The facts: road safety and sustainable transport

Browse our fact sheets on key road safety and sustainable transport topics. A good place to start is our fact sheet on a safe system approach to road safety, which explains the United Nations-backed approach to tackling deaths and injuries on roads. Brake supports this approach to achieve our vision of a world of transport that is safe, green, healthy and fair. 

For information on our campaigning work on these topics, see our campaigns pages. You can also visit our road safety advice pages, driver survey reports and road safety library. If you’re a fleet professional, see www.brakepro.org for resources and guidance relating to occupational road risk.

Casualties and safe systems

• Safe systems
• Road casualties across the globe 
• Road casualties in the UK (last update: 01/2020)

Safer speeds

• Speed, speed limits and stopping distances (last update: 11/2017)
• Speed in communities (last update: 11/2017)
• Speed on rural roads (late update: 11/2017)
• Speed enforcement

Safer infrastructure and travel choices

• Sustainable and active travel
• Cycling routes and cyclist safety (last update: 09/2016)
• Built up roads and 20mph limits (last update: 10/2016)
• Rural roads  
• Motorways  (last update: 10/2016)
• School crossing patrols (last update: 11/2016)
• Public transport
• Lighter evenings 

Safer vehicles

• Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) (last update: 01/2019)
• Seat belts and seat belt reminders (last update: 10/2016) 
• Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (last update: 10/2016)
• Systems to tackle driver impairment and distraction (last update: 10/2016)
• Driverless vehicles (automated and connected vehicles) (last update: 10/2016)
• Child restraints (last update: 03/2017)
• Passive safety systems for vehicle occupant safety (last update: 03/2017)
• Passive safety systems on cars for vulnerable road users (last update: 03/2017)
• Vehicle maintenance
• Choosing safer vehicles

Cleaner vehicles

• Climate change and air pollution (last update: 03/2017)
• Diesel cars and NOx emissions (last update: 03/2017)

Safer drivers

• Drink driving (last update: 09/2016)
• Drug driving (last update: 12/2016)
• Phone distraction (last update: 11/2016)
• Other driver distractions (excluding phones) (last update: 11/2016)
• Driver fatigue (last update: 11/2016) and sleep apnoea
• Driver eyesight (last update: 11/2016)
• Driver stress
• Young drivers and graduated driver licensing
• Older drivers
• Driver gender (last update: 07/2016)

Safer fleets 

• Overview of work-related road safety
• Truck and bus enforcement (coming soon)

Enforcement and justice

• Road policing in the UK (last update: 08/2016)
• Truck and bus enforcement (coming soon)
• Joy riding
• Foreign drivers
• Death and injury charges (last update: 08/2016)
• Victim support (last update: 11/2016)
• Prosecution process (last update: 11/2016)
• Driver rehabilitation (last update: 08/2016)