Development and Property Services
Roads and Transport
ROAD SAFETY PLAN
Executive Summary
What is the Road Safety Plan?
- The Road Safety Plan sets out the measures which East Ayrshire Council
in association with Strathclyde Police and other agencies are taking
to reduce the number of road accidents in the area.
What topics are contained in the Road Safety Plan?
- Strategy
- Road Accident Casualties in East Ayrshire
- Current Activities
- Implementation, Co-ordination and Monitoring of Programmes
- Action Plans.
What strategy is adopted?
- Activities are aimed at meeting a set casualty reduction target
- Programmes will be data-led
- Greater public involvement will be encouraged
- A corporate approach will be adopted
- The business and commercial sectors will be involved
- Programmes will be monitored regularly.
How many road traffic accidents happen in East Ayrshire?
- In 1997 there were 495 road casualties involving death or injury
- Of this total, 7 people were killed and 121 seriously injured.
What are the key issues highlighted by the accident analysis?
- 70% of those injured are car users; 12% are pedestrians
- Young drivers and riders of motor vehicles and their passengers are
a high risk group
- Speed accounts for more than one third of all casualties
- Just under one half of pedestrian accidents result in death or serious
injury
- Child pedestrians are more at risk than adults
- Accident clusters tend to occur on busy roads in built-up areas
- A quarter of all casualties occur in Kilmarnock
- A fifth of casualties occur on the A77 and A76 trunk roads
- The cost of road traffic accidents in East Ayrshire in 1997 was over
£20 million.
What current activities are being carried out to improve safety?
- Engineering Improvements - carried out by East Ayrshire council's
Department of Development Services
- Education Training and Publicity - by East Ayrshire Council
- Enforcement - carried out by Strathclyde Police
- Encouragement - carried out by council departments and other agencies.
What engineering measures are used?
- Safety audits and development control for new roads and developments
- Accident investigation and prevention
- Providing road safety schemes at high risk locations
- Speed Limit Review and Advisory 20mph Zones
- Safety measures near schools
- Provision for cyclists
- Traffic management and traffic calming
- Road Maintenance
- Street Lighting
- Trunk Road Safety
- Bypasses and Dual Carriageways
- Strathclyde Police.
What education, training and publicity programmes are there?
- Support of parents
- Work with children of nursery, primary and secondary school age
- Cycle Training
- Young Drivers
- Safety and Security courses for woman drivers
- Adult training and special schools
- Motorcyclists
- Youth groups
- Driving Awareness Courses
- Older people
- Publicity campaigns
- Strathclyde Police.
What do the police deal with?
- Speeding
- Careless and dangerous driving
- Drinking, Drugs and Driving
- Disqualified driving
- Non-compliance with traffic signals/indiscriminate parking
- Seatbelts
- Traffic Education Support Team
- Vehicle checks
- Dealing with road deaths.
Who else is involved (encouragement)?
- Various council departments
- Health service
- Strathclyde Passenger Transport
- East Ayrshire Community Safety Forum
- Business and commercial sector
- Strathclyde Police.
How will the plan be implemented and co-ordinated?
- Road Safety Working Group consisting of Elected Members and representatives
from council departments
- Local Committees
- Liaison with other road safety groups.
How will the plan be monitored?
- Reduction in accidents
- Improvement of behaviour
- Performance indicators.
What activities will be undertaken in the future?
- Education, training and publicity initiatives involving different
road user groups
- Various engineering initiatives
- Encouragement of initiatives to be undertaken by various agencies.
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