The organising committee has issued a call for papers for NRSC 2025, and is inviting submissions from road safety practitioners, academics and anyone else interested in presenting at the event.

Background
NRSC is Road Safety GB’s flagship event. For the past two years around 400 road safety professionals have attended, a mix of local authority road safety managers/officers, police and fire & rescue officers.

The conference comprises a Main programme, Fringe programme & a series of workshops. NRSC 2024 featured a total of more than 70 presentations and workshops.

Where possible we are seeking practical presentations with information and ideas that road safety professionals can take away and apply to their day-to-day casualty reduction work.

How to submit
Here’s what we require at this stage:

• A title & brief overview/abstract for the proposed presentation, suggest no more than 250 words.
• A brief speaker biog for the presenter (unless you’ve presented at NRSC before, in which case we will hold your biog & photo)
• Please supply this info to Nick Rawlings by email (nickrawlings@roadsafetygb.org.uk) by 31/3/25.

Themes and topics
We are keen to cover some or all of the following topics at NRSC 2025. However, we are also keen to receive papers for other topics not listed below.

 • Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL)
Despite the evidence from other countries, the government has yet to be persuaded of the benefits of GDL. What can be done to change this situation?

• E-Scooters (& other forms of micro-mobility)
Is it time, despite the safety concerns, for road safety professionals to embrace e-scooters, because of their popularity and the potential benefits they offer as an affordable and sustainable form of transport?

• Young adults on the roads
How do young adults currently use the roads and how might that change looking into the future?

• Reviewing fatal collisions
We’d like to hear from local authorities about the process they use to review fatal collisions, and the benefits that accrue from the process. We are also keen to receive an update on progress with regard to the Road Safety Investigation Branch (RSIB).

• ‘Quick wins’
Are there any quick wins within road safety – simple things that road safety professionals can do to reduce collisions and casualties?

• In-vehicle technology
How can we persuade drivers of the benefits of using Advanced Driver Assistance Systems ie: ISA, lane assist etc – rather than turning these features off?

• AI in road safety
Is there a role for AI in casualty reduction, and if so what?

• Safe System, Vision Zero
We’d like to hear practical examples, from here in the UK and abroad, from road safety teams /partnerships etc that have embarked on their Vision Zero journey – including examples of messaging for the public.

 • International presentations
We’re keen to invite road safety professionals from outside the UK to consider presenting as well as attending.

• Evaluation
We’re keen to receive practical examples of effective and robust evaluation from road safety professionals, including ‘how to’ tips and hints – and things to avoid.

• Speed
What can we do to convince road users of the importance of travelling at safe speeds etc?

• Roads policing (enforcement) & education
Practical examples where enforcement and education have been deployed in tandem – lessons learnt etc

• Speed Dating
We intend to continue with the 'speed dating' session which comprises a series of very short presentations - typically around 5-minutes - usually delivered by practitioners showcasing initiatives that they have, or are currently deploying. Click here to see the presenters who featured in the 2024 speed dating session

As stated earlier, this is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to receive expressions of interest from speakers covering other topics.

Click here to see NRSC 2024 agenda, speakers and topics.

For more information about the call for papers/agenda please contact: nickrawlings@roadsafetygb.org.uk