RoSPA updates road safety guide

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has joined forces with a number of other UK organizations to update a free road safety guide for local councilors at a time of significant cuts to public spending and a first rise in road deaths for almost a decade. The revised publication, ‘Road Safety: A Guide for Local Councillors in England’, covers: identification of high-risk road users, common causes of accidents, and the most effective ways to stop people being killed or hurt. The guide demonstrates how local authorities can continue to deliver effective road safety services by: using evidence; coordinating with other public services; designing and delivering projects in partnership, and evaluating the effectiveness of their work. The guide was produced by RoSPA in collaboration with representatives from: Road Safety GB, the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), AIRSO, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Living Streets, and CTC.

Launching the new guide, Kevin Clinton, RoSPA’s head of road safety, said, “The need to prevent people getting hurt or killed has become even more urgent following moves to cut public spending. Local authorities, in particular, have faced substantial spending restrictions, which affect their ability to deliver the vast range of public services for which they are responsible. While road safety must accept its share of these restrictions, cutting road safety services too far could have disastrous consequences. We hope that this free guide will go some way to helping local authorities surmount whatever challenges they face at the moment.”

19 February 2013