Overview of Road Safety Service Policy

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Overview of Road Safety ServicePolicy Review
Topic Panel A

• Simon Moon - Traffic and Road Safety Manager
• Peter Bruce Road Safety Team Leader
• Angela Gill Traffic Safety Team Leader

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Road Safety and Traffic Management Group

Road Safety Co-ordinator Michael Downey
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Road Safety at Portsmouth City Council

• Road Safety forms part of Portsmouth City
  Councils Environment Transport Directorate and
  falls under the remit of the Head of Traffic
  Street Management.
• Road Safety is comprised of two main functions
• Education
• Engineering
• However both areas are intrinsically linked
  must work together in order for Portsmouth to be
  classed as a Safe City.

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An Overview of Team Responsibilities

• Traffic Safety -To implement physical engineering
  measures across Portsmouth, based on accident
  investigation and traffic surveys.
• Road Safety - education promotion issues, works
  closely with all schools in the city.

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Road Safety Team

• Safer Routes to School - supporting all schools
  in the city in developing School Travel Plans
  (that meet DfES/DfT criteria) as part of the
  Safer Routes to Schools project.  The overall
  objectives of School Travel Plans are to promote
  sustainable, non-car based journey's to and from
  school, healthier lifestyles, and to create a
  safe environment around the school to
  benefit both school members and local residents.
• Education, Training and Publicity (ETP) -
  delivering road safety linked ETP schemes and
  programmes such as Drink Drive Speeding
  campaigns, In Car Safety, Cycle Proficiency,
  Child Pedestrian Training, Pre-driver training
  and Young driver training. In addition we support
  both the Safer Routes to School Officer and
  Traffic Safety Engineers on schemes throughout
  the city .

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Traffic Safety Team

• Traffic Safety Engineering - provide traffic
  safety engineering which encompasses, the design
  and implementation of traffic calming schemes to
  aid accident prevention. They also specialise in
  speed management / traffic management, accident
  data collation / traffic surveys, Safety Camera
  Partnership involvement, special events
  co-ordination and Rights of Way

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Corporate Directorate Business Plans

• Corporate Plan the work undertaken by the Road
  Safety Service is linked to the priorities
  detailed in the plan, especially Priority 6
  Improving Accessibility Reducing Congestion.
  This is being achieved through the production of
  School Travel Plans and the improvements to
  strategic junctions.
• Environment Transport Business Plan the day
  to day work carried out by the Road Safety
  Service is also working towards Target 3
  Protecting the Public Improving Safety. The
  implementation of area wide traffic calming
  schemes, safe routes to schools and partnership
  working are all playing a large part.

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Key Objectives

• Portsmouths main objective is to achieve the
  2010 National Casualty Reduction targets set by
  Central Government and outlined in the document
  Tomorrows Roads - Safer for Everyone
  (published in March 2000).
• In addition to the national targets, a series of
  local targets have been set, which are part of
  Portsmouth City Councils Public Service
  Agreement (PSA). PSA casualty reduction targets
  are based against our progress towards the 2010
  national targets.

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2010 Casualty Reduction Targets

• The 2010 target is a 10 year plan that requires
  authorities to achieve a -
• 40 reduction in the number of people killed or
  seriously injured
• 50 reduction in the number of children killed or
  seriously injured
• 10 reduction in the slight casualty rate.
• These reductions in casualties are compared to
  the 1994-98 average.

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Portsmouth LPSA Targets

• Indicator by which LPSA1 performance was
  measured
• a) The number of people killed or seriously
  injured (KSI) on the roads in Portsmouth by 40
• b) The number of children killed or seriously
  injured (KSI) on the roads in Portsmouth by 50
• Indicator by which LPSA2 performance will be
  measured
• a) The number of people killed or seriously
  injured (KSI) on the roads in Portsmouth by 55
• b) The number of children killed or seriously
  injured (KSI) on the roads in Portsmouth by 70
• c) The number of children slightly injured on the
  roads in Portsmouth by 30
• From 1994-98 Average of 142 All KSI, 23 Child KSI
  and 137 Child Slight

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Portsmouth Figures in relation to targets
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Progress So Far
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Delivery Programme

• Funding for the delivery of this Service
  principally comes from the Local Transport Plan
  Capital Programme, on an annual basis around
  800k on average.
• There is a small amount of City Council revenue
  funding, approximately 30k, that is provided to
  support the Road Safety ETP function.
• The above money has to be spread across the
  following areas -
• Engineering programme
• Road Safety campaigns
• Regional Partnerships
• Safe Routes to School initiatives

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Road Safety Function
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Team Members

• The Road Safety Team is comprised of the
  following
• Road Safety Officer (Team Leader)
• Road Safety Assistant
• Safe Routes to School Officer
• Child Pedestrian Training Coordinator
• Road Safety Coordinator
• Casual Assistant

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Grant Maintained Posts

• Safer Routes to School Officer - funded by
  DfT/DfES until March 2008
• - Safer Routes to School Programme
• -School Travel Plans
• Child Pedestrian Training Co-ordinator - funded
  by LPSA2 until December 2008
• - Pre-school and early years child pedestrian
  training programme
• Road Safety Co-ordinator - funded by LPSA2 until
  December 2008
• - Pre/Young Driver packages

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Education, Training Publicity

• Road Safety awareness campaigns
• Safer Routes to School
• Child pedestrian training
• Cycle Proficiency/ Instructor training
• Young driver assessment programme
• School Travel Plans
• Class road safety workshops/assemblies
• New/improved cycle/pedestrian routes to school
• Zig Zag installation enforcement
• JRSO schemes
• Parent talks
• Cycle Education/Enforcement

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Partnership Building

• Internal PCC
• Parking
• Education
• Environmental Health
• Trading Standards
• Highways
• Leisure
• Planning

• External
• Hampshire Constabulary
• Strategic Casualty Reduction Partnership
• Safety Camera Partnership
• Hampshire Fire Rescue
• NHS PCT
• Local Businesses

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Traffic Safety Function
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Team Members

• Traffic Safety Team consists of the following
• Team Leader (also a Traffic Safety Engineer)
• Traffic Safety Engineers x 2
• Technician
• Special Events Coordinator
• Casual Technical Assistant

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Engineering

• Accident Analysis
• Traffic/Pedestrian Surveys
• Area wide traffic calming schemes
• Route Treatment
• Blanket 20 mph Speed Limit
• Urban Regeneration Schemes
• Gateway treatments
• Improved/New Signs
• Improved/New Lining
• Speed Management
• Cycle routes
• New/Improved Pedestrian crossing facilities
• Safety cameras

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Safety Camera Partnership

• The use of safety cameras is nationally
  recognised as an effective tool in reducing the
  number of accidents caused by excessive speed.
• In terms of their use, they are last on the list
  once all other engineering measures have been
  investigated and discounted.
• It is important to note that there are strict
  criteria applied to proposed sites before a
  safety camera can be implemented
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Programming Work

• In order for a works programme to be drawn up the
  city is divided into individual locations and
  designated by boundaries.
• Accident data is analysed over the latest
  three-year period.
• Traffic speed and volume data.
• Locations are split into
• Area
• Route
• Single site/Junction

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Consultation Process

• For all projects that are implemented, a high
  level of public consultation takes place
• Neighbourhood Forums
• Workshops
• School participation
• Community Exhibition
• Leaflet Distribution
• The aim of the consultation is to inform all
  those parties that would be affected by changes,
  including residents, businesses and schools

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ANY QUESTIONS?