Agenda

Date: Thursday 19 June 2025

Venue: etc venues, 11 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3HU

8.30am - Registration

9.00am - Conference begins

  • Keynote presentations
  • Road victims' perspectives
  • Best practice in road victim care
  • Panel session: Where investigative needs meet cultural differences
  • Case studies from Brake's National Road Victim Service
  • The importance of debriefing
  • Brain changes after trauma
  • Plus strategic updates, time to reflect, and much more!

4.30 pm Conference closes


After the Crash in 2024

Here's some information about what happened at the conference last year to whet your appetite...

On Tuesday 14 May, Brake, the road safety charity, hosted its second After the Crash conference to showcase excellence in post-crash care.

More than 200 people from the police, emergency services, legal sector and other organisations that support families bereaved or seriously injured from road crashes gathered to learn more about the specific needs of road victims and excellence in post-crash care.

Read more about what happened at the conference.

Delegates observe a one minute silence to reflect and remember road victims
Delegates observe a one-minute silence to reflect and remember road victims
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Bereaved road victims Frank Hough (left) and Calvin Buckley (centre) talk to Brake caseworker Vicky Leadbeater about their experience following the death of Frankie Jules-Hough and her daughter Neeve

After the Crash 2025 is organised by Brake, the road safety charity. Brake runs the National Road Victim Service, which supports hundreds of families every year who have been bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes.

After the Crash sponsors

After the Crash 2025 is delivered in partnership with our sponsors Alderstone Solicitors, Hodge Jones & Allen, Horwich Cohen Coghlan (HCC) Solicitors, Hugh James, Irwin Mitchell, JMW Solicitors and Slater and Gordon.

Click here to read about our sponsor partners.