Road safety awards

Celebrating and recognising our road safety advocates and heroes.  

Every year we host and participate in awards ceremonies to celebrate the work being done in the area of road safety. Recognising our country’s often unsung road safety heroes is so important to encourage and promote safe behaviour and action on our roads. 

Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition road safety award 2026

The Road Safety Authority award 2026 was presented to Adam Krska, Owen McGee, and Ryan Boyle  (pictured below) of Rosses Community School in Donegal for their project: 'Testing Irish Seaweed as a Low Cost, Eco-Friendly Absorbent for Road Oil Spills'.  Teacher: Kevin Boyle

Every year we present an award at the Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for projects that cover a road safety or related topic. We find it heartening that young people continue to engage hugely with road safety awareness and have come up with ingenious projects and solutions to keep everyone safe on our roads. 

View the 2026 Road Safety Entrants

Student Media Awards for road safety journalism  

Every year we sponsor a specialist award for journalism relating to road safety at the annual Student Media Awards ceremony (also known as the Smedias).  It is presented to recognise the best written, published or broadcast piece of journalism on road safety issues in any medium – such as television, radio, internet, digital or otherwise – by a third-level student in Ireland.