Motorcycle Safety – Building the Momentum

This presentation will explore the key points that emerged from the Road Safety GB Motorcycle Safety Conference in February 2025, and what these indicated regarding the steps towards safer motorcycling. Measures which need to be incorporated into the Government’s Road Safety Strategy will also be considered - not just practical measures, but areas where knowledge gaps exist and further research is indicated. 

The presentation will also explore motorcycle safety developments over the course of 2025, including a look at what the Road Casualties Great Britain statistics for 2024 tell us.  How motorcycle safety is approached in other countries will also be considered and how these can help inform work in the UK towards motorcycling being fully incorporated into the Safe System.  

But importantly, this presentation will seek to build on the positives that came from the RSGB Motorcycle Safety Conference, with the aim of generating further momentum towards safer motorcycling as part of the future of transport.

Craig Carey-Clinch, Executive Director, National Motorcyclists Council

Craig Carey-Clinch has been active in motorcycling public policy and road safety issues since the early 1990s. After a spell as director of public affairs with the Motorcycle Action Group, he spent 10 years with the MCIA, heading it’s political function before becoming MD of Rowan Public Affairs in 2009, where he continued to represent MCIA on public policy matters and also undertook a number of different projects in the motorcycle world. In 2021, he ended his work for MCIA after being appointed executive director of the National Motorcyclists Council.

Craig has been involved with several motorcycle policy and safety initiatives. These include, among others, the IHIE Motorcycle Infrastructure Guidelines, similar European guidelines, the early period of BikeSafe and the development of the 2005 Government Motorcycle Strategy. He has sat on several government committees and has extensive European and international experience.

Craig also manages the charity Motorcycle Outreach (MoR), which continues the work of former MAG and FEM activist, the late Simon Milward who passed away on a round the world trip in 2005. MoR supports the management of small motorcycles for healthcare workers in developing countries. Craig is also a tour leader for GlobeBusters Motorcycle Expeditions and has led and supported motorcycle groups on six continents. Craig has worked as a motorcycle journalist and was news editor of Back Street Heroes in the 1990s. He has also published articles in several magazines and a book, the ‘Road to Mali’.

Saul Jeavons, Director, Transafe Network

Before becoming a Director of The Transafe Network, Saul Jeavons was formerly Head of Investigations and Risk Management at the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), where his role included responsibility for road safety, collision investigation, and fleet safety teams, as well as on-scene management of rail crash incident teams.

Prior to his time at TRL he was Road Safety Manager of a leading private community safety consultancy having previously worked as an Area Road Safety Officer in a highway authority, also working in the Accident Investigation & Prevention Engineering and Safety Audit team.

Saul holds a BTEC Continuing Education Diploma in Accident and Safety Management, is a Fellow of the Association for Road Risk Management (ARRM). He sits on the Management and Finance Committee of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), and the Council of Management of the Association for Road Risk Management. Saul is also a Mental Health First Aider for Mental Health Motorbike.

Saul has undertaken projects for major multinational clients in the corporate sector, as well as for government departments and other public bodies in the UK and overseas. He has worked in more than 30 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Far East, Central and South East Asia, Australasia and North America, including major projects on road safety policy for organisations including Shell and BP.