Annual Review 07/08 Dedicated to improving transport safety for the public benefit Contents

Executive Director’s Report Background of PACTS Aims

Research Reports The Parliamentary Advisory Council To be at the forefront of shaping policy for Transport Safety (PACTS) is an development in transport safety in order Events associate Parliamentary group and to be a strong advocate for research-based registered charity. Its charitable objective change Working Party Reports is: To protect human life through the promotion of transport safety for the public benefit. To be the leader in advocating Honorary Treasurer’s Report the integration of transport safety PACTS was established in 1982, following considerations across the breadth Statements - Financial Activities the successful campaign for the compulsory of relevant policy development use of seat belts in the front of vehicles. Full Membership It has always focused on the advocacy of research-based solutions to transport safety To be the pre-eminent independent Parliamentary Membership issues. Its prime audience comprises authority in transport safety for politicians and civil servants, encouraging Parliamentarians, practitioners Governance the adoption of research-based solutions. and the media It prides itself on its independence and on Why become a PACTS member? its ability to act as a ‘critical friend’ in the transport safety arena.

PACTS’ prime area of interest is in what is happening in Parliament and Government. It provides an independent advisory service for Parliamentarians on all aspects of transport safety matters. It also identifies and promotes research-based solutions to transport safety issues, pursuing them through Parliamentary access and contacts.

Based in the heart of Westminster, PACTS has three full-time staff and an income which comes from membership subscriptions, sponsorship, event income and research funding.

The combination of a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee means that the Directors carry the overall legal and financial responsibility for the organisation. The current Board of Directors comprises politicians, academics, private sector leaders, consultants and retired civil servants. Executive Director’s Report

Parliament External involvement

In some respects this year has been I would like, at this point, to pay my Because of its position at the meeting a quieter one on the Parliamentary front. tribute to Gwyneth Dunwoody, the chair point of research and policy, PACTS is Legislation on safety has not been high of the committee and a long-standing regularly invited to take part in working on the political agenda. Both the railways PACTS’ member, who died shortly after groups and events. During the year, for and aviation have maintained their the inquiry began. Much has been said example, I have been a member of the exemplary safety records. On the roads, about Gwyneth. For my part, she had an National Level Crossing Working Group, politicians have been more concerned with overwhelming commitment to improving the Pan Road Safety Forum, the congestion management measures rather the safety of all transport users, however National Driver Offenders Retraining than specific safety interventions. they chose to travel. She will be sorely Group and the Rail Safety and Standards missed by both Parliament and the Board Safety Advisory Committee. At the same time, the House of Commons transport community. However we are Transport Select Committee has maintained delighted that MP has PACTS was also invited to make its commitment to an annual inquiry on a become the new chair of the committee. contributions at a number of conferences road safety issue. In March 2008, it began Louise has been a member of the and events. These have included the joint an inquiry into the current record on road committee and its predecessors since she ACPO/Police Federation roads policing safety and further measures for casualty was elected to Parliament in 1997. She is conference, Safe Highways of the Future reduction beyond 2010. As Executive also co-chair of PACTS. It is clearly good in Brussels, the Fleet News Risk in Fleet Director, I was once again invited to act news for transport safety that Louise has conference and the annual motor as Special Adviser to the Committee on been elected and PACTS looks forward to insurance conference organised by the this issue and was delighted to accept. continuing to work with her. Association of British Insurers. I have also been involved in the Motorists’ Forum working group looking at Intelligent Speed Adaptation.

LOUISE ELLMAN MP

During the year, we have continued to be involved in other Parliamentary activity. One example is the work that we undertook with ROSPA and the British Association for Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions. This was joint work to persuade MPs and Peers of the overwhelming evidence in favour of the adoption of Single/Double Summer Time. During the year, we have met politicians of all parties on this issue and pressed for a Ministerial meeting in which to make the point that this measure will save lives, improve the quality of life for many and help both leisure and sporting activity. Staffing changes Research

As a small organisation, PACTS relies PACTS’ key policy contribution this year The adoption of a risk management enormously on the commitment shown lay in the publication of the research approach to road safety will be a by its staff and the knowledge that they report “Beyond 2010 – a holistic approach challenging one for the next decade. acquire to help us run smoothly and to road safety in Great Britain” in October. However, the report rightly highlights the efficiently. It was a great shame to lose The report rightly attempts to place road comparable approaches in both Sweden two key employees last year in William safety in a wider policy context, providing and the Netherlands that have led to these Moy who left in May 2007 and Emily the background against which the next countries overtaking Great Britain in Crawford who resigned at the end of round of casualty reduction targets will their reductions of deaths. The Beyond August. Both made strong contributions need to be developed. It is, in many ways, 2010 debate will be an important one for to our work during their time with us, an unusual report for PACTS: it does not all transport safety professionals in the Will in updating our IT capability and comprise a “shopping list” of policies for coming months. Emily in setting out the new agenda for government to adopt but sets out the road safety in the “Beyond 2010” report. broad direction of travel for the next Having completed one report, a shorter I am also grateful to Helen Smeed for target period. analysis of road safety and behavioural working with us during the summer change is currently being undertaken months on a temporary basis. At the same time, it also sets road safety with a view to publication in December in the context of transport safety as a 2008. Once again, this has been part- However, new opportunities have opened whole. The level of risk of death or injury funded by the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund up with the appointment of Rebecca on the roads would not be acceptable on and the GEM Motoring Assist Road Gwilliam as our Policy and Campaign the railways or in aviation. Yet, in road Safety Charity. I am grateful to both Officer and Gillian Reeves as use, society appears to tolerate a risk that these organisations for their long-term Communications and Conference Manager. could easily be reduced. The report rightly support of our research work. Rebecca and Gillian both hit the ground asks why this is the case. Why do we running when they began working with accept death on the roads when we will me last autumn. With a new team in place, not do so when using other forms of I believe that we now have plenty of travel? What can those other forms of opportunity to maintain our position as transport teach road safety about a more the key multi-modal transport safety systematic approach to risk reduction? If organisation. such an approach were to be adopted, how far would we be able to go in cutting casualties on our roads? The report itself suggests that we could easily cut road deaths to around 1000 a year if we were more consistent and systematic in risk management. Challenges ahead And finally

I have already referred to the multi-modal Finally, I am delighted to report that in nature of PACTS. This has always been one December 2007 PACTS received a Prince of the specific selling points of the charity: Michael of Road Safety Award. we are not concerned with one mode of This reflects the hard work that many travel but can take a broader view in organisations and individuals have put improving safety overall. into PACTS to make us an effective advocate for research-based and evidence- The good news, of course, is that rail led policy proposals. The approach adopted safety is continuing to maintain its safety by PACTS has always been to start with an record. Most of the risk on the railways understanding of the scale of the problem, PHOTO: ROADSAFE / PRINCE MICHAEL OF KENT is imported to the sector by road users, of the cost and benefits of the solution, ROAD SAFETY AWARDS especially in the context of level crossings. and of its achievability and acceptability. As we know, there is only so much that Only in that way can we distinguish the rail industry can do to improve road between what is worth doing and what user behaviour. It is therefore encouraging may be good for the headline but will to note that the Law Commission intends otherwise do little to improve safety. to undertake a review of level crossing legislation to see if more can be done to reduce this aspect of risk.

Aviation too is a success story in terms of overall safety. One challenge here is in the impact of European regulation as the Robert Gifford European Aviation Safety Agency begins Executive Director its work. During the course of this year, June 2008 PACTS has linked up with the Air Safety Group which now represents both PACTS and the European Transport Safety Council on the EASA Strategic Safety Initiative. The next few years will clearly be important as this proposal gets under way.

However, it is on the roads where people continue to kill and injure themselves and where our priorities are bound to lie. The impact of speed on the likelihood of crashes and the failure of car occupants to wear seat-belts – despite 25 years of requirement to do so in the front of the vehicle – mean that there is still plenty of work for PACTS to do in persuading politicians, the media and society as a whole to recognise that road deaths are largely preventable occurrences and a source of major pain and suffering. Research Reports

In October 2007, PACTS published the However, the report also concluded that, The report has continued to exercise report “Beyond 2010 – a holistic approach in a third round of targets beyond 2010, a significant influence in the debate about to road safety in Great Britain”. Written wider engagement with other policy- what policies should be pursued for the by Emily Crawford, Policy and Campaigns makers is important. Like Sweden and the next decade. It was well received by the Officer for PACTS between October 2005 Netherlands, Great Britain needs to see Department for Transport and has formed and August 2007, the report was part- the road network as a system in which all a key part of the research base on which funded by the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund players have a part to play. While the post 2010 work is being undertaken. and the GEM Motoring Assist Road Safety Swedish concept of Vision Zero – aiming The report also received extensive media Charity. at no deaths on the roads – may be an interest. It was covered by Radio 4, 5 Live attractive aspiration, a better model may and BBC Breakfast Television News. It The report was intended as a contribution be found in the Dutch Sustainable Safety also attracted front page status in the to the debate about whether Great Britain that aims to create a road network that is Daily Telegraph and articles in the should consider a further round of predictable to the road user and planned Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express and measures to cut road casualties when to reduce potential conflicts. It therefore Times. With an extensive and the current targets expire in 2010. It took urges the government to develop comprehensive 90 page report, it was into consideration both the arguments for a pragmatic vision for road safety: aiming a shame, but perhaps not surprising, t a third round of targets, the need for an to reduce the risk of death on the roads hat the media concentrated their coverage overarching vision for road safety and the to twice that currently tolerated in other on the recommendation “that a default policy context in which road safety needs daily activities. This would aim to reduce speed limit of 20mph in all built up areas to be considered. It stated the need deaths to half their present level over the be implemented in ways that achieve high to continue work on engineering and next decade. levels of compliance”. enforcement and highlighted those areas where further progress needs The approach that Emily adopted in this The current research report, being written to be undertaken. report marked a new one for PACTS. by Rebecca Gwilliam, is looking into the The report offered a trend analysis of the issue of road safety and behavioural The report pointed out that, unlike in issues facing road safety over the next change. This is due to be published in other policy areas such as education decade. It argued that the next round of December 2008. or health, targets for road safety have casualty reduction needs to be informed provided a positive framework that by a vision and needs to take into account PACTS would like to thank the GEM has not led to distortions in policy or the wider issues of public policy such as Motoring Assist Road Safety Charity and unexpected outcomes. Targets to cut an ageing population, land use planning, the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund for their casualties have been built on professional obesity and climate change. As a result it help in funding the research projects knowledge and expertise and have led to set out a challenging agenda for all of us, better allocation of resources. They have urging us to think beyond our traditional also resulted in fewer deaths and injuries boundaries and comfort zones to build on the roads in Great Britain. better and stronger partnerships with professional colleagues. Events

Over the past year, PACTS has run a very 18th Westminster Lecture The afternoon session took the form of successful events programme. We have a series of workshops on a diverse set of heard from speakers from across the The 18th Westminster Lecture was held issues likely to shape future road safety transport safety sector, from the Police, in December, and was given by Professor policy including: road safety and public TRL, academics, and organisations not James Reason on the topic of ‘Recurrent health, motorcycling, young and novice usually associated with being advocates of Patterns in Transport Accidents: drivers and the role of 20mph zone and transport safety such as BSkyB and BT. Conditions and Causes’. Professor Reason, how to win public opinion. who is well known to many as the author October Conference of ‘Managing the Risks of Organisational Dr Sally Cunningham’s lecture was made Accidents’, focused on the extent to which into a PACTS Occasional Research Report, The conference in October 2007, entitled human factors or management culture copies of which are available. ‘Cutting Casualties involving Driving for create the contexts in which disasters are Work’, discussed the scale of deaths and more likely to occur. For many of those July AGM injuries arising from ‘driving for work’ in attendance, this was the first time they and aimed to highlight the resources and encountered the ‘Swiss Cheese’ metaphor The AGM in July 2007 heard a strategies available in the push to tackle for the cause of accidents. The metaphor presentation from Inspector Mark Bird the problem. The keynote speech was alludes to the situation where all the of the Metropolitan Police on ‘‘Operation given by Jim Fitzpatrick MP, the then ‘holes’ line up in spite, or conversely FOIST: Reducing Road Crime in East newly appointed Road Safety Minister perhaps because, of, the endeavours of London.’ Operation FOIST had taken place at the Department for Transport, whilst humans resulting in disaster striking. during November 2006 in the boroughs of David Kidney MP chaired the morning It was a well attended event, drawing Hackney, Haringey and Newham as there session. an audience from across the modes, was higher incidences of “failure to stop” reflecting PACTS’ position as a genuinely collisions within these boroughs compared Presentations at the conference came from multi-modal organisation. to the rest of London. a range of speakers including John Lewis (chair of the Driving for Better Business A text version of Professor Reason’s During the operation, 1894 vehicles were Initiative, British Vehicle Rental and lecture is available upon request. seized – more than double the original Leasing Association), Britta Lang (TRL), estimate, 109 vehicles scrapped and two company case studies from BT and March Conference approximately 1894 Fixed Penalty Notices BSkyB and Chief Inspector Mark Bird were issued. Priority crime in Hackney (Metropolitan Police). Delegates at the In March, PACTS held a very successful was reduced by more than 5%. This was conference highlighted the need for the conference tackling the issue of road a significant partnership-led operation Health and Safety Executive to be more safety policy beyond 2010. The conference involving the Metropolitan Police, engaged with this topic given the was a sell out with over 170 delegates Transport for London, London Boroughs potential scale of deaths and injuries attending the day-long event. There was a and the DVLA. The high number of resulting from work journeys. It was wide range of speakers including a vehicle seizures and Fixed Penalty Notices particularly encouraging to hear of the keynote speech from Jim Fitzpatrick MP are an indicator of the potential harm joint work being undertaken by the and presentations on topics such as legal presented to the public by unlicensed and Metropolitan Police and HSE in this area enforcement issues (Dr Sally uninsured drivers, driving un-roadworthy through the Commercial Vehicles Cunningham) and the role of intelligent vehicles. The intelligence-led approach Education Unit. transport systems by Richard Harris (WSP resulted in Foist impacting on a wide Group) as well as putting Great Britain in range of crime and offending, beyond the European Context by Fred Wegman of just traffic legislation and road safety. SWOV, the Dutch road safety institute. Events continued

November Members’ Meeting March Members’ Meeting Safe and Sober Talk

David Petch, Independent Police Speed Check Services, a recent member In February, PACTS organised, in Complaints Commissioner, and Tom of PACTS, gave the presentation at the partnership with the European Transport Bucke, Head of Research at the Members’ Meeting in March 2008 on Safety Council, and held in the House of Independent Police Complaints “The effectiveness of time over distance Commons, a talk on the issue of drinking Commission (IPCC), gave a presentation, cameras”. and driving. The meeting was chaired by at the November Members Meeting on the Louise Ellman MP. report “Police Road Traffic Incidents: cases The uptake of permanent SPECS has been involving serious and fatal injuries”. slow and has been used where there has ETSC has been undertaking a number of been a significant accident history along talks across the countries of the European They explained how police pursuits were a route. Schemes with 2+ years of post Union with the title “Safe and Sober”. the single largest cause of Road Traffic installation history show significant KSI The talks look at the continuing problem Incidents involving the police. The IPCC reductions. of drinking and driving and at counter- used the Association of Chief Police measures for both individual and Officers guidelines of March 2004 for the The original justification of using cameras commercial drivers. This talk gave an management of pursuits to measure the was safety, along with: smoother traffic opportunity to look at the casualty benefits behaviour and manner of the pursuits flows, more reliable journey times, low arising from the fitment of alco-locks and being investigated. offence levels and reduced emissions and at the comparative successes in combating noise. drink-driving across the EU. The IPCC argue that there is a strong case for better management of police pursuits As a result of cameras, driver behaviour Presentations were given by Timmo in order to improve the current fatality has altered. The average speed check sign Janitzek from ETSC and Robert Gifford. rate, which numbers about 40 deaths per is widely recognised and understood as The attendance included Parliamentarians, year. The IPCC report offered 29 drivers perceive an enforcement zone – researchers, police representatives, and recommendations including arguing for they may not see a camera but there is a drink-drive rehabilitation course greater strength to be given to the ACPO subsequent sheep effect – most drivers providers. guidelines on pursuits, data recorders to comply, forcing flow conditions. This leads be fitted to police vehicles, undertaking of to uniform, large headways, speed One key conclusion identified at the appropriate risk assessments and only harmonisation, no braking at cameras and meetings was that the is permitting suitably trained officers to fewer collisions and fewer casualties. out of line with the rest of Europe in terms undertake pursuits. Discussion followed of the maximum permitted Blood Alcohol over the criteria that had to be met before The SPECS system has been hugely Content. The meeting looked forward to a pursuit occurred, and the effective with collisions and casualties the publication of the consultation on proportionality of pursuits, whilst it was down and journeys more reliable. The drink-driving by the Department for also highlighted that it was usually the public understand the technology and Transport and the opportunity to make the person in the pursued vehicle rather than perceive a benefit and future developments case once again for the casualty savings the those in the police vehicle that were will enhance the influence of average that would arise from lowering the BAC to killed. speed enforcement. 50mg per 100mlle. UK Performance Indicator Network Talk Acknowledgements 18th Westminster Lecture Professor James Reason, Emeritus In June 2007, PACTS hosted a meeting Our important work relies on the Professor, University of Manchester to launch the European Transport Safety continued support from companies and Council PIN report, setting the organisations to make possible the Beyond 2010 performance of Great Britain in reducing running of our events, enabling us • Dr Nicola Christie – University of Surrey road casualties in the European context. to interface between our members, • Simon Christmas – SHM Consulting This project, undertaken by ETSC with academics, civil servants and • Dr Sally Cunningham – representatives from all the countries of Parliamentarians on rail, road and air Leicester University the European Union, monitors progress safety issues. We would therefore like to • Danny Dorling – University of Sheffield towards the EU casualty reduction target thank the following for their support over • Richard Harris – WSP Group on an annual basis and produces bulletins the past year: • David Short – Motorcycle Action Group highlighting the performance of • Koy Thomson – individual countries and of different road • BP International Ltd London Cycling Campaign user groups. The intention is to produce • KeyMed • Fred Wegman – a PIN Flash for each country during the (Medical and Industrial Equipment) SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research course of the project. • Rail Safety and Standards Board • RBS Insurance ETSC Safe and Sober Talk The UK PIN talk was addressed by • Volvo Car (UK) Timmo Janitzek - ETSC Professor Pete Thomas (Loughborough University), Franziska Achterberg (ETSC) PACTS would also like to thank all UK Performance Indicator Network talk and Dr Stephen Ladyman (Minister of those who spoke at our events. Copies • Pete Thomas – State at the Department for Transport). of the conference proceedings and the Loughborough University The meeting brought together civil Westminster Lecture are available from • Franziska Achterberg – ETSC servants, researchers, road user groups the PACTS’ office. • Dr Stephen Ladyman – and police officers to discuss progress in Minister of State, Department for the UK and further areas for Members Meetings Transport improvement. • Inspector Mark Bird, Metropolitan Police We would also like to thank Jim It was hardly a surprise to those • Tom Burke and David Petch, Fitzpatrick MP for making Ministerial attending to note that progress to reduce Independent Police Complaints speeches at our events since October 2007. deaths in the UK had been less than in Commission (IPCC) the highest performing EU states and • Geoff Collins, Speed Check Services PACTS would also like to thank the that there was considerable room for venues which hosted our events: improvement in reducing speeds, Cutting Casualties involving increasing seat-belt wearing rates and Driving for Work October and March Conferences reducing deaths involving drinking • Inspector Mark Bird – Royal Society of Arts, London and driving. Metropolitan Police • Gavin Jackman – Ordnance Survey 18th Westminster Lecture • Britta Lang – TRL The Commonwealth Club, London • John Lewis – British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association Members Meetings • Mark Sayer – BSkyB Houses of Parliament • Clemmie Shepherd – Office of Government Commerce • Dave Wallington – BT • Neil Drane – Motor Insurers’ Bureau Working Party Reports

Aviation Safety Working Party Report (ASWP)

This year the Aviation Safety Working February 2008 June 2008 Party joined forces with the Air Safety Group and held shared meetings. Captain Roger Gault and Captain Gil Gray The topic of ‘Cabin Air Quality’ provided Membership of the ASWP covers a wide from the Guild of Air Pilots and the focus of discussion for the summer range of stakeholders within the aviation Navigators (GAPAN) gave a presentation meeting of the ASWP, with presentations sector including air safety organisations to the group on a recent GAPAN research heard from Dr Ken Edgington of the and regulators, academics, airline paper on the topic of ‘Pilot Handling of Airport Medical Services Ltd and Medical companies and organisations representing Highly Automated Aircraft’. The paper Advisor to the Air Safety Group and John pilots, cabin crews and air traffic had arisen out of the recognition that Hoyte of the Aerotoxic Association. controllers. The format of ASWP operates although the introduction of highly slightly differently from the other PACTS automated aircraft had resulted in Dr Ken Edgington explained the role of Working Parties in that meetings consist significant improvements in safe and fume events within the cabin and the of a presentation on a topical issue efficient operations, areas of concern possible impacts of exposure. He noted followed by discussion. remained. These areas of concern that a body of research, both EU and UK principally focused on system design and government funded had already been October 2007 operating procedures and training with a undertaken but that the most recent, a fear that high levels of automation could report by the Committee on Toxicity Peter Gray presented to the group on the lead to confusion and/or complacency. published in September 2007, had been topic of the relevance of causal factors in unable to reach a conclusion about the air proximity incidents. The speaker had It was recognised that a number of association between cabin air exposure undertaken a ten year update on analysis systems had already been put in place and ill health. Currently a significant considering this topic and concluded the such as Crew Resources Management research project is being undertaken at occurrence of airproxes centred on the (CRM) and Line Operated Flight Training Cranfield University, for which Professor issue of inexplicable behaviour by air (LOFT) to improve the situation but the Helen Muir is the lead, and the results of traffic controllers, an issue highlighted in GAPAN paper suggested a number of this are to be published in 2009 when it is his initial report a decade previous. defensive strategies which could lead to hoped a test for TCP levels in cabin air It was argued that resaons for airproxes further improvement. These suggestions will be launched. in the UK could largely be attributable to ranged from training in recognising carelessness, complacency and poor unusual wheel positions to implementing John Hoyte, a former Flybe pilot, spoke on supervision amongst air traffic drills and procedures which would provide the topic of ‘aerotoxic syndrome’, an controllers. protection against gross errors arising in illness which he argued arose from the critical areas. The Guild is funding exposure to ‘bleed air’ in the cabin The subsequent discussion considered further studies into the operation of environment. He explained what he issues such as the causes of inexplicable highly automated aircraft at the Flight believed to be the symptoms of this illness, behaviour, direct supervision, Operations Research Centre of Excellence its impacts and possible solutions, such as rationalisation of air traffic terminology, (FORCE) at Cranfield University and filtering the bleed air, returning to non- the role of ‘Pure Luck’ in collision GAPAN also felt that the issue of single bleed technology or installing toxic avoidance and the public’s perception of pilot operations merited further study. chemical detectors on planes. John had the safety of the airspace environment. formed the Aerotoxic Association in June Discussion focused on the need for and 2007 to help those who believed they had viability of a ‘fall-back system’ which been affected by contaminated air. allowed automation to either be turned off or gave the pilot only the most basic and Rebecca Gwilliam vital information. Policy and Campaigns Officer June 2008 Rail Safety Working Party Report (RSWP)

Representatives on the Working Party In June 2008 the Law Commission announced that it will review the law The following bodies are represented on related to level crossings, jointly with the the working party: ASLEF, DfT (observer), Scottish Law Commission. It says that the Office of Rail Regulation (observer), current law is complex, outdated and Imperial College London, Passenger difficult to access, creating problems for Focus, Network Rail, PACTS, Rail regulators, owners and operators, and Accident Investigation Branch, Railway increasing the safety risk for users. It Industry Association, RMT, Rail Safety aims to make recommendations to reform and Standards Board, University of Leeds. the legal framework. A consultation document will be published in mid-2009. This year Railway safety continues to improve.

The Rail Safety Working Party held two The most recent Office of Rail Regulation’s OLIVER CARSTEN, BARBARA SABEY AND JULIAN HILL meetings in 2007-2008. At our first annual Railway Safety Statistical Report meeting we received presentations from shows that – if trespassers, suicides, and Dr Mike Rejman on the railway’s suspected suicides are excluded – the Confidential Incident Reporting and number of railway fatalities in Great Analysis System (CIRAS), and from the Britain in 2007 was 18, which is the Office of Rail Regulation on the latest lowest yearly total on record. More than developments in European railway safety half of these fatalities occurred at level regulation, which increasingly influences crossings, mostly to pedestrians. The year the form and content of domestic also saw the first on-train passenger regulation. fatality since 2004, in the serious train derailment at Grayrigg on 23 February At our second meeting, we discussed the 2007. Department of Transport’s policy development ‘Towards a Sustainable Andrew Evans Transport System’, and the Rail Safety and Chairman Standards Board’s (RSSB) Annual Safety June 2008 Performance Report for 2007. The RSSB’s report is now much more detailed and extensive than the ORR’s, but it is confined to the national network, thus excluding the London Underground and other non-mainline railways. Like the ORR report, it concludes that railway safety is improving. Working Party Reports

Road Environment Working Party Report (REWP)

Representatives on the Working Party As a result of their involvement in the Policy and Research Committee Beacon Council scheme, four authorities and Joint Working Party Meetings The working party comprises members have been selected to undertake the from a broad variety of organisations: investigation of potential to be gained A striking advance during the year urban and rural local authorities from data-led approaches to interventions has been the increase in liaison between (Birmingham City Council, Camden, South on their roads: , Lincolnshire, PACTS working parties. The Policy and Gloucestershire, Telford and Wrekin and Norfolk and Northamptonshire. The Research Committee, which brings Transport for London), professional bodies project will run from 2007 to 2010, with together some of the Directors and such as the IHT and IHIE, road safety an emphasis on both process for selection Working Party Chairmen is already consultants (TMS, TRL and the Stilwell of interventions as well as evaluation of broadening the scope of issues discussed. Partnership) and road user groups (AA, the interventions themselves. The total Additionally a recent joint meeting, British Horse Society, CTC, RoadPeace), funding allocation will amount to £8m involving representatives from all RoSPA and the University of Liverpool. over the three years. Working Parties, has identified wider topics which need to be considered by Topics covered during the year Each of the four will have a different members of different parties together, focus for its work. Devon intends to focus for example, those of Road Environment Rural Safety Management on the detailed analysis of Stats19 data and Road User to discuss the current to assist in accident prevention and to research project. The Working Party has continued to be develop links with the South West Public concerned about the lack of progress in Health Observatory. Northamptonshire Barbara Sabey reducing deaths and injuries on rural will develop a new approach to C class and Chairman roads and in adopting a more consistent unclassified rural roads and Lincolnshire June 2008 approach to rural safety management. It will be working with migrant workers welcomed the research project looking at and on the reduction in roadside hazards. route safety methodologies undertaken in partnership with DfT, CSS and IHT. It The Working Party looks forward to believes that this will offer an important progress reports on the project and to opportunity to review progress and to involvement in the promoting of its identify examples of good practice. results.

In May, the Working Party also received Beyond 2010 – Where Next? a presentation from Barbara King from the DfT about the rural road safety The March Conference was very much initiative. It is unfortunately the case that welcomed by the Working Party as a this is necessary because reductions in development of issues raised in the deaths and serious injuries have been far Beyond 2010 report published in October. lower on rural roads than in urban areas. It provided the opportunity for detailed Deaths on rural roads have fallen by 5% discussion in workshops on widely compared to 16% on urban roads against varying topics relating to drivers, riders, the 1994-98 average. The comparable KSI public health, deprivation and 20mph reductions are 33% in urban areas and speed limits. 29% in rural ones. The follow-up research on the Role of Behaviour Change within Road Safety Policy is progressing well, with Rebecca Gwilliam having explored many relevant data sources and consulted widely. Road User Behaviour Working Party Report (RUBWP)

Representatives on the Working Party The discussion covered five key areas: The discussion on a star-rating system for 1. The regime of training/testing instructors and other changes to the The Working Party is made up of people 2. The competence framework/modular profession revealed more differences of representing RoSPA, Local Authorities approach that was being proposed opinion. Driving instructor industry (Borough of Telford and Wrekin, Leeds City for learning representatives expressed concern that the Council, London Borough of Hounslow, 3. Expansion of the pre-test experience proposed star rating system would be linked Transport for London), AIRSO, IRSO, 4. Instruction and trainers to pass rates. This could potentially be a University departments (University of Leeds, 5. Omissions very misleading assessment of a driving Loughborough University, Surrey instructor’s ability. Driving instructors are University), user groups (British Horse Discussion on the regime of training and faced generally with the problem that Society, British Motorcyclists’ Federation, testing initially posed the question of learners simply want to do as little as CTC, Driving Instructors Association, Motor whether this was the correct choice of possible to pass the test. Attempts to Schools Association of Great Britain,Roadpeace, action. Whilst concern about the level and broaden the experience of the pupil and offer The AA),Norwich Union and the ABI. method of regulation of this was raised, the additional training beyond that required in decision to select an overhaul of the process the test are not financially efficient and lack Achievements during the year of learning to drive was broadly supported. incentive for both the instructor and the The concept of a minimum learning period student. It was agreed that customer service We have had two busy meetings in the last was discussed but was not felt to be justified standards throughout the industry needed 12 months. At the first in February we by the evidence. to be improved and those instructors discussed PACTS’ upcoming evidence to the offering good levels of this should receive Transport Select Committee and the new As regards the modular approach, better star-ratings. A system of feedback research project on “The Role of Behaviour integration of driver training into the should be established throughout the Change within Road Safety Policy”. This education system was popular. Remedial industry. It was also suggested that there focuses on the role of behavioural change training was also felt to be an option that was considerable scope for a greater and the implications of this on successful would be welcomed and successful within examination of data and possibly linking road safety policy, and has its natural the qualified driving population. In the instructors with accident rates instead of “home” with the RUBWP. The project will future it is possible that the driving test will pass rates although this had its own unique review a variety of case studies including become modular with learners able to take set of problems. advertising campaigns, enforcement different sections of the test separately methods and travel planning projects. enabling them to learn at their own pace. The principle areas of omission were felt to Recommendations will then be made on the Similarly, the theory test may be separated be a timetable of action, motorcycles role of behaviour change within road safety from the hazard perception test and indeed (including any changes to the theory test), and policies and strategies which are most some members queried why the theory test the role of parents and the role of insurers likely to improve the efficiency of road could not be taken at any point, even by through providing financial incentives in safety policy within the UK. One focus is on individuals before they had begun to learn getting people to drive and learn better. why people have accepted the rules on drink how to drive. Components on attitudes or driving but not on speeding. situational judgement were thought to have Challenges for the coming year promise. At the second meeting in May, we devoted The major challenge for the next year is to the majority of time to a discussion of the In terms of expansion of the pre-test broaden out the membership of the Working Department for Transport consultation on experience, almost all present felt that it was Party in line with the Objectives, Structure learning to drive. The discussion was vital that learner drivers should experience and Method of Working document, and in preceded by a presentation by Andrew Burr both night-time and bad weather driving particular to include more representation of DfT. The DfT approach is broadly to drive before taking the test. Many drivers were from the public health and environmental up the quality of learning by improving the able to pass the test without ever arenas. driving test so that those who pass are encountering these situations, leaving them much better qualified than is currently the exposed when they experienced them often Oliver Carsten case. It is felt that this will drive up the unaccompanied for the first time. But Chairman quality of the whole training process. solutions were difficult to agree on. June 2008 Working Party Reports

Vehicle Design Working Party Report (VDWP)

Representatives on the Working Party Integrated Safety for Powered understand through the analysis of Two Wheelers accident data due to their mechanical Working Party membership represents a complexities and national variations. It is, variety of organisations: AA Motoring Also at the January meeting, Dr. Richard however, clear that collisions with poles Trust, ACPO, The University of Frampton (Loughborough University) and trees remain a considerable casualty Birmingham, British Motorcyclists' represented the Powered Two Wheeler problem, and a regulatory pole impact test Federation, Brunel University, Integrated Safety (PISa) research project, is under consideration. independent consultants, Cranfield Impact currently underway for the European Centre, Ford Motor Company, the House of Commission. Approximately 16% of EU Vehicle Safety Developments Lords, ITAI, MIRA, ROSPA, Thatcham, road deaths are riders or passengers of TRL Ltd., Traffic Safety Systems and powered two wheelers, and the PISa At the group’s May meeting, Paul Fay Loughborough University. project investigates how active and passive (Ford) gave a presentation on Vehicle safety measures might be integrated to Safety Developments. The group saw that Topics Covered Recently address this problem. The presentation it is no longer possible to make a neat and discussion turned to the motorcyclists divide between many safety systems in Meetings at Loughborough University view and acceptance of the new terms of passive and active safety (January) and the University of technological possibilities. While a new function. Vehicle manufacturers are Birmingham (May) have been well survey demonstrates that motorcyclists aiming for a “virtual seat belt” with more attended. In addition, many members also would, for example, be prepared to active systems that may, to some extent, participated in a successful joint working purchase GPS navigation aids, they take responsibility away from the driver. party meeting held in London. Productive are not always prepared to pay for Discussion occurred about possible discussions have been led by four guest Automated Driving Task Support. information overload and the need for new speakers covering a range of topics in approaches to driver education about use vehicle safety design. As seen for new car technologies, there and function of new in-vehicle safety and is a need to first understand which new other information systems. Intelligent primary safety systems technologies offer best promise for casualty reductions and then inform In January, Professor Pete Thomas drivers and riders about the potential (Loughborough University) outlined benefits that new systems can offer and the need for ways to assess these new how they function. technologies for avoiding collisions. A considerable range of technologies are Side Impacts now, or soon will be, available on vehicles. Examples include lane change warning, A third presentation was made by Ruth collision alert and Intelligent Speed Welsh (Loughborough University) at the Adaption. The role of legislation is not yet January meeting. She provided an update clear and is difficult to define here. Once on recent work by the European Enhanced defined, legislation will have difficulty Vehicle-safety Committee (EEVC) looking keeping up with rapid technology at car side impacts. Side impacts remain developments. Current system safety one of the last challenges where passive evaluation focuses on the early concept or safety measures might yet yield prototype stage, the development stage significant casualty reductions. An and introduction to the fleet. Future Advanced European – Mobile Deformable evaluations are also desirable to predict Barrier (AE-MDB) now allows more future safety benefits for the fleet, and realistic simulation of collisions within the that approach would need to include new modern vehicle fleet in terms of vehicle experimental methods, including stiffness and mass. It was seen that side simulator studies. impact collisions remain a difficult area to The Year Ahead Acknowledgements Vehicle Design Working Party Pete Thomas, An evaluation of best working practice for PACTS would like to thank those who ESRI Loughborough University the group led to the decision to change from spoke at the Meetings. “Research into new technologies and three to two meetings each year to allow accident reduction” smaller sub-groups to form and meet on a Aviation Safety Working Party more regular basis. That approach will Peter Gray Richard Frampton, allow more effective examination of “Comparative study of the relevance ESRI Loughborough University specialist topics and reporting via briefing of causal factors within air proximity “Powered Two Wheeler Integrated Safety” documents. The group recognise the need to incidents” provide advice to Parliamentarians on Ruth Welsh, ESRI Loughborough University current issues and undertook to prepare Captain Roger Gault and Captain Gil Gray “Side impact crashes” briefing papers when and where the need from the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators will be identified. Three specific tasks are (GAPAN). Paul Fay, Ford Motor Company now underway: “Pilot Handling of Highly Automated “Future Active Safety Systems” Aircraft” 1) Research Tracking: The group are PACTS would also like to thank those developing a scheme to undertake Dr Ken Edgington of the Airport Medical organisations who provided meeting a forward looking approach to the tracking Services Ltd and Medical Advisor to the rooms for the Working Parties in 2008. of new research outputs to yield more rapid Air Safety Group and John Hoyte of the evaluation and feedback. Aerotoxic Association. • 3M United Kingdom plc 2) New Technologies in Vehicle Safety “Cabin Air Quality” • ESRI Loughborough University Design: Primarily focusing on active • House of Commons systems, and including Human Machine Road Environment Working Party • Institution of Highways and Interface issues, a sub-group has been Barbara King, Department for Transport Transportation formed and a draft briefing document “Rural Roads Demonstration Projects” • Institution of Mechanical Engineers prepared to track, evaluate and inform on • London Travel Watch developments. Road User Behaviour Working Party • Railway Industry Association 3) Environmental Issues and Vehicle Safety Andrew Burr, Department for Transport • Transport for London Design: The group will be working to “Learning to Drive” • University of Birmingham consider what factors need to be considered to ensure that vehicle safety and Rail Safety Working Party environmental issues complement each Mike Rejman, CIRAS other. “Lessons emerging from CIRAS”

Julian Hill Chairman June 2008 Honorary Treasurer’s Report

As a registered charity, PACTS is required transport safety and support for grants and donations. The breakdown to publish its annual accounts according organisations such as PACTS. from these sources was as follows. to guidance produced by the Charity Subscriptions from over 150 organisations Commission. Both the annual accounts The full statutory statements have been and individuals, amounted to 45% of our and the review of the year by the Trustees prepared and independently examined income, conference fees 25%, sponsorship are submitted to the Charity Commission and were adopted by the Trustees at 20% and grants and donations 10%. and can be viewed on the Commission’s their meeting on July 1 2008. I am glad It remains our intention to retain a varied web-site. The pages that follow this report to report that the report from the income stream to ensure that we do not contain the headline figures for the year independent examiner of accounts was become over-reliant on one source, thereby that I hope will be useful to consult. unqualified. The pages that follow contain placing the security of PACTS in jeopardy. the summary financial statements. We have also over the years been The significance of charitable status in Clearly, I appreciate that these summary fortunate in that our funding streams financial terms is not in the day to day statements may not contain, for everyone, have supported and maintained our running of the charity or in its sufficient information to allow for a full independence since we do not receive fundraising or organisational work. understanding of the financial affairs of funding from government to undertake In considering their stewardship, the the charity. The full statutory financial our work. Trustees must ensure that all of the statements, the examiner’s report and the activities undertaken or considered by Trustees’ report can all be obtained from In terms of expenditure, staff salaries and PACTS are linked to the achievement of the PACTS’ office on request. office costs continue to remain the largest its agreed objective: to protect human life element, accounting for 70% of the total. through the promotion of transport safety As Treasurer, I have always sought to Of the remaining 30%, as I indicated last for the public benefit. ensure that the patterns of income and year, there was a significant sum of expenditure are monitored closely money spent on the preparation and Over the course of the year, the charity throughout the year to ensure that, where publication of the research report “Beyond made a surplus of £5,115 which has been possible, savings are achieved or, at the 2010”. This was published in two formats: added to the reserves. This surplus is once very least, no increases in spending are printed and cd-rom, a decision that again the result of a combination of incurred on the previous year. That may reflected the need to ensure maximum factors: constant focus on keeping costs prove more difficult during the course of coverage for the report. In view of the as low as possible and higher levels of this year as we have just renegotiated our influence that the report has already had subscriptions and sponsorship of events lease at Clutha House and – hardly and continues to have, I believe this to than in the previous year. As a result of surprisingly – the rent is significantly have been money well spent. this surplus, our reserves now stand at higher than in the previous lease. £114,842. This figure is in line with the The physical proximity to Parliament, Finally, my thanks to members for their reserves policy set by the Trustees and however, was an important factor when involvement in PACTS’ work and for reviewed on an annual basis. the Trustees came to consider alternative paying outstanding invoices promptly. accommodation. My thanks also to Gillian and Luan who I have commented in previous years that have, during the year, ensured that the finances of a small organisation such Monitoring of PACTS’ finances is our records were kept up to date and as PACTS leave little room for manoeuvre undertaken by the Trustees (meeting three our payments processed. year on year and certainly no room for times a year) and by the Management and complacency. The Trustees, in reviewing Finance Committee (meeting five times John C Field their reserves policy, remain committed a year). I am grateful to the members of Honorary Treasurer to ensuring that reserves are set at an both these groups for ensuring that our June 2008 appropriate level to cover both foreseen financial structures and processes are and unforeseen circumstances. A subject to scrutiny. reasonable level of reserves is bound, for example, to be sensible during the course This year our income sources remain as in of this year since we have no idea of how previous years: membership subscriptions, the credit crunch may affect work in conference fees, events’ sponsorship and Statement of Financial Activities

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER OF ACCOUNTS STATEMENT TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY

We have examined the summarised statements as set out below.

Respective Responsibilities of Directors and Reporting Accountants

You as directors/trustees are responsible for the preparation of the summary of financial statements. We have agreed to report to you our opinion on the summarised financial statements’ consistency with the full financial statements on which we reported to you on July 1 2008.

Basis of Opinion

We have carried out the procedures we consider necessary to ascertain whether the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements from which they have been prepared.

Opinion

In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2008.

Sargent & Co Reporting Accountants 194B Addington Road Selsdon South Croydon Surrey CR2 8LD Profit and Loss

THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2008

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds Funds Funds 2008 2007 £££ £

Incoming Resources

Subscriptions 103,450 - 103,450 93,991 Voluntary Income 9,145 12,000 21,145 30,538 Conference Fees 56,069 - 56,069 42,246 Sales and other Income 789 - 789 250 Activities for generating funds: Commercial Trading Operations 46,000 - 46,000 36,600 Interest Receivable 6,028 - 6,028 3,567

Total incoming resources 221,481 12,000 233,481 207,192

Cost of generating funds:

Promotion and Publicity 660 - 660 1,607 Costs of generating Trading Income 3,036 - 3,036 2,954 Charitable Activities 201,148 14,383 215,531 174,498 Governance 9,139 - 9,139 7,977

Total resources expended 213,983 14,383 228,366 187,036

Net income/expenditure 7,498 (2,383) 5,115 20,156

Funds transferred (2,383) 2,383 - -

Net movement in funds 5,115 - 5,115 20,156 Total funds brought forward at 1 April 2007 109,727 - 109,727 89,571

Total funds carried forward at 31 March 2008 114,842 - 114,842 109,727 Balance Sheet

THE PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2008

2008 2007 £ £ ££ Fixed Assets

Tangible Assets 1,136 1,762

Current Assets

Debtors 138,671 127,724

Cash at Bank and in hand 124,156 117,429

262,827 245,153

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year (149,121) (137,188)

Net Current Assets 113,706 107,965

Net Assets £114,842 £109,727

Funds

Restricted Funds - -

Unrestricted Funds 114,842 109,727

Non Charitable Trading Funds - -

Members Funds £114,842 £109,727

The financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the Special Provisions of Part VII of the Companies Act 1985 applicable to small companies were approved by the Board on 1st July 2008 and signed on its behalf. Full Membership

PACTS would like to welcome the Gloucestershire County Council Motorcycle Action Group following members who have joined Hampshire County Council Passenger Focus over the last year: Lancashire County Council The AA Leeds City Council The Caravan Club Arval Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership Avon Fire Service Middlesborough Council Corporate Cleveland Fire Authority Norfolk Road Casualty Reduction 3M UK plc Dorset Police Authority Partnership Alcolock GB DriveTech Nottingham City Council Arval Essex Police Authority Somerset County Council Association of Train Operating Companies Esure Surrey County Council BMW (GB) Ltd Gloucestershire Constabulary Transport for London Road Safety Unit BP plc Kent Fire & Rescue Service Transport for London Brigade Electronics LVG Warwickshire County Council British School of Motoring Mouchel West Berkshire Council Britpave Nottingham City Council West Sussex County Council Go-Ahead Group plc Norfolk Road Casualty Reduction DriveTech Partnership Campaigning Organisations Keymed Ltd Pertemps Campaign for Better Transport LVG SpeedCheck Services DriveWise (London) Ltd Mondial Assistance (UK) Ltd West Midlands Fire Service GEM Motoring Assist Nationwide Building Society Wiltshire & Swindon Fire Authority RoadPeace Network Rail Young Marmalade RoadSafe Pertemps Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents Rail Safety and Standards Board Associates Scottish Accident Prevention Council Railway Industry Association Tony Allsworth West of Scotland Road Safety Forum RedSpeed International Professor Richard Allsop Respironics UK Alan Charles Insurance Scania GB Ltd Stephen Collier Association of British Insurers SpeedCheck Services Neil Corre Esure TSS Ltd Professor Andrew Evans Motor Insurers’ Bureau Volvo Car UK Ltd John Field Norwich Union Young Marmalade Roland Graham Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance Tom Hall Thatcham (MIRRC) Legal Ian Hamill The Magistrates’ Association Robert Handley Medical and Health Motor Accident Solicitors Society John Hutchinson ALAC Unit (NHS ) Saul Jeavons British Association for Immediate Care Police and Fire Mark Jones British Medical Association Avon Fire Service Trevor Lord Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine Association of Chief Police Officers Kate McMahon British Transport Police C G B Mitchell Trade Unions & Professional Organisations Chief Fire Officers Association Robert Moreland BALPA Cleveland Fire Authority Linda Mountain Driving Instructors Association Dorset Police Authority Will Murray GATCO Essex Police Authority Peter Russell GoSkills Gloucestershire Constabulary Barbara Sabey Local Authority Road Safety Officers Kent Fire & Rescue Service Melvyn Sears Association (LARSOA) Merseyside Police Michael Selfe Motor Schools Association of Great Britain Ltd Metropolitan Police David H T Smith Railway Forum North Wales Police Vicki Stone RMT Police Federation of & Wales Robert Tunbridge TGWU Police Service of Northern Ireland Richard Walker Police Superintendents’ Association of Research England & Wales Institutions Birmingham Accident Research Centre South Yorkshire Police Association of Industrial Road Safety Cranfield University Staffordshire Police Officers (AIRSO) ESRI Loughborough University Strathclyde Police CSS (County Surveyors’ Society) MIRA Ltd Sussex Police Institute of Road Safety Officers (IRSO) Surrey University Thames Valley Police Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators The Ergonomics Society West Midlands Fire Service Institution of Civil Engineers University of Leeds Wiltshire & Swindon Fire Authority Institution of Mechanical Engineers University of Southampton Institution of Highway Incorporated Transport Consultants Engineers User Groups DBDA Institution of Highways & Transportation Air Transport Users’ Council Jacobs Institution of Lighting Engineers Association of British Drivers Mouchel British Horse Society Risk Solutions Local Authorities British Motorcyclists’ Technica Training Ltd Birmingham City Council Federation Telford Training Consultants Ltd Buckinghamshire County Council CTC The Stilwell Partnership Borough of Telford and Wrekin Green Flag Ltd TMS Consultancy Cheshire County Council Institute of Advanced Motorists Space Syntax City of Bradford London Travel Watch White Young Green Parliamentary Membership

Graham Allen MP Nottingham North Earl Attlee David Amess MP Southend West Lord Berkeley Janet Anderson MP Rossendale & Darwen Lord Bilston Ed Balls MP Normanton Lord Brabazon of Tara Bob Blizzard MP Waveney Lord Bradshaw Peter Bottomley MP Worthing West Lord Brougham and Vaux CBE Tom Brake MP Carshalton and Wallington Lord Chidgey Julian Brazier MP Canterbury Lord Clinton-Davis Richard Burden MP Birmingham Northfield Earl Dundee Liam Byrne MP Birmingham Hodge Hill Earl Erroll Jim Cunningham MP Coventry South Lord Faulkner of Worcester Janet Dean MP Burton Baroness Finlay of Llandaff FRCP Andrew Dismore MP Hendon Baroness Gardner of Parkes Jim Dobbin MP Heywood and Middleton Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen The Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP, Holborn and St Pancras Baroness Harris of Richmond Frank Donohoe MP Central Ayrshire Lord Hanningfield David Drew MP Stroud Lord Higgins Phillip Dunne MP Ludlow Lord Lyell The Rt Hon Gwyneth Dunwoody MP and Earl Mar and Kellie Mark Durkan MP Foyle Lord Montagu of Beaulieu Louise Ellman MP Liverpool Riverside The Rt Hon Baroness Morris of Yardley Paul Flynn MP Newport West Lord Professor Quirk Lord Don Foster MP Bath Baroness Scott of Needham Market Robert Goodwill MP Scarborough and Whitby Viscount Simon James Gray MP North Wiltshire Viscount Tenby Chris Grayling MP Epsom & Ewell Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Damian Green MP Ashford The Rt Hon Lord Trefgarne The Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP Saffron Walden The Rt Hon Keith Hill MP Streatham The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon Geoff MP Ashfield Phil Hope MP Corby Glenda Jackson MP Hampstead & Highgate Barbara Keeley MP Worsley David Kidney MP Stafford Mark Lazarowicz MP Edinburgh North and Leith Tom Levitt MP High Peak Tim Loughton MP East Worthing and Shoreham Ian Lucas MP Wrexham David Marshall MP Glasgow East Eric Martlew MP Carlisle Anne McIntosh MP Vale of York The Rt Hon MP Oldham West and Royton Andrew Miller MP Ellesmere Port and Neston Austin Mitchell MP Great Grimsby Anne Moffat MP East Lothian Michael Moore MP Tweedale, Ettrick & Lauderdale Dennis Murphy MP Wansbeck Dr Andrew Murrison MP Westbury Bill Olner MP Nuneaton Ian Pearson MP Dudley South Eric Pickles MP Brentwood and Ongar James Plaskitt MP Warwick and Leamington Gwyn Prosser MP Nick Raynsford MP Greenwich and Woolwich Linda Riordan MP Halifax Bob Russell MP Colchester Barry Sheerman MP Huddersfield The Rt Hon Clare Short MP Birmingham Ladywood The Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP East Dr Phyllis Starkey MP Milton Keynes South West The Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP Edinburgh East John Thurso MP Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Joan Walley MP Stoke-on-Trent North Nigel Waterson MP Eastbourne Betty Williams MP Conwy Tony Wright MP Cannock Chase The Rt Hon Sir George Young MP North West Hampshire Richard Younger-Ross MP Teignbridge Governance Parliamentary Officers Working Party Chairs

Barry Sheerman (Chairman) Aviation Safety Working Party Labour MP for Huddersfield Co-Chairmen Robert Gifford Founder Member of PACTS in 1981 Executive Director, PACTS Peter Bottomley Professor Richard Allsop OBE Conservative MP for Worthing West Road Environment Working Party Professor Emeritus of Transport Studies Barbara Sabey at the Centre for Transport Studies, Louise Ellman Consultant University College, London Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside Former Head of Road Safety Division, TRL

Dawn Boyfield Road User Behaviour Working Party Director dbda Vice Chairs Professor Oliver Carsten Director of Research John Field David Kidney MP Institute of Transport Studies Honorary Treasurer, Labour MP for Stafford University of Leeds Consultant in Transport Systems Viscount Simon Rail Safety Working Party Report John Plowman Professor Andrew Evans Former Director of Road Safety at the Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Lloyd’s Register Professor of Risk Department for Transport and Company (Resigned November 2007) Management Director Department of Civil Engineering Imperial College London Cllr Judith Rowley Secretary Councillor, Wolverhampton Metropolitan Vehicle Design Working Party Borough Council Barry Sheerman Julian Hill Labour MP for Huddersfield Principal Consultant Dr Harry Rutter Vehicle Safety Research Centre, ESRI, Deputy Director, Loughborough University South East Public Health Observatory

Nick Starling Staff Director of General Insurance, Association of British Insurers Robert Gifford Appointed March 2008 Executive Director

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Gillian Reeves Communications and Conference Manager Why you should become a member of PACTS

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● being able to help make a difference and, more importantly, being seen to be committed to making a difference in transport safety having the opportunity to help develop and influence transport safety policy ● the chance to meet and engage with politicians and senior civil servants ● opportunities to network with other organisations helping to improve safety ● access to wide ranging expertise and research from different modes of relevance to all transport users and providers ● access to a ‘Broad Church’ of leading opinion formers among our current members Plus

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