Date: Thursday 11 June 2026

Venue: etc Conference Centre, 11 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3HU

About the conference

The conference is for professionals with an interest in supporting families after a road crash, including police family liaison officers and coordinators and senior investigating officers.

  • Learn more about the specific needs of road victims
  • Find out what excellence in post-crash care looks like
  • Understand how working in partnership can achieve this care
  • See the positive impact on families’ lives when care is delivered well.

Free tickets now available - Book your places today!

The conference is free to attend for anyone working in the police and other emergency services organisations.

If no tickets are available to book, please add your name to the waiting list and we will let you know if more tickets become available.

Please use the link below for free tickets for police and other emergency services only. For all other ticket enquiries, please email us at events@brake.org.uk.

The conference is for every professional with an interest in supporting families after a road crash, including:

  • Police (family liaison officers and coordinators, senior investigating officers)
  • Fire and rescue services
  • Ambulance services, nurses, GPs, other medical professionals
  • Charities that support injured road victims or bereaved adults or children
  • Trauma counsellors and therapists
  • Mental health and child services
  • Crisis responders
  • Academics in the field of psychological trauma or sudden bereavement.

Why should you attend?

Support for adults and children who have been bereaved or suffered catastrophic injury in a crash is an essential humanitarian response. It’s vital that decisions about road victim care are based on sound evidence, to ensure that support provided meets the needs of families facing shock and devastation, safeguards vulnerable victims and achieves wellbeing goals.

Who runs the After the Crash Conference?

After the Crash 2026 is organised by Brake, the road safety charity. Brake runs the National Road Victim Service, providing emotional and practical support to anyone who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash.

Read more about what happened at last year's conference.

After the Crash sponsors

After the Crash 2026 is delivered in partnership with our sponsors Alderstone Solicitors, Hodge Jones & Allen, Horwich Cohen Coghlan (HCC) Solicitors, Irwin Mitchell, JMW Solicitors and Slater and Gordon.

Click here to read about our sponsor partners.