RoadPeace, the UK's national charity dedicated to supporting bereaved and injured road crash victims, was set up in February 1992 to meet the overwhelming need for a national organisation to represent and support this huge group of victims and draw attention to their almost non-existent rights.

At the same time, RoadPeace launched the first and only national helpline for road victims - 0845 4500 355 - a Lifeline offering vital information, advice and support on 7 days 12 hours each day, backed up by publications written from the victims' perspective and practical experience of hundreds of cases - on investigations, prosecutions and civil claims. Long-term support and friendship are offered through mailings, local groups, annual events and many joint acts of remembrance.

RoadPeace champions the rights of road crash victims to ensure the trauma they suffer is acknowledged. To this end, RoadPeace researches and documents the experiences of road crash victims, using the findings to inform and influence policy makers, agencies, the media and the public.

RoadPeace also works for real road safety to make the roads safer for everyone. We are co-founders of the Safer Streets Coalition and Slower Speed Initiative. RoadPeace works to reduce road danger and supports its bereaved and injured members in their desire and efforts to have lessons learnt from their tragedies. RoadPeace also draws on the wide range of the population who are aware of the potential risk to themselves, their families and their communities.

RoadPeace also works at international level, cooperating under the umbrella of the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims with road victim organisations in Europe and beyond and the United Nations and World Health Organisation

RoadPeace's vision is for a world in which the lives of those killed and injured on the road are no longer treated by the economy as expendable, by the judicial system as trivial and by society as accidents, and in which road crash victims are no longer treated as third class victims, but as people who have undergone a terrible trauma and who therefore need justice, respect for their rights, care, support and acknowledgment of their loss and suffering.

RoadPeace's vision is for a time where there will be minimal need for any road victim charity's existence, because the risk of road use will have been reduced to that of every day activities, with concurrently improved services and criminal and civil justice for the greatly reduced number of road crash victims.

"Our aim is to support and empower road traffic victims, to monitor the quality of the services they receive, and to stop future generations from becoming victims".

We have adopted the following strategic aims to take us forward from 2006 to 2009:

• Offer high quality advice, information and emotional support services to people in the UK who have been injured in road crashes and to the families whose loved ones have been killed or injured in road crashes.
• Act as a monitor for road victims' rights and the quality of service entitlements; act as an advocate for road victims' concerns and needs and lobby for minimum national standards of collision investigation and provision of medical treatment.
• Campaign for an evidence based approach to road danger reduction, rather than the current body count approach
• Ensure that the road traffic victims' perspective is taken into account and inform the public, the communications media and all relevant policy makers about the true extent of road danger and its impact on the lives of those seriously injured, affected by fatality and on society.
• Offer guidance and assistance to individuals and organisations working to reduce road danger and the suffering of road traffic victims elsewhere, especially low-income countries

RoadPeace Trustees and National Committee 2006/2007

Brigitte Chaudhry (MBE), President/Founder
Cynthia Barlow, Chair
Agnes Saudrais-Hough, Vice Chair
Patricia Bentley, Treasurer
Jeff Baker
Sue Baker
Fred Chappell
Margaret Highton
Peter Salter
Rita Taylor
Ken Williams

Patrons* and Advisors

Nicholas Atkinson QC*
Colin Ettinger*
Dr. Mayer Hillman*
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London*
Dr. Noreen Tehrani*
Dr. James Thompson*
Harry Trusted*
Prof. Ian Roberts
Prof. John Whitelegg
Alastair Hanton
John Stewart
Dr. Narinder Kapur

RoadPeace's Associate Parliamentary Group
For Justice for Road Traffic Victims

Bob Russell MP (Chair)
Earl Patrick Courtown (Chair)
Betty Williams MP (Vice Chair)
Peter Bone MP (Secretary)
134 Members

Company Registered Number

04165519

Charity Registered Number

1087192

Registered Office

Unit 53, Designworks, Park Parade, London, NW10 4HT

Secretary

Peter Salter

Office Staff:

Amy Aeron-Thomas Executive Director
Rita Hare Office Manager/Bookeeper

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