The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and leading GCC-based health and safety training provider, SaveFast, have signed a partnership to support and deliver a programme of behavioural driver training
The programme will be delivered through a RoSPA Qualifications Recognised Centre, as part of efforts to increase road safety knowledge and skills among workers in the UAE and beyond.
The partnership agreement was signed by RoSPA president, Baroness Jolly, and SaveFast chairman, Ahmed Al Ansari, at a ceremony in Dubai.
Errol Taylor, RoSPA’s chief executive, who attended the signing, said, “It’s extremely exciting to be strengthening our ties with SaveFast, a company with a fervent commitment to health and safety, as well as an ethos that aligns completely with RoSPA’s.
“Furthermore, we hope that with this agreement, we will see an improved level of road safety within Dubai and the rest of the UAE, and that by developing our safety strategies in unison, we will help contribute to ensuring a safer world.”
The contract was also met with optimism from Ahmed Al Ansari, who said, “Through our partnership with RoSPA, we hope to offer a unique combination of courses, expertise and best practice, that actively contributes to reducing the impact of road accidents on our customers and communities across the region.
“We very much welcome this partnership, and expect to learn from each other as our cooperation deepens.”
Road accidents caused the deaths of 381 people in the UAE in 2021 and injured 2,620 others, according to official figures. While this represented an increase over 2020 figures, when roads were quieter due to lockdowns, fatalities have been falling over the past few years, a factor being the huge efforts being put into road safety initiatives and public awareness campaigns.
