30 June – 1 July, Oxford Brookes University

Arising from the AHRC-funded project ‘Living in Safety: the Culture of “Safety” and Accident Prevention in Everyday Life in Britain, c.1900-2000’, this two-day symposium will bring together a variety of leading international academics to explore how road safety and mobility cultures have been understood and constructed from the 1880s to the present day. It will demonstrate how road use and road safety are historically and culturally contingent, highlighting the interactions between different road users (including pedestrians, cyclists and drivers) and the roles of technology, regulation and the built environment in producing safe – and unsafe – roads and behaviours.

The symposium is supported by the AHRC and the Economic History Society, and takes place at Oxford Brookes University.

There is no charge to attend but places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. For further details or to reserve a place, please contact Mike Esbester: mesbester@brookes.ac.uk  

Deadline for registration 21 June 2011.