Elizabeth Box

Elizabeth is an accomplished transport researcher and commissioner with over two decades of experience.

Elizabeth is the Research Director at the RAC Foundation, an independent charity which researches the environmental, mobility, safety and economic issues relating to roads and their users. She is also a Behavioural Science Consultant at Co-Pilot, a start-up which develops evidence-based road safety education.

Elizabeth has a PhD in Transport Psychology from Cranfield University, where she focused on developing and trialling pre-driver education interventions grounded in behavioural science, delivering a programme of work which was awarded a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in 2023. Elizabeth is an advisor to several road safety industry and government project boards. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation, a technical champion for the organisation as well as a judge for the Institute’s annual Road Safety Award