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