Agenda

Date: Thursday 11 June 2026

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

8.30am - Registration

9.00am - Conference begins

  • Keynote presentations
  • Best practice in road victim care
  • Road victims’ perspectives: Hear from bereaved road victims as they talk about how the support they received after a crash helped their recovery
  • Panel session: Supporting children and young people
  • How experience shapes us: Road safety professionals talk about past events that have influenced their career
  • The importance of debriefing
  • Plus strategic updates, time to reflect, and much more!

4.30 pm Conference closes


After the Crash in 2025

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

On Thursday 19 June 2025, Brake, the road safety charity, hosted its third 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.

A photograph of two women in chairs on stage at a conference having a conversation. One woman has her back to the camera, and the other looks upset.
Bereaved road victim Violet Atkinson spoke to Brake caseworker Sarah Harrison about her experience following the death of her son Steven
An older woman speaking at a lectern at a conference.
Host Ruth Purdie OBE, UKROEd, addresses the audience at the After the Crash Conference 2025

After the Crash 2026 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 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.