The Future of Road Safety and Casualty Reduction in the UK Simon D’Vali Planning, Transportation and Highways.

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