Road Safety Interventions Engagement with local communities

Professional Interventions Tomorrows Roads Safer for Everyone – 14 policy areas – 6 road user groups 129 Road Safety Activities Safer Together – 86 activities for the Bradford District And then there is the detail!!!!

Safer Together

Road Safety Environment and facilities Skill to be safe Responsibility and awareness Behaviour Empowering local communities – respect and responsibility

In 1989 there were 97 children killed or seriously injured as pedestrians in the Bradford District

Area Committee – Neighbourhood Forums – Bradford Vision – Neighbourhood Action Plans Local needs Local delivery and accountability Local people helping to shape their roads environment Community involvement in road safety Neighbourhood Road Safety Initiative

Engagement and Empowerment Delegated Budgets - Aligned with needs of local communities Safer Roads design hierarchy Concentration on residential areas - Expansion of the work we do with local communities Child Pedestrian Skills Training Neighbourhood Support Service Neighbourhood Action Planning Neighbourhood Road Safety Initiative Casualty Reduction Programme Road Safety Grant

Killed and Serious Road Injuries to Child Pedestrians

What Works? Speed Cameras Traffic calming 20 mph speed limits Road safety education and training Enforcement campaigns And many of the other initiatives

Issues Increasing potential for road crashes and injury Driving behaviour – speed, young people Professionals can’t deliver road safety alone We have created a dependency culture

How do we deal with the issues? Carry on with what we are good at Keep pressing for the things we need Continue to involve local communities and give them responsibility

Safer Together