The Foundation 1986-2000
Between 1986 and 2000, the Road Safety Foundation published over 30 reports. In this period, Britain exceeded its target to achieve a 33% reduction in the number of road deaths annually by the end of the century. Britain’s road safety programme became a world model showing how to target action based on research evidence.

The Foundation was Britain’s first NGO (non-governmental organisation) to promote the management of safety as a single system in which priorities on roads, vehicles and driver behaviour are set together. This is now an international norm.

Several Foundation reports broke new ground and provided the basis of new legislation (such as the 1996 New Drivers Act) or governmental policy (such as Foundation research into attitudes to speeding).

The Foundation in the 21st Century
In 2000, the Foundation initiated the award winning European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) – to reduce death and serious injury across Europe rapidly through a programme of systematic testing of risk to identify major safety shortcomings which can be addressed by practical road improvement measures.

In 2003, following the rapid growth of EuroRAP, the Foundation established a Brussels based international not-for-profit association – EuroRAP AISBL - to manage road assessment programmes across Europe.

Financially supported by the European Commission, motoring clubs and the motor industry, the Foundation began a 2-year programme in January 2005 to bring EuroRAP to maturity as a permanent institution for European Road Assessment.

By 2006, assisted by EuroRAP, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has completed its widely supported usRAP pilot programme. And the federal Australian Automobile Association has completed a series of annual reports on its AusRAP programme.

In 2006, the umbrella International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) was formed to promote Road Assessment Programmes internationally. iRAP is now a strategic partner of the World Bank and part of the global movement to Make Roads Safe which is addressing a growing worldwide road death toll which has now reached 1.2. million annually.

Road Safety Foundation Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company number 02069723. Registered office: 60 Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DS, UK