Nicola Tweedie
Principal Advisor -- Suicide Prevention, National HighwaysNicky has over 20 year's experience working for National Highways and has been leading on their Suicide Prevention strategy since 2017.
She leads on the development of new insight into road related suicides, creating National Highways Suicide Prevention Toolkit to enable the business to understand risk and deliver interventions to prevent harm on the strategic road network.
Nicky has been working with the supply chain to improve guidance and reporting to support an industry-wide approach to road related suicide, recognising that everyone has a role to play in suicide prevention.
My Speaker Sessions
Thursday 28 November 2024
10:50
Reducing Suicides on Roads and Bridges
10:50 - 11:15
Bridge Safety
- National Highways has been developing their approach to suicide prevention as part of their road safety ambition.
- Through new research and capability, they have delivered multiple safety improvements across the network with the aim to reduce the number of people who take their own life.
- Working with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, National Highways are developing new guidance which will support those who design roads and bridges to consider suicide risk from the outset.
