The Road Safety Trust: A decade of impact

April 1, 2026

The Road Safety Trust has played a pivotal role in improving road safety across the UK, awarding over £12.3 million to 124 projects in its first decade.

Grants support a diverse range of national and local projects, with a focus on evidence-based approaches and innovation to reduce deaths and serious injuries on UK roads.
In 2025 the Trust commissioned SYSTRA to conduct an independent evaluation of its grant-giving activities, with the aim to assess its real-world impact, understand its contribution to national
road safety outcomes, and explore lessons learned for future practice.

Through the logic of The Road Safety Trust’s Theory of Change, strong evidence for the Safe System, and the Impact Evaluation Study it was concluded that The Trust has made a significant positive difference to road safety outcomes in the UK.