dr ian greenwood
@ianmgreenwood.bsky.social
Campaigner to #StopRoadDeath. In memory of my daughter, Alice, killed in an avoidable road traffic collision: forever 12 years old.
I post on road death, road danger and policymaking. Speaker. Writer. Activist.
I post on road death, road danger and policymaking. Speaker. Writer. Activist.
New cars sold in UK could be less safe from US trade deal if current standards are not kept. Has this just happened in UK?
It seems that presented with a political choice to improve vehicle safety or a trade deal, our PM chose to lower them (not protect them) in the trade deal. Is this correct?
It seems that presented with a political choice to improve vehicle safety or a trade deal, our PM chose to lower them (not protect them) in the trade deal. Is this correct?
August 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New cars sold in UK could be less safe from US trade deal if current standards are not kept. Has this just happened in UK?
It seems that presented with a political choice to improve vehicle safety or a trade deal, our PM chose to lower them (not protect them) in the trade deal. Is this correct?
It seems that presented with a political choice to improve vehicle safety or a trade deal, our PM chose to lower them (not protect them) in the trade deal. Is this correct?
➕Which road types have demanded the most political & media debate?
🟰Urban roads (35% deaths) with lots of discourse on 20mph limits & smart motorways (all motorway deaths 5%)
➕Which roads are rarely referenced by politicians & the media?
🟰Rural roads which is where 60% road deaths happen.
🤔🤔🤔
🟰Urban roads (35% deaths) with lots of discourse on 20mph limits & smart motorways (all motorway deaths 5%)
➕Which roads are rarely referenced by politicians & the media?
🟰Rural roads which is where 60% road deaths happen.
🤔🤔🤔
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
➕Which road types have demanded the most political & media debate?
🟰Urban roads (35% deaths) with lots of discourse on 20mph limits & smart motorways (all motorway deaths 5%)
➕Which roads are rarely referenced by politicians & the media?
🟰Rural roads which is where 60% road deaths happen.
🤔🤔🤔
🟰Urban roads (35% deaths) with lots of discourse on 20mph limits & smart motorways (all motorway deaths 5%)
➕Which roads are rarely referenced by politicians & the media?
🟰Rural roads which is where 60% road deaths happen.
🤔🤔🤔
Thank you to @lisasmartmp.bsky.social for asking @heidialexander.bsky.social department when the new strategy to address road death & road danger will be published - the answer -later this year”. Not a whole lot clearer but better than “unlikely to be before 2026” I had been told. #StopRoadDeath
May 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thank you to @lisasmartmp.bsky.social for asking @heidialexander.bsky.social department when the new strategy to address road death & road danger will be published - the answer -later this year”. Not a whole lot clearer but better than “unlikely to be before 2026” I had been told. #StopRoadDeath
Here we go again! ⬇️
Parents, the police and the judge and many other call for #GDL
Gvt still don’t agree, but won’t say why!
#StopRoadDeath #GDL
Parents, the police and the judge and many other call for #GDL
Gvt still don’t agree, but won’t say why!
#StopRoadDeath #GDL
April 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Here we go again! ⬇️
Parents, the police and the judge and many other call for #GDL
Gvt still don’t agree, but won’t say why!
#StopRoadDeath #GDL
Parents, the police and the judge and many other call for #GDL
Gvt still don’t agree, but won’t say why!
#StopRoadDeath #GDL
Imagine a transport system where ‘we’ think almost 5 deaths a day from rail, maritime, or air travel were an acceptable price for rail, maritime or air travel? Thankfully, we don’t have to!
Yet, ‘we’ accept that level of risk for travelling on Britain’s roads …
Go fathom …. !!
#StopRoadDeath
Yet, ‘we’ accept that level of risk for travelling on Britain’s roads …
Go fathom …. !!
#StopRoadDeath
March 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Imagine a transport system where ‘we’ think almost 5 deaths a day from rail, maritime, or air travel were an acceptable price for rail, maritime or air travel? Thankfully, we don’t have to!
Yet, ‘we’ accept that level of risk for travelling on Britain’s roads …
Go fathom …. !!
#StopRoadDeath
Yet, ‘we’ accept that level of risk for travelling on Britain’s roads …
Go fathom …. !!
#StopRoadDeath
As part of a Safe System to #StopRoadDeath safe roads, including maintenance and pot hole repair, need to feature and be connected with road danger and not just vehicle damage or inconvenience. Badly maintained roads can be a contributory factor to death or serious injury. See @metrouk.bsky.social ⬇️
March 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
As part of a Safe System to #StopRoadDeath safe roads, including maintenance and pot hole repair, need to feature and be connected with road danger and not just vehicle damage or inconvenience. Badly maintained roads can be a contributory factor to death or serious injury. See @metrouk.bsky.social ⬇️
After the death of his brother in a RTC & the resulting court case, Ronan Keating also said the outcome was a “devastating example” of “how broken our justice system is”.
And though he referred to Ireland, how many recognise his words if applied to the U.K.? @heidialexander.bsky.social
And though he referred to Ireland, how many recognise his words if applied to the U.K.? @heidialexander.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
After the death of his brother in a RTC & the resulting court case, Ronan Keating also said the outcome was a “devastating example” of “how broken our justice system is”.
And though he referred to Ireland, how many recognise his words if applied to the U.K.? @heidialexander.bsky.social
And though he referred to Ireland, how many recognise his words if applied to the U.K.? @heidialexander.bsky.social
From the recent debate in Parliament on the risk of death or injury from young driver collisions, Greg Smith MP, said “our challenge is what will protect those freedoms, what will protect those opportunities, what will protect those pleasures in a safer way?” He talked about drivers, no one else!
February 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
From the recent debate in Parliament on the risk of death or injury from young driver collisions, Greg Smith MP, said “our challenge is what will protect those freedoms, what will protect those opportunities, what will protect those pleasures in a safer way?” He talked about drivers, no one else!
I couldn’t resist …
February 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I couldn’t resist …
Pleased to support @channel5news.bsky.social raising the issue of reckless speeders - RAC story - truly shocking.
But, we need to be careful to not only focus on this small number of dangerous drivers when 57.7% fatalities have speed as a contributory factor, thus showing it’s a much wider problem!
But, we need to be careful to not only focus on this small number of dangerous drivers when 57.7% fatalities have speed as a contributory factor, thus showing it’s a much wider problem!
February 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pleased to support @channel5news.bsky.social raising the issue of reckless speeders - RAC story - truly shocking.
But, we need to be careful to not only focus on this small number of dangerous drivers when 57.7% fatalities have speed as a contributory factor, thus showing it’s a much wider problem!
But, we need to be careful to not only focus on this small number of dangerous drivers when 57.7% fatalities have speed as a contributory factor, thus showing it’s a much wider problem!
Road death / road danger: We have not had a national strategy to #StopRoadDeath for 15 years - we are told one is on its way, and it will include the Safe System approach; a focus on areas of high risk, including young drivers, and it will be guided by the evidence. If these promises … next …
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Road death / road danger: We have not had a national strategy to #StopRoadDeath for 15 years - we are told one is on its way, and it will include the Safe System approach; a focus on areas of high risk, including young drivers, and it will be guided by the evidence. If these promises … next …