Small projects
Here’s a portfolio giving details of the projects who have received Small Grants funding from us. If you have a road safety initiative that requires funding and you meet our small grant criteria, why not apply when the grant applications are open?
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Insight and Impact Ltd
Developing Behaviourally Informed Guidance for Using Virtual Reality (VR) in Road Safety Education
There are currently no national standards guiding how VR should be designed, delivered, or evaluated in road safety education. This project will fill that gap by developing the UK’s first national, evidence-based and behaviourally informed guidance for VR road safety interventions.
Leaders Unlocked
The Young Drivers' Commission: empowering young people to reshape the way we educate, train, test and license
Young driver safety remains a major challenge, with nearly 5,000 people killed or seriously injured in 2024 in crashes involving at least one young driver. Despite known solutions, progress has stalled due to complex and contested policy debates. This project aims to unlock action by bringing young people and policymakers together in constructive dialogue.
Transport For All
Assessing Gait Speed of Disabled People in the Context of Road Crossings
This research seeks to address the safety gap between current UK signal timings and actual pedestrian mobility needs.
Diabetes Safety Organisation
Pilot research: What is the experience of HGV drivers with diabetes?
This is a short qualitative research project which seeks to understand and make visible the experience of HGV drivers with diabetes, and better understand how HGV drivers manage the various ways their condition can impact their health, safety and driving performance.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
Road SHaRP (Safety, Help and Response Preparedness) Intervention Project
This project aims to close a critical gap in road safety education for young road users aged 17–24, by teaching them how to respond safely and effectively in the immediate aftermath of a collision, breakdown, or roadside emergency.
Brake, The Road Safety Charity
Police property boxes and bags
The return of a loved one’s belongings following their death is considered a ‘pain point’ for families, which can frequently trigger the magnitude of their sudden loss - this project aims to provide all police forces in the UK with a range of boxes and bags to return property belonging to deceased persons following fatal road traffic collisions, to loved ones.
QI/AISIN Roadtrace
From Data to Design: Validating Predictive Risk to Inform Safer Streets
This project will enable earlier identification and understanding of high-risk sites, before serious or fatal collisions occur. The overall aim is that by enabling proactive risk validation without large capital spend this pilot will make Vision Zero strategies more accessible to local authorities across the UK.
Road Safety GB
Mature Drivers Conference
A one-day national conference for road safety professionals, focusing on mature driver safety, bringing together road safety professionals and those committed to supporting mature drivers to maintain their independence while at the same time enhancing their safety.
ECM Research Solutions
BikeSafe Evaluation
BikeSafe is a long-standing police-led motorcycle safety initiative, first established in 2000. As the scheme has transitioned under UKROEd governance and administration, there is now a timely opportunity to undertake the first formal evaluation of its 25-year history.
National Young Rider Forum
Young Riders Matter
Young Motorcyclists continue to be over represented in the KSI casualties statistics despite accounting for fewer numbers and miles travelled on our roads than all other road users groups.
Imperial College London
Enhancing Road Safety: Automatic Vehicle Triage in the NHS Ambulance Service for Improved Post-Crash Care and Injury Prediction
This pilot project aims to significantly reduce fatal and severe injuries by leveraging in-vehicle sensor technology to predict injuries and improve post-crash care.
RAC Foundation
DriveFit 2.0
Building on the success of the award winning DriveFit project, this research aimed to enhance the attitudes and intentions of pre-drivers, ultimately leading to a reduction in road collisions and incidents among this demographic.
Nottingham Trent University
Understanding and explaining the differences between the mental-models of motorcyclists and car drivers for detecting hazards: From theory to training
Nottingham Trent University is collaborating with UKROEd to assess the hypothesis that riders and drivers have different mental models of on-road danger and this impacts their ability to spot hazards on the road.
Nottingham Trent University
Development of an on-road tractor-based VR assessment and training tool for agricultural drivers
Working in collaboration with The Farm Safety Foundation, Nottingham Trent University developed a validated 360-degree hazard test focused on on-road tractor safety training and driving skills.
National Young Rider Forum
The view from the saddle: What perspective works best for a motorcycle hazard perception test?
This project aims to produce a good quality, motorcycle specific hazard perception test tailored to the needs of riders.
UWE Bristol
Centre Line Removal Trialling for Safer Roads
This project will deliver a small scale controlled trial to test the effectiveness of implementing CLR in addition to existing lower speed limits i.e. 30mph and 20mph in small towns and semi-rural settlement areas within East Lothian Council's local highway network.
Road Safety GB
Extending the reach of RSGB Ageing Driver Training
This project aims to increase the uptake of the RSGB Ageing Driver Training Course for ADIs, which has gained DVSA recognised status (an accreditation scheme designed to raise awareness and recognition) and responds to the recommendations in the National Older Drivers Strategy.
National Young Riders Forum (NYRF)
Ready for the Road
NYRF’s ‘Ready for the Road’ is an informative and engaging film detailing the steps a young person needs to take if they are considering becoming a motorcyclist.
The Kier Foundation
Persuading professional drivers that hands-free phones are as dangerous as hand-held phone calls
This project focused on tackling the use of mobile phones whilst driving within the scope of professional drivers.