A Review of the Delivery of the Road Safety Strategy - UCL Report
Heather Ward, Richard Allsop, Blair Turner*, and Andrew Evans
Centre for Transport Studies, University College London and *Babtie Group Limited
This report aims to provide the Motorists' Forum with an assessment of factors and constraints influencing delivery of the road safety strategy, both now and up to 2010, and to outline key issues requiring further investigation in order to inform additional actions that should be taken by Government, local authorities, and others to strengthen delivery of the current strategy and to look beyond 2010.[1]
The report begins by placing itself in the context of the Government's road safety strategy and targets for 2010, relevant aspects of the integrated transport policy and other government policies. It then addresses key aspects of delivery of the strategy by identifying a range of policies and measures that offer scope for appreciable acceleration in delivery. It goes on to outline the numerical basis for the targets and the basis in data and research for the strategy and for assessment of its implementation. Areas for further research are identified and recommendations for action are made. Supporting information and more detailed thinking about the future scope for casualty reduction are presented in appendices.
1: The context for this report
2: Key aspects of delivery
2.1 Road safety engineering
2.2 Crash protection in cars and car-based light goods vehicles
2.3 Evidential roadside breath testing
2.4 Penalties specific to traffic offences
2.5 Speed management on rural roads
2.6 Deployment of safety cameras
2.7 Real time safety advice
2.8 Intelligent speed adaptation
2.9 Enforcement of traffic law
2.10 Reducing at-work road casualties
2.11 Single/double summertime
2.12 Reduction of the blood alcohol limit to 50mg/100ml
2.13 Encouragement of wearing of cycle helmets
2.14 Extension of community sentences to non-imprisonable traffic offences
2.15 Concluding remarks
3: Target setting, accident data and research
3.1 The target setting process
3.2 The national road accident statistics
3.3 The role of research
4: The ultimate scope for casualty reduction
5: Identified areas for further work
5.1 Research into aspects of delivery of the current strategy
5.2 Enhancing research awareness in the road safety community
5.3 Looking beyond 2010
6: Summary of recommendations
7: References
Appendix 1: Terms of reference and membership of the Advisory Panel
A1.1 Terms of reference
A1.2 Membership of the Motorists' Forum Advisory Panel
Appendix 2: Central and local government policies, targets, and performance indicators
A2.1 Other Central Government Policy
A2.1.1 The Home Office
A2.1.2 The Health and Safety Executive and Health and Safety Commission
A2.1.3 Department of Health
A2.1.4 The Treasury
A2.2 Local authority role in delivering the road safety strategy
A2.2.1 Local Authority Best Value Performance Indicators for Road Safety
A2.2.2 Local Transport Plans: human resource constraints on implementation
A2.3 References
Appendix 3: Target setting and accident data
A3.1 Review of the national target setting process
A3.1.1 Basis for numerical advice on target setting
A3.1.2 Forecasting of casualty rates
A3.1.3 Scenarios for road use
A3.1.4 Sources of reduction in casualties
A3.1.5 Implications of subsequent events
A3.2 Prospects for national data on contributory factors
A3.3 Data from on-the-spot accident investigations
A3.4 References
Appendix 4: The role of research
A4.1 The research community
A4.2 Road safety research
A4.3 Home Office Research
A4.4 References
Appendix 5: The key factors that influence the scope for casualty reduction in practice
A5.1 Limits on reasonable expectation
A5.2 Limits on the means of reducing risk
A5.3 Limits on readiness of government to spend on safety measures
A5.4 Limits on readiness of interest groups to contribute
A5.5 Limits on acceptance by the public
A5.6 Limits on readiness for political intervention
A5.7 Issues for research and policy
A5.8 References
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1: The original terms of reference for the review are in Appendix 1.
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