Post on 17-Jan-2018
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The Future of Road Safety and Casualty Reduction in the UK
Simon D’Vali
Planning, Transportation and Highways
The Current State of Road Safety
• Removal of Road Safety Grant…no dedicated RS funding anymore;
• Revenue based funding is always the first target for cuts;
• Casualty levels are still on a downward trend nationally…..well done everyone!
Identify the problem
• Get clever about data collection!-Mapping Exercise (casualties across the district);-Stats 19 and health data;
• Break down the types of injury and casualty;• Make the people responsible for the decision making aware;• Secure enough financial support to deal with the issue.
All Injuries in West Yorkshire
Overcoming the Reduction in Funding….• Setting local targets…….
• NI47 and NI48 (Child and All KSIs)• West Yorkshires Local Transport Plan has an aspirational target
of attaining a 50% reduction in KSIs by 2026 from the 05-09 baseline.
• This helps identify the issue with the people that need to know and will help with the budget making process;
• Targets have a proven track record.
Partnership Working• Do you have a Safer Roads Partnership?• Do you have a Road Safety Plan?
– Emergency Services;– Public Health;– Safe Guarding Board;– Neighbourhood Services;– Road Safety;– Highways– Transport bodies (bus, freight, cycle groups, pedestrian groups).
Public Health – a joint approach
• Strategic Framework for Road Safety• Public Health Outcomes Framework• NICE Guidance• LTP and Local Delivery – linked back to PHOF• JSNA• Road Safety Plan• Safeguarding Children Board/CDOP• Children’s Trust• Health and Well Being Board
PHOF and Road Safety• Report showing the links between PHOF and Road Safety;• Think outside of Road Safety and look at the wider
determinants of Health….- Cardio-vascular issues;- Obesity;- Movement issues;- Health inequalities due to poverty.
• Public Health now fund the Road Safety Team from the Public Health Grant. Extra funding for cycling and walking initiatives.
Engagement and Monitoring
Summary
• Collate robust data;• Set targets even if it is not a corporate objective;• Partnership working leads to other funding opportunities;• Think beyond Road Safety;• Make further links into corporate documents like the JSNA;• Create your own Corporate document if you don’t have one;• Start a Road Safety Partnership, invite anyone with a
professional interest;
• WORK WITH YOUR ENGINEERS…….they can help.
Useful links• Strategic framework for road safety• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-framework-for-ro
ad-safety• West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan (2011 – 2026)• http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/162A465D-CB21-46D2-831E-
EB6FA244C31E/0/LSSED18WestYorkshireThirdLocalTransportPlanLTP.pdf
• Bradford Road Safety Plan• http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/16990CC1-A12A-4E34-
AAC7-4E6FF2876638/0/RoadSafetyPlan2012.pdf• NICE (National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence) Public
Health guidelines: PH 29 and PH 31 www.nice.org.uk