PRESS RELEASE June 2026
The answer’s in the museum – Redspeed calls for revival of ‘forgotten’ motorcycle safety solutions
Redspeed International has published the second in a year‑long series of thought leadership articles from CEO Tom Duckham, focusing on practical ways to make motorcycling safer worldwide. Headline and context Titled “Is it time we revived forgotten motorcycle safety solutions to protect riders today?”, the new piece argues that some of the best motorcycle safety thinking from the last two decades is lying unused in project archives instead of saving lives on today’s roads.
Building on last month’s call for smarter speed enforcement to protect vulnerable riders, Duckham highlights that powered two‑wheeler users still represent a disproportionate share of road deaths, despite forming a small fraction of total traffic in Great Britain and many other countries.
Key themes from the article
A central example is the European Safer Urban Motorcycling (eSUM) initiative, which developed robust, transferable guidance on safer infrastructure, rider training and communications, only to be largely forgotten once project funding ended. Duckham also points to UK‑based schemes such as purpose‑designed road markings on high‑risk bends and post‑test training rooted in real crash causation, where proven concepts were piloted but never fully embedded or scaled.
Tom’s call to action:
The article calls for three main actions:
- creating a living global library of motorcycle safety practice
- funding “revival trials” of proven but neglected interventions
- building cross‑sector coalitions with motorcycling at the centre of road safety decision
Duckham argues that modern enforcement technology, data platforms and analytics give today’s policymakers the tools to evaluate and adapt earlier work far more rigorously, turning forgotten ideas into sustained casualty reduction for riders.
To read Tom Duckham’s latest reflections, please use this link.
Notes to Editors
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