Organisation: The Road Safety Trust
Date of Publication: March 2026
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 31 March 2026
Since its establishment, 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.
Through its grant-making work, the Trust has funded both nationwide and local initiatives aimed at reducing deaths and serious injuries on the roads, focusing on evidence-based approaches and innovative practices.
In 2025, the Trust commissioned an independent evaluation of its grant-giving activities, with the aim of assessing real-world impact, understanding its contribution to national road safety outcomes, and exploring lessons learned for future practice.
It found that over the past ten years, the Trust has built a large, practical evidence base by funding projects that span many aspects of road safety and that, crucially, this research and knowledge had been designed to be shared with road safety professionals to be used and deployed in practice.
The evaluation also highlighted the Trust as a catalyst in an important area of public health, frequently backing research and interventions that go on to improve road safety and save lives.
It concluded that over the past ten years The Road Safety Trust has made a significant positive difference to road safety outcomes in the UK.
Click the following link to view the full report:
https://www.roadsafetytrust.org.uk/impact-study-2026