Brake, the road safety charity

Brake is a national road safety charity, founded in 1995, that exists to stop deaths, serious injuries and pollution on roads, and to care for families bereaved and injured in road crashes.

Brake campaigns for safe and healthy roads through seeking government policies and investment to end the carnage, and through projects that help communities, schools and employers promote safe and pollution-free streets locally. Brake is the national provider of care and support to victims of road crashes and their families through the National Road Victim Service, helping families cope with the shock, turmoil and devastation that road crashes cause families across the UK every day.

Our vision is a world where no one is killed or hurt on a road and we can all move in a safe and healthy way, whoever we are and however we travel. As well as campaigning for safer streets and supporting road victims, we run campaigns and educational programmes to help organisations learn about and manage their road risk. We also deliver the UK Fleet Champions Awards to celebrate best practice in road safety at work.