There is a long history of interventions focused on equipping young and novice drivers with the skills they need to remain safe.

This presentation will consider which of these have been most effective, including how they may fit into the wider licensing system.

Dr Shaun Helman, Chief Scientist & Jill Weekley, Principal Evaluation Consultant, TRL (both)

Jill Weekley is a Principal Evaluation Consultant at TRL with 20 years’ experience working in transport. During her time at TRL she has led projects in a range of areas, most recently focusing on driver behaviour and the evaluation of behaviour change interventions in different contexts, such as driver training and licensing, new technologies and interactions with other road users and road infrastructure - with the aim of improved road safety. 

She has significant experience in the management and delivery of large-scale impact evaluations, leading both Driver2020 – a nationwide randomised controlled trial involving 28,000 young and novice drivers – and several evaluations of the national behaviour change courses for driving offences.

Dr Shaun Helman is a cognitive psychologist who has been involved in researching road safety and driver behaviour for more than 15 years.

He is particularly interested in the links between driver behaviour and safety outcomes such as collisions and injuries, and in high-risk groups such as young and novice drivers, those driving for work, and motorcyclists.