THINK! campaign marketing plan 2015/16 & 2016/17

Country roads, drink driving, drug driving and cycling are the four key areas the THINK! campaign will focus on between now and April 2016. These four themes are identified in the THINK! campaign marketing plan and campaign calendars for 2015/6 and 2016/7.

The programme will commence with a revamped Country Roads campaign, which will run from mid-October to late-November 2015, and again in January 2016. The main focus of the campaign, which first launched in October 2014, is to persuade drivers to “brake before the bend, not on it”, by raising awareness of unexpected hazards that could be around the bend.

A new festive drink drive campaign will run from end-November until the end of December, and will include TV advertising. The campaign will, as usual, run in tandem with the National Police Chiefs Council’s (NPCC) drink and drug drive enforcement campaign.

A THINK! drug drive campaign will run from mid-February to end-March 2016, and will set out to heighten among drivers the perceived risk of getting caught. The campaign is timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the introduction of new drug drive legislation in March 2014.

Finally for 2015/16, a THINK! cycling campaign will run from March to April 2016. The team is currently reviewing whether to continue running Transport for London’s ‘tips’ campaign in cities outside London or whether to develop a new approach.

In addition to the four main campaigns, THINK! will also run three secondary campaigns focusing on motorcycling, child and teen safety and young drivers.

The THINK! website is also in the process of being revamped. The new site will consolidate content from several existing sites and will be optimised for smartphones and tablets.

The THINK! team is also producing new content on child car seats, in order to satisfy demand for more information on this topic from parents and others.