The EuroRAP, TEC and Surveyor Passive Safety Award 2009

The award will be for a major contribution to improving road safety through the design of forgiving roadside. It may be awarded to a road authority for their promotion of a scheme which demonstrates exceptional commitment to the forgiving roadside concept, or to an individual for their personal commitment to the implementation of crash friendly principles.

Any scheme that has been completed during 2007 or 2008 may be entered for the award which is open to entrants from all European countries.

John Dawson, Chairman and Managing Director of EuroRAP AISBL, will make the presentation at Traffex 2009. In addition, the winner will be invited to attend EuroRAP's Technical Committee in May 2009.

The Judging Panel:

• Dr Steve Lawson, Technical Director, EuroRAP
• Andrew Pledge, The Passive Revolution
• Don Waller, Durham County Council, Accident Investigation & prevention & Safety Audit Team Leader
• Ric Staniforth, Director, Mott MacDonald
• David Milne, Editor Designing Safer Roads - A Handbook for Highway Engineers
• Helena Stigson, Road Infrastructure Safety Researcher, Folksam Research and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Lluis Puerto, Road Safety Manager, La Fundacion RACC (Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia), Spain

Closing date for entries is 2nd March 2009.

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Download an entry form.