suicides on the UK roads, providing a baseline
A project by PACTS that raised awareness of roads related suicide and sought influence through changes to recording, reporting and management.
Transport Research Laboratory
Development and trial a community-led intervention to improve residential road safety - ‘Community Corners’
This project trialled and tested an intervention using light touch engineering measures such as street furniture and road markings.
University College London (UCL)
Identifying and evaluating promising road safety education programmes for parents of children under eleven years
This three-year project aimed to strengthen the evidence base of effective road safety programmes for parents of children under eleven years by identifying three promising programmes that are currently being used in local areas of the UK.
University of the West of England (UWE)
Wheels skills and thrills 2 (WST2)
This project further developed an intervention to encourage safer driving by young men, particularly from less affluent backgrounds. It was based on an early trial part funded by the DfT.
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust
Targeting road injury prevention
Funding of £100,000 was awarded to Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust to work with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Road Safety Partnership, in order to look in detail at crashes that cause severe injury and death, in particular examining the types of drivers that are involved in these crashes.
PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety)
Seizing the opportunities
A research project to provide support to the road safety community on the opportunities presented in the Government’.
Transport Research Laboratory
New cycle helmet assessment programme (NCHAP): protocols development
A grant of £99,500 was awarded to develop the testing protocols for a safety rating scheme for cycle helmets.
Transport Research Laboratory
Development and pilot of a business travel focused intervention addressing close following driving behaviour
The project completed and produced the required deliverables of a report and a literature review, which contribute to knowledge about ‘close following’.
West Mercia Police
Green Light safety app (Drive VR)
Ever thought about how easily a split-second decision could change the rest of your life? DriveVR is an innovative new app from the Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia, produced for young drivers and passengers aged 17-25.
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