AA Motoring Trust

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The AA Motoring Trust is a trust created in 2002 to continue the non-commercial roading and road safety activities of the AA after its demutalisation and sale. The AA Motoring Trust receives funding from the Automobile Association and has a licence to use the AA brand.

The AA Motoring Trust is governed by a board of up to 15 members with half of its members appointed by the Automobile Association it shares a similar history to the RAC Foundation.

The AA Motoring Trust was created by the AA to champion the interests and safety of Britain's road users. At the heart of its work is research and information on road safety, particularly to protect children.

The charity's work includes:

Mapping Britain’s safest and least safe major roads
Crash testing new cars
Crash testing child car seats
Research showing how, where and when children are injured on the roads
Research into children’s attitudes to road safety to enable better teaching
Inspecting road tunnel safety equipment.

The AA Motoring Trust sponsors and commissions research and provides advocacy, advice and information across the field of motoring, roads and transport and the environment.

Through research and publicising its findings, the charity's objectives are to increase the understanding of:

Road safety and road maintenance and development
Automobile design, safety and maintenance
Causes and prevention of road traffic accidents
Protection of the environment
Social aspects of automobile use and transport generally.
Safeguard lives by promoting public safety, in particular:
Road safety and road maintenance and development
Safety in automobile design and maintenance
The design of other modes of transport
Safe practices for all road users including motorists, passengers and pedestrians.

The research experts of The AA Motoring Trust contribute to:

Government policy making
Key national and international working groups developing the future of motoring
Parliamentarians seeking expert briefing to form their manifestos and scrutinise legislation
Industry developing new ideas for safer and better motoring
Police, local authorities and government agencies wanting advice on best practice.

The AA Motoring Trust research programme content has led it to become the foremost commentator on motoring matters sought by the media.

External links

[The AA Motoring Trust website]

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