Transport Minister to speak at PACTS conference on safer vehicles

Held in partnership with Highways England, TfL, Thatcham Research, Global NCAP, RoadSafe, ETSC and iSAFER, the Safer Vehicles 2016 event takes place on 14 june at the QEII Centre, Westminster, and will cover cars, HGVs, buses and motorcycles with an emphasis on reducing vulnerable road user casualties.

Speakers include:

  • Andrew Jones MP, Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport
  • David Ward, secretary general, Global NCAP
  • Richard Cuerden, technical director for Vehicle Safety, TRL
  • Dr Michiel van Ratingen, secretary general, EuroNCAP
  • Lilli Matson, head of strategy and outcome planning, Transport for London
  • Dr Joanna White, ITS group leader, Highways England
  • Caroline Wallbank, statistician & road safety researcher, TRL
  • Antonio Avenoso, executive director, ETSC
  • Matthew Avery, research director safety, Thatcham Research
  • Iain Forbes, director, C-CAV
  • Jay Parmar, director of policy and membership, BVRLA
  • Tricia Hayes, director general of roads, devolution and motoring, Department for Transport

For booking and further information: http://www.pacts.org.uk/2016/03/pacts-announces-safer-vehicles-conference/

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.