Award categories
Nominations for awards are considered by the judging panel under three main categories:
- Roads
- Vehicles
- Road Users
Roads
Serious crashes can drop by more than half when roads are given a safety makeover – for example, safe crossings, crash barriers at the roadside, turning bays at junctions and good hazard markings. Innovation in this area is encouraged and nominations are sought for highway engineering improvement, improved road signage and layout; innovative traffic management.
Vehicles
Modern vehicles are significantly safer than older vehicles however there is scope for more safety features to be incorporated as standard. Nominations will be considered for innovations which improve the safety of:
- Car and light van.
- Truck and bus.
- Motorcycle.
In each case, the judging panel may recommend a single award or more should the quality of entries justifies this.
Road Users
Changing the behaviour of road users through education and enforcement are essential for improved safety. Within this category nominations are sought for innovations in:
- Driver and rider education.
- Pre - driver training.
- School community - based road and vehicle safety awareness campaigns.
- Enforcement initiatives.
- Sentencing initiatives.
- Media innovations.
- Road Safety at work.
Important issues will include an emphasis on young and inexperienced drivers, motorcycle and cycle training and education initiatives.
