By John Simpson 15 March 2012
Road safety officers have met in Birmingham today for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' annual Road Safety Seminar to discuss how local authorities can stretch limited road safety resources effectively.
The ‘Practical Evaluation Skills’ event at Maple House in Birmingham city centre will feature presentations from a number of well-respected safety bodies.
Shaun Helman, Principal Psychologist at the Transport Research Institute, will explain how ‘before and after’ studies can be designed and conducted while Stephen Stradling, Professor Emeritus at the TRL, will speak about his practical experiences of evaluation.
Mark Bennett, Technical Support Manager from event sponsors Britax, is expected to point out how evaluating the misuse of child car seats has influenced innovative design.
There will also be an update on the www.roadsafetyevaluation.com website and E-valu-it - a toolkit which helps road safety practitioners evaluate their education, training and publicity (ETP) activities.
Kevin Clinton, RoSPA’s Head of Road Safety, said that the seminars are intended to help road safety professionals to develop their evaluation skills: “At a time when there is significant pressure on road safety budgets, the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of projects has never been seen more clearly.
“Having properly defined aims and objectives for road safety interventions, and then properly evaluating the outcomes, is crucial if limited resources are to be put to the best use.”
Workshops will also help delegates get to grips with writing evaluation questions, setting aims and objectives and producing a logic model, planning and piloting an evaluation.
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