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Review 2005

Contents 

04 Michael Schumacher interview 

08 Think Before You Drive 12 Forests for F1 14 Motor Sport Marshals 

01 Introduction - 

Rosario Alessi, 

Chairman 

02 Overview - David Ward, 

Director General 

04 Safety Champion: 

Interview with 

Michael Schumacher 

06 Keeping Up The Pressure 

- Global Road Safety 

08 Think Before You Drive 

10 Think Before You Drive 

- The Story So Far 

12 Forests for Formula One 

14 Motor Sport Marshals 

16 The Road Inspectors 

18 International Policy 

Forum 2005 

20 Activities Roundup 

22 Abridged Accounts 

36 Board of Trustees and 

Staff

Introduction - Rosario Alessi, Chairman 

Strong partnerships are at the heart of the work of the FIA Foundation. We 

are fortunate to enjoy valuable links with our membership of automobile clubs 

across the world, and the many committed campaigners and researchers in 

these motoring organisations ensure that the FIA Foundation’s activities are 

rooted in local knowledge and realities. 

Our international partnerships are equally vital. In the area of road safety our continuing cooperation with the 

World Health Organisation and other United Nations agencies is paying dividends through greater efficiency 

and focus in how the international community tackles road traffic injuries. In the environmental field the FIA 

Foundation is proud to support the United Nations Environment Programme’s Partnership for Clean Fuels and 

Vehicles, leading the campaign for a cleaner environment across the developing world. 

In 2005 the FIA Foundation has also been working in partnership with Bridgestone Corporation on a worldwide 

road safety advice campaign, ‘Think Before You Drive’. We are grateful for the support of the Ferrari Formula 

One team, and in particular Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, in helping to bring the messages of 

this campaign to the widest possible audience. 

Our 2005 Review reflects the vitality and range of all these partnerships, and on behalf of my fellow trustees I 

would thank every individual and organisation who has worked with the FIA Foundation to deliver our charitable 

objectives this year. 

Rosario Alessi 

Chairman 

FIA Foundation 

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King Juan Carlos II of Spain meets the FIA Foundation crash test dummy at the launch of Think Before You Drive

Overview - David Ward, Director General 

Maintaining momentum in global road 

safety through international and 

local action has been the central 

theme of the FIA Foundation’s activities 

in 2005. 

We have played a leading role in the new United 

Nations Road Safety Collaboration, mandated by the 

UN General Assembly in 2004, which brings together 

all the major stakeholders in global road safety. This 

body has identified key road injury ‘risk factors’ as a 

priority for collective action and the FIA Foundation is 

involved in developing the practical tools needed to 

tackle road traffic injuries. 

These risk factors are also at the heart of the FIA 

Foundation’s global campaign ‘Think Before You 

Drive’, in partnership with Bridgestone Corporation 

and automobile clubs. Seat belt use, drink driving 

and speed are all factors covered by the three year 

campaign, which has so far been launched in several 

countries in Europe and southern Africa, and in Brazil 

with the additional welcome support of Shell. 

The FIA Foundation has continued to enable groundbreaking 

research through our grant programme. The 

effectiveness of high visibility clothing in reducing injuries 

amongst motorcyclists in Malaysia; the potential 

for new vehicle technologies to prevent crashes; 

and the development of safety protocols for child restraints: 

just some of the ongoing research projects 

which should demonstrate real benefits for road safety, 

and sit alongside our continuing support for car 

crash tests and independent highway assessments. 

Active in environmental policy, the FIA Foundation 

has funded emissions testing of new cars by the 

ADAC and an evaluation of fuel efficiency policies by 

the European Conference of Ministers of Transport. 

We continue to devote significant resources to motor 

sport safety through the new FIA Institute for Motor 

Sport Safety, which is managing an exciting portfolio 

of technological research, as well as leading practical 

safety and medical training for the officials and volunteers 

who are essential to ensure motor sport events 

are enjoyable and safe. 

More details on the projects and issues highlighted 

in Review 2005, and information on all the FIA Foundation’s 

activities, can be found on our website www. 

fiafoundation.com 

David Ward 


FIA Foundation 


Road Safety Champion 

Seven times Formula One World 

Champion Michael Schumacher tells 

the FIA Foundation why road safety is 

so important to him. 

Q: Why are you concerned by road safety? 

A: I was shocked to learn that more than 1.2 million 

people are killed every year on the roads. That is more 

than three thousand people every day. Or think of it 

another way – it’s the equivalent of the entire crowd at 

a Formula One race being killed every month. Casualties 

are still rising steeply in many parts of the world 

and are predicted to almost double in some developing 

countries. So we can and should all do more to 

prevent these tragic deaths and injuries. 

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Q: You have been supporting the FIA Foundation’s 

Think Before You Drive campaign this year. 

Why do you think the campaign is important? 

Q: One of the key messages of the campaign covers 

seat belt use. Can you explain why seat belts 

are so important? 

A: I have been very pleased to support this campaign 

at several Grand Prix races, and I was always 

open to support similar campaigns in the years before. 

The messages are simple but essential: wearing 

seat belts, using head restraints correctly, checking 

tyre condition. As a professional racing driver I know 

that my safety is the first priority. I always follow these 

basic safety measures on the track and on the road. 

But there are millions of people who probably never, 

or rarely, think about these things. If I can in a way 

help them, or remind them, that has to be a good 

thing. 

A: As a Formula One driver, I know that my seat belt 

is vital to keep me safe in a race. As a car driver, 

I know that my seat belt is just as vital to keep me 

safe on the road. If I have a collision my seat belt can 

make the difference between life and death. It´s as 

simple as this. 

Child seats are also vital. Children should always be 

safely restrained in a suitable car seat or seat belt. 

That is the least you can do to protect them in a 

car. 

“My seatbelt can make the difference between life 

and death. It’s as simple as this” 

Q: As a racing driver you are associated with high 

profile, high speed driving. Are you really an appropriate 

figurehead for a road safety campaign? 

A: Road safety is a vital concern for everyone. As a 

professional racing driver, I demand and expect the 

highest possible safety standards in my racing car 

and on the track. We should all expect the same attention 

to safety in our cars and on our roads – and 

we should be well aware about the difference of moving 

on a racing track or on normal streets. 

It is also important to stress that every driver, even 

Formula One world champions, can make mistakes 

and every driver should be aware of their limitations 

and not take risks. It is a particularly important message 

for young male drivers who are most at risk on 

the road and also the biggest fans of motor racing. If 

I can help to make just some of these people listen to 

road safety messages and think about then and act 

on them, then my participation in the campaign will 

be worthwhile. 

Q: Tyres are a vital safety component that are often 

overlooked and neglected by drivers. How important 

is tyre maintenance? 

A: On the race track, as anyone who has followed 

Formula One this season will know, the performance 

of tyres can make the difference between winning 

and losing, and is also vital for safety. On the road, 

the performance of your tyres could make the difference 

between living and dying. 

You need to check tyres regularly, at least once a 

month. Check the tyre pressure, check the condition 

of the tyres, make sure there are no cracks or tears 

and the tread depth is okay. That´s already it. 

Q: Another message of this campaign is that 

head restraints play an important role in preventing 

whiplash injuries. What advice can you give 

about this? 

A: In Formula One we take neck protection very seriously. 

All drivers wear the HANS system for head 

and neck protection, which has helped to reduce or 

prevent a lot of injuries. 

Head restraints in passenger cars play an equally 

important role. Whiplash is a very common and very 

painful injury. Adjusting your head restraint so that the 

top of the restraint is level with the top of your head, 

and as close as possible to the back of your head, 

can help prevent these injuries. You should check 

your head restraint every time you get in the car. 

Q: You’ve talked about rising traffic deaths in developing 

countries. But the trend in the rich industrialised 

countries – including most of the places 

that host grand prix meetings – has been falling 

deaths and injuries for decades. Do you think 

there is still a need for this kind of road safety 

campaign in Europe, Australia or the US? 

A: You can never be complacent about safety. That is 

as true on the race track where we are probably the 

most heavily regulated drivers in the world, as on the 

road. Too many people are still being killed, even in 

the countries with the best safety records, like UK and 

Sweden. So the messages of this campaign; on tyre 

safety and seat belts, but also on speeding and drink 

driving, need to be heard and understood. 


Keeping Up The Pressure 

A new alliance is being forged to tackle the 

hidden epidemic of global road traffic injuries. 

The UN Collaboration is the first of its kind for road safety, mandated 

by a 2004 UN General Assembly resolution to bring together key 

players from a range of sectors including health, road safety, child 

protection and transport. 

The Collaboration, coordinated by the WHO, includes all five UN 

regional economic commissions and other UN agencies such as 

UNICEF, as well as a number of NGOs – including the FIA Foundation. 

Topping the agenda: how the group can effectively work for global 

road safety 

The outcome: an action plan to address the core road crash ‘risk 

factors’, as identified by the WHO/World Bank world report on road 

traffic injury prevention. These include non use of seat belts or motorcycle 

helmets, inappropriate speed and drink driving 

Thousands of lives could be saved if only countries with poor road 

safety records have access to information, experience and initiatives 

that can help them to tackle the causes of road traffic injuries. 

So a series of best practice road safety manuals are now being developed 

based on the FIA Foundation’s highly successful Seat Belt 

Toolkit. These guides will be targeted primarily towards road safety 

policy makers in those middle and low income countries that bear 

the highest burden of road casualties. 

“We are perfectly aware of the immensity of the challenge and the 

implications’, says Jose Capel Ferrer, Director of the Transport Division 

of the UN Economic Commission for Europe. “But I am confident 

that we have contributed to success in road safety in other 

countries, and that we can also succeed at the global level. We are 

ready to cooperate with the WHO and with other regional commissions 

in tackling this problem and we are firmly committed to do 

whatever we can”. 

Raising political awareness of road safety will be vital if the practical 

tools now being developed are to be accepted and used by governments 

across the world. To that end, the UN Road Safety Collaboration 

is backing the first ever UN Global Road Safety Week, in April 

2007. 

The coalition for global road safety is keeping up the pressure for 

international action on road traffic injuries. 


Think Before You Drive 

What do a globetrotting crash test dummy, the 

world’s most famous motor racing team and the 

King of Spain have in common? 

The answer: they have all backed the Think Before You Drive campaign, 

a worldwide road safety initiative led by the FIA Foundation 

and Bridgestone Corporation, together with motoring organisations 

across the globe, which aims to raise awareness of simple road 

safety measures, like using a seat belt or reducing speed, that can 

help prevent, or potentially reduce the injury severity of, a crash. 

The messages of Think Before You Drive are consistent with many 

of the key ‘risk factors’ identified by the WHO / World Bank World 

Report on road traffic injury prevention in 2004, and which are now 

the focus of activity for the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration. 

The campaign, announced by FIA President Max Mosley and Bridgestone 

President Shigeo Watanabe at the Geneva International Motor 

Show in March 2005, was launched at the Spanish Grand Prix in 

Barcelona with a high profile press conference attended by Ferrari 

Formula One drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. 

The campaign gained its first royal endorsement when King Juan 

Carlos II of Spain stopped to chat with the Think Before You Drive 

crash test dummy, who acts as the campaigns ‘road safety expert’. 

The campaign was launched in seven European countries during 

the summer of 2005, with automobile clubs in each country taking 

the messages of Think Before You Drive out on the road, to shopping 

malls, exhibitions and town squares. Millions of safety advice 

booklets were distributed, often with the active support of local traffic 

police. Safety experts from Bridgestone checked tyre pressures and 

condition at a number of locations. At several Formula One grand 

prix events, press briefings have been held with Michael Schumacher 

and Rubens Barrichello, whose commitment to publicising road 

safety has ensured widespread media coverage. 

Africa got in on the act in September, with the campaign launching 

in Kenya and Mauritius. Automobile clubs in Uganda, Mozambique, 

Ghana and Botswana are also participating during 2005, while the 

Automobile Association of South Africa kicked off its major campaign 

in October 2005. 

The campaign took to the streets of Brazil in September, with a 

launch by the Automobile Association of Brazil in Sao Paulo, followed 

by events at the Interlagos circuit during the Brazilian Grand 

Prix. China, Australia and and a number of Asian, Central and South 

American countries are set to join in 2006. 

‘Think Before You Drive’ – coming soon to a street near you! 


Think Before You Drive...The Story So Far 

Geneva Motor Show 

March 2005 

Global Launch - Spanish Grand Prix 

May 2005 

FIA President Max Mosley 

and Bridgestone CEO 

Shigeo Watanabe 

announce a partnership for 

road safety, Think Before 

You Drive. 

Ferrari Formula One stars 

Michael Schumacher and 

Rubens Barrichello launch the 


campaign with the Royal 

Automobile Club of Catalonia 

(RACC). 

King Juan Carlos II of Spain 

backs Think Before You Drive 

as he meets our crash test 

dummy, the icon of the 

campaign. 

 

 

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Austria 

June 2005 

United Kingdom 

July 2005 

Spain 

July 2005 

Vienna’s Baby Expo is the 

launch site for the Austrian 


campaign, led by Austrian 

automobile club, OAMTC. 

The crash test dummy 

dispenses advice to parents. 

Police officers check out the 

FIA Foundation seat belt 

slide at the British Grand 

Prix. Hundreds of thousands 

of booklets are distributed 

via motorway service station 

Moto, in a campaign spearheaded 

by the RAC 

Foundation. 

The start of the summer 

holiday getaway is the cue 

for the Royal Automobile 

Club of Spain (RACE) to 

advise on seat belt use, 

launching Think Before You 

Drive with the Spanish 

Directorate-General for 

Road Traffic. 

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Germany 

August 2005 

Hungary 

August 2005 

Belgium 

September 2005 

Bridgestone’s road safety 

teams check tyre pressures 

at shopping centres around 

the country as national 

sporting hero Michael 

Schumacher kicks off the 

German campaign, led by 

German auto club AvD. 

Rubens Barrichello briefs 

journalists in the Bridgestone 

motor home at the 

Hungarian Grand Prix at the 

start of the nationwide 

campaign organized by 

Magyar Autoklub (MAK). 

Cycling hero Eddy Merckx 

joins Michael Schumacher 

at Spa to support the Royal 

Automobile Club of Belgium 

(RACB) in promoting Think 

Before You Drive. Belgium’s 

traffic police are also 

mobilised to support the 

campaign. 

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Italy 


Kenya 


Brazil 


Rubens Barrichello briefs 

journalists at Monza, in 

advance of the Automobile 

Club of Italy’s (ACI) launch 

of its Think Before You Drive 

campaign at an international 

road safety conference in 

October. 

In a country which can ill afford 

the human and 

economic cost of road 

crashes, transport minister 

Chris Murungaru supports 

David Njoroge, Director of 

the AA of Kenya, in 

promoting the vital road 

safety messages of Think 

Before You Drive. 

Local hero Rubens 

Barrichello teams up with 

fellow F1 driver Tiago 

Monteiro in Sao Paulo, to 

drive home the message of 

the Automobile Association 

of Brazil’s campaign. 

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Forests for Formula One 

Tackling global warming requires international 

treaties, lifestyle changes, complex technology 

and political determination. 

But farmers in Mexico have a role to play too. 

Carbon emissions from two motor sport championships, Formula 

One and the World Rally Championship, are offset through humble 

tree planting in the province of Chiapas, in southern Mexico, in a 

project supported by the FIA Foundation. 

Carbon emissions from the transportation and racing associated with 

the championships’ season is calculated by climate change experts 

from Edinburgh Climate Change Management (ECCM). The FIA 

Foundation then purchases sufficient carbon sequestration credits 

to offset this carbon footprint. Carbon sequestration works by storing 

“captured carbon” in trees and woody vegetation as woody biomass 

which then releases oxygen into the atmosphere. 

The carbon sequestration project Chiapas, known as ‘Scolel Té’, was 

established with support from the UK Department for International 

Development, and is recognised by the Mexican and US Governments, 

and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 

The local community is central to the project and has organised a 

community assembly to ensure the forestry and agro-forestry activities 

that are part of the project are planned by local people and 

respond to local needs. Farmers on the project have benefited by 

being able to establish new forests on unproductive or deforested 

land. 

“We have organised the use of the land in our community much 

better”, says local farmer Domingo Hernańdez Jimeńez. “We have 

now defined areas of damaged forest to be restored and have also 

established a protected area around the springs that provide water 

to the community. Most of us are also changing the way we cultivate 

our land, we have stopped burning the brush and straw and have 

started to make barriers to conserve the soil. We have seen that 

these things work and that the crops are producing more now”. 

It is hoped that carbon sequestration through projects such as this 

will provide a useful contribution as part of a broader climate change 

strategy. The project has been cited as a model for responsible carbon 

sequestration by forestry, with one of its principle benefits being 

the developmental support provided to local foresters in a region 

experiencing high levels of poverty and childhood malnutrition. 

And the FIA Foundation is in good company in its support for carbon 

sequestration. Other purchasers of Scolel Té carbon credits have 

included the World Economic Forum and rock bands Pink Floyd and 

Coldplay. 


Motor Sport Marshals 

They are the unsung heroes of every motor sport 

event, from glamorous Formula One grand prix 

to local car rally: the safety marshals. 

Race marshals play a vital role in ensuring that motor sport events 

are safe and enjoyable, for both drivers and spectators. Now the 

FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety is working to raise the training 

standards of safety officials across the world. 

One of the major goals of the new FIA Institute is to foster improvements 

in motor sport safety through maintaining the training of officials, 

circuit and race personnel in safety procedures, practice and 

use of equipment. 

As part of this process, the FIA Institute launched the first pan-regional 

safety training seminar for motor sport officials in Venezuela 

earlier this year. Currently training for motor sport marshals and 

safety officials tends to be undertaken by local national sporting authorities. 

Training methods can vary widely from country to country. 

Some are of the highest quality whilst others do not meet optimum 

safety levels, especially in regions that have relatively little experience 

of hosting motor racing events. 

The seminar, which took place over three days in Caracas, sought 

to bring together the national associations of NACAM - representing 

North America, Central America and Mexico – into one forum that 

would raise motor sport safety standards across the whole region. 

The idea was to improve safety in the participating countries to the 

levels expected by the major motor sport markets. The ultimate objective 

is to save lives. 

Attended by around 70 senior motor sport officials across the fourteen 

countries of NACAM, including countries such as Mexico, Costa 

Rica, Puerto Rico and Cuba, the seminar shared the motor sport 

safety knowledge and expertise of experienced motor racing officials 

with the participants, who are then expected to take that knowledge 

back to their home countries and educate their own members. 

It is hoped that these seminars could ultimately lead to the creation 

of centres of best practice for training marshals in each region of 

the world. These centres would ensure that safety standards are 

at optimum levels in every country that hosts even the most minor 

motor racing event and not just those regions with a rich motor sport 

heritage. 

For the FIA Institute, it is one more step towards raising safety standards 

for motor sport worldwide. 

For more information on the work of the FIA Institute for Motor Sport 

Safety, which is funded by the FIA Foundation, see 

www.fiainstitute.com. 


The road inspectors 

How safe are the roads you drive on? 

These days we all expect five star safety standards from our cars, 

and the role of human error in causing traffic collisions is well known. 

Less appreciated has been the importance of safe road design in 

preventing or reducing the impact of crashes. 

But now the spotlight has been turned on road design, thanks to a 

dedicated team of road safety experts who have developed the concept 

of the Road Assessment Programme (RAP), with funding from 

the FIA Foundation, the European Commission, Toyota and ACEA. 

The risk of death or crippling injury can vary tenfold on different roads 

in the same country. The public, politicians and road engineers must 

be able to see clearly where the roads with unacceptably high risk 

are - and be guided to what can be done to put them right. This is the 

aim of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), an 

initiative led by motoring organisations around the world, supported 

by major national road authorities. 

Beginning with EuroRAP, the iRAP team has provided the first independent, 

consistent safety ratings of roads across European borders. 

Already thousands of road stretches across Europe have been 

assessed. 

Simple risk mapping shows where the high risk roads are. And 

sometimes the cost of saving lives can be as little as the paint to 

provide clear road markings, so that drivers can read the road, or 

safety fencing to stop people being killed time after time by hitting 

the same trees close to the roadside. 

Euro RAP also aims to stimulate competition in providing the safest 

roads. With EuroRAP, road engineers can see clearly how well - or 

badly - their roads are performing compared with others both within 

and outside their own countries. And the public can see how quickly 

- or not - high risk roads are being fixed. 

The methods developed through EuroRAP are already being applied 

in Australia and piloted in the USA, with FIA Foundation support. 

The Australian Automobile Association has formed the Australian 

Road Assessment Programme (AusRAP) and published its first 

report in November 2004 mapping the risk of casualty crashes on 

the rural links of the Australian National Highway System. 

In the US a pilot programme inspired by EuroRAP is currently being 

carried out by the AAA Foundation with a view to help create public 

support for higher funding to upgrade data systems and make road 

safety improvements. The pilot programme has adopted EuroRAP 

protocols whilst adapting them to the US. 

The next challenge will be to translate the RAP risk mapping and 

design protocols to countries with greater road traffic injury problems 

than the developed West. The potential rewards from safe 

road design, in terms of lives saved and injuries prevented, could be 

counted in the hundreds of thousands. 


International Policy 

Forum 2005 

A crashed car stands in the forecourt of Quince 

Orchard High School, Washington D.C. 

Once driven by a former pupil, it stands as a sombre warning of the 

dangers facing young, inexperienced drivers. 

It is 16-24 year olds who are the biggest at risk group in terms of 

road traffic crashes. For this age group car crashes are the leading 

cause of death. In OECD countries alone it is estimated that over 

9,000 16-24 year olds were killed in 2003. Measures to reduce their 

risk was the focus of the FIA Foundation’s 2005 Policy Forum, held 

in Budapest. 

Discussion at the annual Policy Forum, held in Budapest, centred on 

the types of risks encountered by young drivers, why young drivers 

are most at risk; the need for better support and training both pre 

and post driving licence; and initiatives taken by automobile clubs to 

mitigate the risks to young drivers. 

John White, Head of the OECD / ECMT Transport Research Centre, 

outlined the key elements that put young drivers at risk as being age 

and physiological development, inexperience, and the increased 

likelihood of young drivers undertaking high risk activities such as 

speeding, driving at night, driving under the influence of alcohol and 

driving without wearing a seat belt. 

Other expert speakers including Nick Sanders, from the International 

Commission of Driver Testing Authorities (CIECA), and Anders 

Nyberg, from the Swedish National Road and Transport Research 

Institute, spoke of the role of post licence training as an effective 

way of supporting young and novice drivers during the vulnerable 

post-licence period. 

The Forum also heard about initiatives undertaken by the automobile 

clubs to improve safety for young drivers. Susan Pikrallidas from the 

American Automobile Association (AAA) described the successful 

campaign for a graduated driver’s licence, an initiative which thanks 

to AAA is now law in every State in the US. In stark contrast Petro 

Kruger from the AA South Africa spoke of the obstacles South Africa 

faces in terms of achieving effective driver licensing and training. 

Beate Pappritz, from German automobile club ADAC, presented an 

initiative to highlight to young drivers the risks of alcohol impaired 

driving. Anne Morphett, a policy advisor to the Australian club NRMA, 

described some of the marketing techniques used to communicate 

road safety messages to young people. 

An edited transcript of the Policy Forum is available from the FIA 

Foundation and via www.fiafoundation.com. 


Activities roundup 

FIA Foundation backs India’s first mobile Crash Lab 

Nine people are killed and 39 are injured on India’s 

roads every hour yet the causes of 80 to 90% of road 

crashes in the country are never known. 

These are the statistics that inspired the Institute of 

Road Traffic Education (IRTE) in Delhi to develop 

India’s first mobile collision investigation and analysis 

laboratory, or “Crash Lab”, which was unveiled in 

Delhi in January 2005. 

Co-funded by the FIA Foundation, the Crash Lab is a 

vehicle equipped with a hi-tech camera and computer 

software which is used to investigate the causes 

of a crash. The IRTE team are transported to the 

scene of a collision where they get to work collecting 

data on where the vehicle has been hit, marks that 

have been left on the road, injuries to occupants, the 

construction of the road and the traffic patterns of the 

spot where the crash occurred. The data is then fed 

into the computer and a 3 dimensional picture is 

prepared. 

President of the IRTE, Rohit Baluja, says the 3D images have provided major benefits to the police and road 

safety authorities in their investigations of the causes of crashes. The crash lab is currently being used as part 

of a risk assessment of the Delhi-Mumbai highway. 

Road Safety films 

Two new advocacy films have been issued by the FIA Foundation. ‘Think Global: moving road safety forward’ 

details recent developments in global road safety at the United Nations; the focus on key injury ‘risk factors’ 

with reference to experience in India, Costa Rica and the US; and the FIA Foundation’s Think Before You Drive 

campaign. ‘India: improving road safety at street level ‘ features Delhi, a city grappling with rapid traffic growth 

and a heavy injury toll. Both films, produced by Richard Stanley Productions, can be viewed on the FIA Foundation’s 

website www.fiafoundation.com 

Guide on post injury care published by WHO 

The Crash Lab at its launch in Delhi 

A handbook on pre hospital trauma care has been published by the World Health 

Organisation, with the support of the FIA Foundation, NHTSA and CDC. A guide 

for policymakers, the handbook focuses on establishing pre hospital trauma 

care systems in middle and low income countries. According to WHO estimates, 

every year approximately 5 million people worldwide die from injuries, with road 

traffic injuries the leading cause of death. 


Participating in policymaking 

The FIA Foundation is working alongside government officials from a number of countries on two OECD expert 

working groups, examining road safety strategy and speed management respectively. The Foundation also 

continues to be an active participant in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations and the 

Working Party on Road Traffic Safety, both at the UN-ECE in Geneva. A report for the European Conference of 

Ministers of Transport (ECMT) on the effectiveness of transport policies for CO2 reduction is being co-funded 

by the FIA Foundation. The report will be published by ECMT in 2006. 

Wheels to work? 

A new report on the role of transport in improving access to employment for socially excluded communities is 

published by the FIA Foundation in autumn 2005. The Transport & Social Exclusion report examines transport 

projects in California, the UK and France to assess what type of transport provision offers value for money and 

is effective in helping disadvantaged people obtain and keep jobs. The report was researched by the Universities 

of Westminster, Paris and California. 

Costa Rica claims 58% seat belt rise 

Front seat belt wearing rose by 58% as a result of the seat belt 

awareness campaign and new legislation introduced in Costa 

Rica. The survey results, updating a pre-campaign survey, demonstrated 

the effect of high profile advertising coupled with police 

enforcement and media coverage of the issue. Formula One star 

Juan Pablo Montoya visited Costa Rica on behalf of the FIA Foundation 

in December 2004 to promote the findings of the campaign 

evaluation. Maintaining these improvements in seat belt 

compliance will be the next challenge. 

Seat belts in South Africa …and India 

Juan Pablo Montoya visited Costa Rica 

The FIA Foundation’s crash test dummy icon was used as the mascot for a major seat belt awareness campaign 

in South Africa over the 2004/05 New Year summer holiday. Information packs based on the crash test 

dummy and educational materials from the FIA Foundation’s seat belt toolkit were distributed at petrol stations 

in the campaign led by the AA of South Africa. The campaign was also supported with adverts on radio stations 

and features in large circulation magazines. The FIA Foundation’s short animated films, featuring the crash test 

dummies, were later shown on TV channel SABC2 during 2005. 

The FIA Foundation’s seat belt toolkit was also the subject of a high level seminar in India. The workshop, held 

in January 2005, was organised by the Indian Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) with the support of the 

Indian Government, and brought together police and transport officials from across India to discuss strategies 

for improving use of motorcycle helmets and seat belts. The FIA Foundation’s Director General, David Ward, 

participated in the workshop. 

For more information about our activities, visit www.fiafoundation.com 


FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society 

Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2004 

These summarised accounts, which are not the charitable company’s statutory accounts, may not contain sufficient 

information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity. For further information, 

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should be consulted. Copies of these accounts can be obtained, free of charge, from the FIA Foundation for 

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We confirm that the extracts are a summary of information relating to both the Statement of Financial Activities 

and Balance Sheet from the annual accounts. The annual accounts were approved at the Board of Trustees 

meeting on 29 June 2005. The independent auditors’ report, as given on 29 June 2005 by Grant Thornton UK 

LLP. on the full accounts was unqualified. 

Signed on behalf of the Trustees 

J Dawson 

29 June 2005 

Statement of the Independent Auditors to the trustees of the FIA Foundation for the 

Automobile and Society 

We have examined the summarised financial statements of FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society for 

the year ended 31 December 2004. This report is made solely to the trustees. Our work has been undertaken 

so that we might state to the trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors’ statement 

on summary financial statements and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not 

accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the trustees, for our work, for this report, or for the opinions 

we have formed. 

Respective responsibilities of trustees and auditors 

The trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with the recommendations 

of the Charities SORP. Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency 

of the summarised financial statements with the full financial statements and trustees’ report. We also read 

the other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications for our report 

if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial 

statements. 

Basis of opinion 

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 1999/6 ‘The Auditors’ Statement on the Summary Financial 

Statements’ issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. 

Opinion 

In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements and trustees’ 

report of FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society for they year ended 31 December 2004. 

GRANT THORNTON UK LLP, REGISTERED AUDITORS, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, OXFORD 

29 June 2005 


Statement of Recognised Gains and Losses 

For the year ended 31 December 2004 

Note 

Total for the year 

ended 

31 December 

2004 

Total for the 

year ended 

31 December 

2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

Incoming resources 

Donations 866 - 

Investment income 8,463 8,167 

Total incoming resources 9,329 8,167 

Resources expended 

Costs of generating funds: 

Investment management fees 1,302 1,025 

1,302 1,025 

Charitable expenditure: 

Grants 1 5,479 5,561 

Other charitable expenditure 2 2,018 2,479 

Management and administration 3 1,169 1,520 

8,666 9,560 

Total resources expended 9,968 10,585 

Net (outgoing) resources for the year (639) (2,418) 

Other recognised gains and losses 

Realised losses on investment assets (25,568) (7,476) 

Other realised gains/(losses) 293 (1,493) 

(25,275) (8,969) 

Net income and expenditure (25,914) (11,387) 

Unrealised gains 15,270 31,591 

Net movements in funds (10,644) 20,204 

Total funds brought forward at 1 January 2004 340,693 320,489 

Total funds carried forward at 31 December 2004 330,049 340,693 


Extract from the Notes to the Financial Statements 


1. Charitable expenditure 

All the charitable expenditure in the year related to unrestricted funds. Charitable expenditure in the year 

comprised. 

Total Total 

2004 2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

Grants 5,479 5,561 

Other direct charitable expenditure 2,018 2,479 

7,497 8,040 

Material grants made to institutions were as follows. Each recipient received one grant, although this may 

have been paid over in more than one tranche. All grants made to institutions were restricted to the purpose 

for which the grant was approved. 

Key 

+ FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society member organisation 

* Other related party 

FIA – Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile 

AAA – AAA Foundation 

AAFRSR – AA Foundation for Road Safety Research 

AAMTTL – AA Motoring Trust Trading Limited 

ACEA – European Automobile Constructors Association 

ACI – Automobile Club d’Italia 

ACP – Automobile Club of Portugal 

ADAC – Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V. 

AIT – Alliance Internationale de Tourisme 

CIK – Commission Internationale de Karting 

ECCM – The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management 

EuroNCAP – European New Car Assessment Programme 

GRSP – Global Road Safety Partnership 

FFAC – Fédération Français des Automobiles – Clubs et Usagers de la Route 

JAF – Japan Automobile Fédération 

IRTAD – International Road Traffic Accident Database 

MC – Mercury Consulting 

MSI – FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety 

RAC – RAC Motoring Services 

RACE - Real Automovil Club de Espana 

SAAA– South African Automobile Association 

SW – Strong Words Limited 

TRL – TRL Limited 

UN – United Nations 

UN-ECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 

WHO – World Health Organisation 


Name of recipient Project name Amount granted in the year 

2004 2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

AAA Translation of Safety Information - 40 

AAFRSR / TRL European Road Assessment Programme * - 300 

AAFRSR/EuroRAP International Road Assessment Programme * 250 - 

AAMTTL 

Automobile and society development of the 

transport database and website* 

140 - 

ACEA/BMW De-coupling - 10 

ACI International Road Safety Exhibition * + 75 100 

ACI MoVe conference * + 25 25 

ACP Mobility for All – ACP Centenary conference + - 10 

ADAC Eco-test * + 100 100 

ADAC Safe Road Tunnels * + 100 - 

AIT Traffic Education Contest * - 25 

CIK/FIA Emissions testing of Kart engines * 65 - 

Daimler Chrysler Motor Sport Safety Research Programme - 368 

ECCM Climate Change Programme 125 125 

FFAC Road safety achievements in France * + 60 - 

FIA Motor Sport Safety Fund * - 2,389 

FIA/AIT Tunnel Safety Campaign * - 100 

JAF Impact of legislation on rear seat belt use * + 29 - 

Johns Hopkins Public health interventions for motor cycle safety in 

University 

the developing world 

87 - 

JST/British Council Road safety fellowship programme* 28 - 

MSI 

Motor sport safety research and support for safety 

interventions* 

3,300 - 

NPACS Harmonised Test Programme for Child Seats - 100 

Chris Jones and Global Technical Regulation for “On Road 

RAC 

Diagnostics” 

- 35 

SAAA Major Causes of Road Crashes + - 14 

SW/MC Vehicle Engineering Consultancy - 450 

UN-ECE Road Safety Week 2004 - 20 

University of 

Belgrano, Argentina 

Masters in Road Safety - 25 

University of Nairobi Road safety interventions in Kenya 60 - 

University of 

Westminster 

Mobility and Economic Access - 100 

Vehicle Safety 

Research Centre 

Accident Data Recorders – Seminar and Report - 10 

WHO 

Traffic Injury Prevention in Low and Middle Income 

Countries 

500 500 

WHO World Health Report - 200 

Wirth Research E-Safety 90 90 

Memberships and affiliations: 

EuroNCAP The European New Car Assessment Programme 220 415 

FIA Forum for the Automobile and Society 5 - 

GRSP Global Road Safety Partnership subscription 10 10 

IRTAD IRTAD database 10 - 

Australian NCAP Australian NCAP 150 - 

UN Partnership for Cleaner Fuels 50 - 

Total 5,479 5,561 


2. Other direct expenditure 

Year 

ended 31 

December 

2004 

Year ended 

31 December 

2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

Internally managed projects: 

Seat belt safety and road safety campaigns 367 740 

Sharing Responsibility for Safer Roads - 96 

Auto and Society Report - 315 

Transport and Social Exclusion - 42 

Project monitoring costs - 249 

UN and regional commissions 65 - 

Global Road Safety Index 81 - 

Forum for the Automobile and Society subscription 5 - 

IRTAD subscription 4 - 

Australian NCAP subscription 150 - 

External Representational Activities (UN, UN-ECE, EU etc) 159 98 

Internal working groups 44 36 

International policy forum 128 - 

External communications 70 42 

1,073 1,618 

Grant and project support costs: 

Salaries 528 479 

Social security 83 80 

Pension 44 35 

Health Insurance 6 2 

Insurance 37 - 

Rent and rates 48 51 

Property costs and maintenance 22 - 

Telephone 18 4 

Postage and stationery 18 5 

Travel and subsistence 68 85 

Computer sundries 16 34 

Bookkeeping, accountancy and audit fees 8 21 

Legal and professional - - 

Subscriptions 2 30 

Staff training - 1 

Sundries 1 5 

Depreciation 34 - 

Donation 1 - 

Bank interest 2 - 

Bank charges 9 29 

945 861 

2,018 2,479 


3. Management and Administration Expenditure 

Year ended Year ended 

31 December 31 December 

2004 

2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

Salaries 304 348 

Social security costs 36 40 

Pensions 29 35 

Health Insurance 6 9 

General insurance 26 38 

Indemnity insurance 46 58 

Rent and rates 9 13 

Property costs, repairs and maintenance 232 238 

Telephone 14 22 

Postage and stationery 30 41 

Travel and subsistence 30 53 

Trustees’ expenses 139 92 

Web site design and maintenance 11 2 

Computer sundries 19 50 

Bookkeeping, accountancy and audit fees 24 63 

Legal and professional fees 18 76 

Subscriptions 5 7 

Staff training - 9 

Sundry 3 13 

Depreciation 124 106 

Loss on disposal of assets 19 - 

Bank charges 2 2 

Irrecoverable and disallowable VAT 43 205 

1,169 1,520 


Balance Sheet at 31 December 2004 

2004 2004 2003 2003 

As restated As restated 

€ 000’s € 000’s € 000’s € 000’s 

Fixed assets 

Tangible assets 4,963 2,840 

Investments 316,025 335,036 

320,988 337,876 

Current assets 

Debtors 3,607 3,036 

Cash at bank and in hand 9,935 3,440 

13,542 6,476 

Creditors: amounts 

falling due within one 

year 

4,481 3,659 

Net current assets 9,061 2,817 

Total assets less current 

liabilities 

330,049 340,693 

330,049 340,693 

Income funds 

Unrestricted funds: 

Designated funds 893 686 

Other charitable funds 

329,156 340,007 

330,049 340,693 


Cashflow Statement and Notes for the year ended 31 December 2004 

Year ended 

31 December 

2004 

Year ended 

31 December 

2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s € 000’s € 000’s 

Net cash (outflow)/inflow 

from operating activities 

4 

(1,010) 426 

Capital expenditure and 

financial investment 

Purchase of tangible fixed 

assets (38) (237) 

Purchase of quoted 

securities 

(204,423) (177,472) 

Sale of tangible fixed 

assets 

1 - 

Sale of fixed asset 

investments 219,921 171,851 

Net cash inflow/(outflow) 

from investing activities 

Increase/(decrease) in 

cash 

5 & 

6 

15,461 (5,858) 

14,451 (5,432) 


Cashflow Statement and Notes 


4. Reconciliation of changes in resources to net cash flow 

2004 2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

Net outgoing resources (639) (2,418) 

Depreciation 158 106 

Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets 19 - 

Donated tangible fixed assets (828) - 

(Increase)/decrease in debtors (577) 1,051 

Increase in creditors 857 1,687 

Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities (1,010) 426 

5. Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in funds 

2004 2003 

€ 000’s € 000’s 

Increase/(decrease) in cash in the period 14,451 (5,432) 

Effects of realised foreign exchange gains/(losses) 297 (1,607) 

Effects of unrealised foreign exchange gains/(losses) 2,794 (199) 

Movement in net funds 17,542 (7,238) 

Net funds at 1 January 2004 4,639 11,877 

Net funds at 31 December 2004 

22,181 4,639 

6. Analysis of changes in net funds 

At 

At 1 January 

Exchange 

Cash flows 

31 December 

2004 

movement 

2004 

€ 000’s € 000’s € 000’s € 000’s 

Cash at bank 3,440 6,505 (10) 9,935 

Cash held as part of investment 

portfolio 

1,199 7,946 3,101 12,246 

4,639 14,451 3,091 22,181 


Financial Policies 

Investment policy 

The FIA Foundation has the power to deposit or invest funds not immediately required for its purposes in, 

or upon, such investments, securities or property as the trustees may think fit. The trustees may invest only 

after obtaining advice from a financial expert. The trustees have the power to delegate the management of 

investments to a financial expert but must review the performance of the investments regularly. 

The principle objective of the investment policy is to seek total return in the long term in order to provide for 

real increases in annual expenditure while preserving the charities capital base in real terms. This is to balance 

the needs of both current and future beneficiaries and therefore the assets are invested for long-term 

returns rather than to maximise short-term income. 

The FIA Foundation manages it investments by comparing returns achieved on each portfolio to set benchmarks 

for each manager on a quarterly basis. During the year the Investment Committee performed an 

extensive review of the performance of the investment managers which resulted one mandate being revoked 

and one new mandate awarded. 

The Investment Committee also started an extensive review of the charity’s investment strategy and arrangements 

which is ongoing. The results of the review will be incorporated into the investment strategy during 

the forthcoming year. 

Reserves policy 

The long term objective of the Trustees is to preserve the capital base in real terms for as long as this is 

practicable whilst meeting the needs of the beneficiaries at a sustainable level. 

To date the level of income received from the investment portfolio has only been sufficient to cover budgeted 

administration and programme expenditure for the following year. The objective for the trustees is to achieve 

additional returns to ensure the current level of expenditure can be maintained or increased and to ensure 

the long term aim of preserving the capital base is met. 

At 31 December 2004 the FIA Foundation held €893,000 (2003: €686,000) in designated funds and 

€329,156,000 (2003: €340,007,000) in undesignated funds. 

Grants policy 

The FIA Foundation considers applications for grants from any organisation or individual, providing the application 

meets at least one of the general or specific objectives of the charity. Applications are considered by 

the programme sub-committee and the Board of Trustees. The trustees have made commitments to make 

grants as listed in note 1. 

Funding 

The trustees are satisfied that the FIA Foundation’s assets are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations. 


Principal Accounting Policies 

Basis of preparation 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and follow 

the recommendations in the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting by Charities (the SORP) issued 

in October 2000, and with the requirements of the charity’s Memorandum and Articles of Association. They 

have been prepared under the historical cost convention except that: 

• investments are valued at market value (see below) 

The principal accounting policies of the charitable company are set out below and have remained unchanged 

except for the following: 

Endowment funds 

The terms of the initial donation from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) was reviewed during 

the year. Under the terms of the donation the trustees can designate or use funds as they see fit, in the best 

interests of the Foundation. Therefore, these funds do not have to be permanently retained for the benefit of 

the Foundation as a capital fund and fall outside the definition of an endowment fund. 

The balance sheet for 2003 has been restated to show this change in policy with the Endowment fund balance 

of € 327,772,000 being transferred to unrestricted funds. 

Allocations of costs 

During the year there was a review of the policy for allocating staff costs. 

Previously all direct costs which related to an employee were charged to the cost category they predominately 

worked in eg administration or charitable. All overhead costs were allocated to administration with no attempt 

to apportion costs for those employees involved in charitable activities. 

Following the review staff have been categorised based on the time spent on either charitable or administration 

activities. For employees who undertake both charitable and administrative activities, an estimate is made of 

the time spent on each activity and costs are apportioned on this time split. Costs which directly relate to an 

employee are charged against the activity they undertake. Overheads or shared costs are allocated on a 

proportional basis dependent on the time spent on charitable or administrative activities and the office location 

of the employee. 

An additional €223,000 has been allocated to charitable costs in the current period as a result of the change 

in policy. 

Incoming Resources 

Donations 

All monetary donations are included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable, provided that 

there are no donor-imposed restrictions as to the timing of the related expenditure, in which case recognition 

is deferred until any pre-condition has been met. 

Investment Income 

Investment income, including associated tax recoveries, but with the exception of income receivable in respect 

of fixed interest securities, is recognised when receivable. Income receivable in respect of fixed interest securities 

is recognised on the accruals basis. 


Rental Income 

Rental income is recognised when receivable. 

Resources expended 

Expenditure, which is charged on an accruals basis, is allocated between: 

• expenditure incurred directly for the fulfilment of the charity's objectives (direct charitable) and; 

• expenditure incurred in the management and administration of the charity. 

Grants Payable 

Grants payable are recognised in the financial statements when a contracted commitment exists. 

Allocations of Costs 

Staff are categorised based on the time spent on either charitable or administration activities. 

Costs which directly relate to an employee are charged against the activity they undertake. For employees 

who undertake both charitable and administrative activities, an estimate is made of the time spent on each 

activity and costs are apportioned on this time split. 

Shared costs are allocated on a proportional basis dependent on the time spent on charitable or administrative 

activities and the office location of the employee. For example, costs relating to Trafalgar Square are split 

70% administration and 30% administration as 70% of London based staff work in administration and 30% 

are charitable. All costs relating to the French office are allocated as charitable as the work carried out by the 

employees based there relate to grants made and internally managed charitable projects. 

Other shared costs relating to the organisation as a whole are split 37% administration and 63% charitable, 

reflecting the number of employees who work in each field. 

Fund Accounting 

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for expenditure on the 

general objectives of the charity. 

Designated funds are unrestricted funds which have been designated for specific purposes by the trustees. 

Prior Year Adjustment 

A review of the initial donation received from the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) was reviewed 

during the year. Under the terms of the donation the trustees can designate or use funds as they see fit, in the 

best interests of the Foundation. Therefore, these funds do not have to be permanently retained for the benefit 

of the Foundation as a capital fund and fall outside the definition of an endowment fund. 

The balance sheet has been restated for 2003 to show funds previously treated as endowment as part of 

income funds 

Taxation 

The activities of the charity fall within the exemptions conferred by sections 505 and 506 of the Income and 

Corporation Taxes Act 1988. Consequently, no corporation tax is provided for in the financial statements. 


Retired Benefits 

Defined Contribution Scheme 

The pension costs charged against the statement of financial activities are the contributions payable to the 

schemes in respect of the accounting period. 

Leased Assets 

All leases are regarded as operating leases and the payments made under them are charged to the Statement 

of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the lease term. 

Liabilities 

Liabilities are recognised when there is a legal and constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. 

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation 

Tangible fixed assets are capitalised at cost where their acquisition value is great than €750, and are stated at 

cost net of depreciation. 

Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of all tangible fixed assets excluding investment properties 

by equal annual instalments over their estimated useful economic lives, calculated on a monthly basis. 

The rates applicable are: 

Freehold properties 2% 

Fixtures, fittings and equipment 20% 

Computer equipment 33 1/3% 

Investments 

Investment properties are valued at their mid market value in their native currency at the balance sheet date, 

translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of acquisition (or an average rate if not materially different), 

as required by SSAP 20. 

Listed investments are valued at their market value in their native currency at the balance sheet date, translated 

at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of acquisition (or an average rate if not materially different), as 

required by SSAP 20. 

Cash held as part of an investment portfolio, as a monetary asset, is translated using the closing rate method. 

Net gains and losses arising on revaluations and disposals during the period are included in the statement of 

financial activities. 


Foreign Currencies 

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. 

Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance 

sheet date. Non monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated at the rates of exchange 

ruling at the date of acquisition, or an average rate if not materially different. Exchange differences are 

dealt with in the statement of financial activities. 

Realised and unrealised gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund where possible. Realised and 

unrealised gains and losses relating to more than one fund are apportioned between the funds on the basis of 

the balance on each fund at the balance sheet date. 


Board of Trustees 

The FIA Foundation is a company limited by guarantee and is registered as a charity in the UK. It is governed by an international Board of Trustees. The Board 

of Trustees is currently composed of 13 members. Each Trustee has a tenure of 3 years. The Trustees are elected by the membership of the Foundation at 

its Annual Meeting. The FIA Foundation is headed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The current Trustees of the Foundation are: 

Rosario Alessi, FIA Foundation Chairman 

Italy 

Former President, Automobile Club d’Italia 

Bob Darbelnet 

United States 

President and Chief Executive Officer, American Automobile Association (AAA) 

John Dawson 


Chairman, European Road Assessment Programme 

Otto Flimm 

Germany 

Former President, Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V. 

Christian Gerondeau 

France 

President, Fédération Française des Automobile-Clubs et des Usagers de la Route 

Tim Keown 


Chairman, Royal Automobile Club 

John Large 

Australia 

President of Honour, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) 

Carlos Macaya 

Costa Rica 

President, Automovil Club de Costa Rica (ACCR) 

Burdette Martin 

United States 

President, Automobile Competition Committee for the U.S. FIA. Inc. (ACCUS) 

Max Mosley 


President, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile 

Sebastia Salvado 

Spain 

President, Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya 

Setsuo Tanaka 

Japan 

Executive Vice President, Japan Automobile Federation 

Ari Vatanen MEP 

Finland 

Member of the European Parliament 

Staff 

David Ward 


Saul Billingsley 

Deputy Director General & Programmes Director 

Frank van West 

Technical Director 

Rita Cuypers 

Head of Road Safety 

Caroline Luff 

Policy & Research Officer 

John Pap 

Website & Communications Officer 

Jane Pearce 

Director of Administration & Personnel 

Chris Bentley 

Head of Information Technology 

Alicia Priest 

Financial Controller 

Fiona Holland 

Assistant Administrator 


Objectives 

 

 

The FIA Foundation has been established in the United Kingdom as a registered charity with an endowment of 

$300 million made by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the governing body of world motor 

sport and the international association of motoring organisations. 

Our objectives are to promote public safety and public health, the protection and preservation of human life 

and the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment through: 

• promoting research, disseminating the results of research and providing information in any matters 

of public interest which include road safety, automobile technology, the protection and preservation 

of human life and public health, transport and public mobility and the protection of the environment; 

and 

• promoting improvement in the safety of motor sport, and of drivers, passengers, pedestrians and 

other road users. 

The Foundation conducts its own research and educational activities as well as offering financial support to 

third party projects through a grants programme. 

The FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society is registered in England and Wales as a company limited 

by guarantee No. 4219306 Registered UK Charity No. 1088670 Registered Office: FIA Foundation for the 

Automobile & Society 60 Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS 

FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society 

60 Trafalgar Square 

London 

WC2N 5DS 

+44 (0)207 930 3882 (t) 

+44 (0)207 930 3883 (f) 

mail@fiafoundation.com (e) 

Visit www.fiafoundation.com for the latest information on our activities

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