Steve Proctor - Director

Steve Proctor - Director

MSc, MCIHT, MCILT, FSoRSA

Steve is a Director of TMS and is involved in the development and delivery of training course programmes, and the provision of road safety engineering research and projects, road safety audit, and risk assessment.

Prior to 1990 Steve worked for local authorities in the West Midlands, ultimately responsible for road safety engineering at Birmingham City Council. This role included the management of the annual local safety schemes programme, the development of collision analysis systems, and the introduction of road safety audit procedures.

In January 1990, Steve and Martin Belcher set up TMS as an independent consultancy offering services in traffic engineering, road safety and training. During the last 20 years TMS has grown from two to over twenty staff, and Steve has a significant role in managing the company and developing future business ideas.

Steve has taken a significant role in developing the extensive training programme that TMS offers to public and private sector clients throughout the UK, Ireland, and beyond. His particular interests include the development of risk assessment within road safety, and the road safety implications of changes to established practices such as those suggested in Manual for Streets.

Steve has personally carried out more than 600 road safety audits and was Managing Editor of the IHT Road Safety Audit Guidelines published in 2008. He has given advice to a number of local authorities and national governments with respect to road safety audit procedures. He also co-wrote "Practical Road Safety Auditing" in 2001 and its second edition in 2008.

Steve has spoken at more than 60 national and international road safety conferences during the past 20 years. He is a member of the CIHT Road Safety Panel, and holds honorary academic positions at the Universities of Loughborough and Birmingham.

Away from the office Steve is a keen cyclist (both on and off-road), and an active supporter of the Fairtrade movement.