“A year of real progress and renewed energy across the Road Safety Community.”

At this year’s Project Edward Parliamentary Reception, organised under the banner of “promoting best practice in road safety”,
representatives and partners from the road safety community, including the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF), gathered to discuss and reflect on what had been achieved during 2025 on the path towards Vision Zero; an ambitious strategy to deliver safer roads, speeds, vehicles and behaviours through a collaborative “Safe Systems” approach to road safety.

In a keynote speech, host Andy MacNae MP said that the Government’s soon to be published new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade, will be an important moment that will support and increase the ambition to deliver Vision Zero. He said that it was not acceptable to accept “business as usual” in the road safety sphere. Fundamental to achieving Vision Zero, will be a fresh approach to road safety that brings together communities, government and road safety partners to share best practice and deliver safer roads for all. This would be a key focus of the Government’s future road safety approach.

Paul Morgan CBE, the BMF’s Government Relations Executive, who attended this year’s reception on behalf of the BMF and National Motorcyclists Council (NMC) said:

” Project Edward has been successful in delivering a collaborative approach amongst road safety partners to promoting best practice
in road safety. The Government’s new Road Safety Strategy, needs to build on this work and set out a clear vision to deliver safer roads for all.

Motorcyclists remain amongst the most vulnerable of road users and the Government’s new strategy needs to fully address the unacceptable number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads each year.”

Written by Helen Hancock

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