Sessions at Traffex
Wednesday 21 May 2025
10:30
Keynote Panel: How Can We Track Progress en Route to Vision Zero?
10:30 - 11:10
- Vision Zero requires robust benchmarking and measurement frameworks.
- Key performance indicators (KPIs) must reflect progress across infrastructure, technology, and behaviour.
- This panel will discuss meaningful benchmarks, addressing diverse contexts, accountability and targeted interventions.
Speakers
11:40
Panel: Making the Best Use of Data for Road Safety
11:40 - 12:20
Data
- Explore how data insights can identify road safety hotspots and inform targeted interventions.
- Discuss innovative data-driven solutions to reduce collisions and improve road user safety.
- Examine the challenges and opportunities in collecting, sharing, and analysing road safety data.
Speakers
13:45
Panel: Leveraging Digital Twins For a More Integrated, Efficient and Resilient Transport System
13:45 - 14:25
Digitisation
Speakers
Moderator
14:00
Panel: Cross-Sector Strategies to Improve Drainage, Prevent Hydroplaning, and Combat Pollution
14:00 - 14:40
Drainage
Pollution
- This panel explores cross-sector collaboration to improve drainage systems and mitigate flood risks.
- Experts will discuss strategies to prevent hydroplaning and enhance road safety during adverse weather.
- The discussion will also address integrated approaches to combat pollution from highway runoff.
Speakers
Thursday 22 May 2025
10:00
Small, Sustainable and Safe?: Micromobility through a Safety Lens
10:00 - 10:20
Active Travel & Public Transport
- Delving into the complex safety landscape surrounding e-scooters, e-bikes, and other emerging micromobility modes.
- The session will examine current safety data, exploring collision statistics, rider behaviour, and infrastructure challenges.
- What are best practices for regulation, infrastructure design, and user education? With the aim being to to maximize the benefits of micromobility while minimizing risks.
10:50
Panel: Embedding the Safe System Approach from Individual to National Level
10:50 - 11:30
Speakers
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Elizabeth Box Research Director RAC Foundation
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Suzy Charman Executive Director Road Safety Foundation
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Darren Divall Regional Road Safety Manager Transport for West Midlands
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Matt Staton Head of Consultancy Agilysis
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Justin Ward Head of Policy and Technical Practice Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation