Police Road Safety Grants Programme - Trialing, testing and developing innovative roads policing interventions to reduce harm on the roads (£10k-£30k)
Introduction
We are now accepting applications for the second year of the pilot Police Road Safety Grants Programme. The main aim of this programme is improving road safety at a local level by helping police partners to develop and share effective practices in roads policing.
This year, eligible projects include:
Evaluation of successful police interventions
Further development and dissemination of findings from evaluated police interventions; and
Pilots and trials
The maximum project length under this grant programme is 18 months. The minimum amount that can be applied for is £10K and the maximum is £30k over 18 months in total.
The RST Police Road Safety Grants Programme operates a two-stage application process. Applicants will first be asked to submit a short (1-2 pages) Expression of Interest (EOI), with those successful being invited to provide further details about the application via a simplified form developed for police applicants.
Application Windows
Spring 2026
30 April - Round opens for applications
15 June - Expressions of Interest submission deadline
Mid-July - Results of EOI assessments
21 September - Full submissions deadline
Late October - Decisions made
Autumn 2026
2 November - Round opens for applications
7 December - Expressions of Interest submission deadline
Mid-January - Results of EOI assessments
8 February - Full submissions deadline
Mid-March - Decisions made
Please send EOI submissions to info@roadsafetytrust.org.uk with the subject ‘RST Police Grants Programme Submission.’
Further Information
For additional information on eligibility criteria and how to apply please refer to the documents below.
Police Grants Guidance
Grants Policy
Strategy Map
We value your feedback
We are gathering feedback to assess if publicity for these funding rounds has reached the appropriate audience. We would also like to ask a few questions about your experience of the application process if you applied.
You can take part in this survey even if you have not submitted a grant application to The Road Safety Trust.
Taking part is optional and anonymous, we will not link responses to any grant application. The survey is short and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. The responses will be used to further inform our grant application process and application form questions. If you would like to take part, please click the below link to access the survey.
Projects funded in the first year of the pilot
Sussex Police - The Rider Resilience Programme – Establish a Motorcycle Training Syllabus based on common motorcycle collision causes - £28,000
This project aims to develop a training course syllabus for motorcyclists who have been involved in a minor injury collision. It aims to significantly enhance rider safety and potentially save lives by turning a close call into a valuable learning experience developed by the police and delivered by motorcycle schools nationwide.
Lancashire Constabulary – Evaluating the effectiveness of Operation Virage, an intelligence-led approach to targeting impaired driving - £25,000
Operation Virage is an intelligence-led operation which was developed to improve processes around risk-assessing and targeting those who regularly drive under the influence of drinks or drugs. This project will evaluate the current processes that have been developed by Lancashire Constabulary and will also look to review systems including the new reporting functions and risk assessment process, along with implementing and evaluating new targeting methods which focus on behavioural change. Findings from the evaluation will be shared widely across UK police forces to improve the overall response to impaired drivers.
Hampshire and IOW Constabulary - The development and trial of a Hot Spot Policing approach to reduce road casualties and traffic offences - £25,000
Hot Spot Policing indicates that focusing police efforts on high crime areas can significantly reduce crime and involves the targeted interventions in small areas. This projects seeks to utilise this proven crime reduction tactic in a roads policing environment and aims to show that reductions in road casualties can be achieved.