Agenda
| Opening session |
Managing Road Safety as a Health & Safety Issue Mel Clarke – Director of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, National Highways |
National Highways Role in Improving Work Related Road Risk Sheena Hague – Director of Road Safety, National Highways |
Vehicles don’t crash, People do Mark Cartwright – Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National HighwaysDOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT |
Causation of Fatal Collisions Involving Commercial Vehicles Matt Staton, Head of National Road User Safety Delivery, National HighwaysDOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT |
Incident investigation toolkit Kevin Elliott – Partner, Womble Bond DickinsonDOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT |
| Second session |
Driver roadworthiness – what’s under the bonnet Glen Davies, Managing Director, The Driver HandbookDOWLOAD THE POWERPOINT |
The role of occupational health to support driver health Nick Pahl, CEO, Society of Occupational MedicineDOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT |
Targeting Drowsy Driving for Safer Drivers, Safer Roads: Technology to Culture and Back Again Clare Anderson, Professor of Sleep and Circadian Science, University of BirminghamDOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT |
| Afternoon session |
Psychological Safety: Lessons from Healthcare and Aviation![]() Tom Geraghty, Founder & CEO, Iterum Ltd |
Railway staff safety – breaking a tradition of 150 years Rupert Lown, Chief Health and Safety Officer, Network Rail |
After the Crash: Lessons learned or cycle repeated? Saul Jeavons, Director, The Transafe Network |
| Panel discussion: Learning from other sectors Panellists: Rupert Lown, Chief Health and Safety Officer, Network Rail; Saul Jeavons, Director, The Transafe Network; Tom Geraghty, Founder & CEO, Iterum Ltd Chair: Anne-Marie Penny, Senior Road Safety Policy Adviser, National Highways |
Closing Thoughts Meera Neeran MBE, Independent Road Safety Campaigner |


Mel Clarke – Director of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, National Highways
Sheena Hague – Director of Road Safety, National Highways
Mark Cartwright – Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National Highways
Matt Staton, Head of National Road User Safety Delivery, National Highways
Kevin Elliott – Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
Glen Davies, Managing Director, The Driver Handbook
Nick Pahl, CEO, Society of Occupational Medicine
Clare Anderson, Professor of Sleep and Circadian Science, University of Birmingham
Rupert Lown, Chief Health and Safety Officer, Network Rail
Saul Jeavons, Director, The Transafe Network
Chair: Anne-Marie Penny, Senior Road Safety Policy Adviser, National Highways
Meera Neeran MBE, Independent Road Safety Campaigner