Road to Zero Harm
Road to Zero Harm is our ambitious road safety initiative to realise our vision that no one should be killed or seriously injured on our roads.
Whether you’re travelling to work, visiting family or friends, heading on holiday, or moving goods around the country, we believe everyone deserves to get to their destination safely.
Road to Zero Harm aims to achieve safer journeys, fewer serious incidents, and better outcomes when things go wrong.
Working with partners
This initiative can't be achieved by one organisation alone. That's why we're working with partners across government, emergency services and local authorities, including the Department for Transport (DfT), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), and local authorities through the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), to improve road safety through a Safe System approach.
The approach recognises that different organisations are responsible for different parts of the system, including roads, speeds, vehicles, road users and post-collision response, and focuses action on what each partner can control and influence.
The Road to Zero Harm roadmap
The Road to Zero Harm roadmap sets out how National Highways and our partners will work together to reduce and ultimately eliminate deaths and serious injuries.
Together we are focusing on making the biggest difference to road safety by:
Making our roads safer
- Upgrading safety barriers
- Improving junctions
- Targeting higher-risk routes
Managing speeds
- Making sure speed limits match how roads are designed and used
- Working with partners to improve compliance
- Improving tools and information for road users
Using better data and insight
- Understanding where risk is highest
- Learning from incidents
- Continuously improving how we manage safety
Helping road users stay safe
- Running targeted campaigns
- Providing better information
- Addressing high-risk behaviours with partners
Supporting innovation and learning
- Encouraging new safety technologies
- Understanding how they perform in real life
Improving incident response
- Taking steps to help people get faster, more effective support when incidents happen
Our Road to Zero Harm Roadmap
How we're collaboratively working to eliminate road deaths and serious injuries on the strategic road network
Road to Zero Harm RoadmapHow we’re working towards zero harm
Find out more about the progress we’ve made already, and actions we’re taking to help improve safety across our network.
