This year’s Northern Ireland Road Safety Awards, which recognise the contribution of individuals and organisations who have worked to improve road safety in their communities, has been launched on Friday 15th September at Applegreen (M1) Southbound, Lisburn.
The awards, now in their ninth year, are organised by Road Safe NI Charity along with headline sponsors, leading accident management firm CRASH Services. A total of 14 categories are on offer and include schools, emergency services, voluntary, public, and private sectors.
Davy Jackson, chairperson of Road Safe NI Charity commented, “We were delighted with the outstanding success and feedback received from the awards from previous years. We now look forward to emulating that with our 2023 nominees. It is vitally important that we properly recognise the hard work and commitment that goes into helping keep our roads safe.”
Emma Duffy, at New Driver Safety Ambassadors commented, “New Driver are proud to sponsor the Education Sector category in this year’s Northern Ireland Road Safety Awards.
We are delighted to continue to support the awards which recognise the contribution of those who have worked to improve road safety in their communities.”
The full list of categories includes: Education; Primary Schools, Education; Secondary Schools, lollipop person, driving instructor, emergency services person, voluntary sector, open category, LGV/PCV sector, public sector, business sector, young driver two wheels, transport manager and lifetime achievement.
Other award category sponsors include Drivetech; from the AA, Charles Hurst Group, Cameramatics, the Department for Infrastructure (DFI), JMK Solicitors, U105, New Driver NI, Applegreen, Hankook Tyres, Riverridge, Traynors and the NI Road Safety Partnership.
Enter the NI Road Safety Awards 2023
The closing date for entries is Friday 28th October and details of how to enter can be found at www.roadsafeni.org or www.crashservices.com or by emailing info@roadsafeni.org
The awards ceremony takes place at Cultra Manor, Belfast on Friday 17th November 2023.
