The Campaign for Safe Road Design is a partnership between 13 UK major road safety stakeholders that is calling for the UK Government to invest in a safe road infrastructure which in their view could cut deaths on British roads by 33%.
Aims
The key points of the Campaign are:
* Safe road design will cut road deaths and injuries by a third
* 10,000 fewer deaths and serious injuries saves GBP6billion a year
* Safe road design gives the economy its best rate of return
* Government must build safe road design into 10-year plan
Background
In recent years the UK has fallen behind other European countries in terms of road deaths.
In the last 10 years 375,000 have been
killed or seriously injured
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History
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on Britain's roads.
It is estimated that a formal safe road infrastructure programme in the UK could reduce the number of accidents on Britain's roads by a third. However, there is poor public appreciation in the UK of the role that safe road design has in reducing road casualties. The Campaign cite research into this subject undertaken by
EuroRAP
European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international nonprofit ( vzw) organisation registered in Belgium. It operates from Worting House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
In partnership with national motoring organisations and local author ...
across three EU countries which found that in the UK only 20% of respondents thought that safe roads would save the most lives, whereas in Sweden and Netherlands the figure was as much as 37%.
Partners
The Campaign is led by 13 key stakeholders in UK road safety. They are:
AA,
County Surveyors Society
The County Surveyors' Society was established officially at a meeting of eleven county surveyors for England on 19 November 1885.
It was a society for people working in local government in highways departments in senior positions known as county s ...
, EuroRAP,
Freight Transport Association
Logistics UK, formerly the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is one of the largest trade associations in the UK, with members moving goods by road, rail, sea, and air. Its mission is to represent the views and interests of over 18,000 companie ...
,
IAM Motoring Trust
IAM RoadSmart formerly called the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is a charity based in the United Kingdom and serving nine countries, whose objective is to improve car driving and motorcycle riding standards, and so enhance road safety, b ...
,
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (formerly the Institution of Highways and Transportation) is a UK-based learned society (with worldwide membership) concerned specifically with the planning, design, construction, maintenan ...
,
Institute of Highway Engineers
The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE), formerly the ''Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers'', is the professional institution for practitioners in highway and traffic engineering in the UK, offering Engineering Council registration an ...
,
PACTS
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is a registered charity. For much of its history, it was also an All-party parliamentary group of the UK parliament
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legisla ...
,
Prince Michael International Road Safety Award
The Prince Michael International Road Safety Award is an annual award presented by Prince Michael of Kent since 1987 for outstanding achievement and innovation in improving road safety globally and is the top international road safety award.
His ...
,
RAC Foundation
The RAC Foundation (The Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring) is a registered charity.
It is a transport policy and research organisation that explores the economic, mobility, safety and environmental issues relating to roads and their ...
,
Road Haulage Association
The Road Haulage Association Ltd (RHA) is a private company limited by guarantee dedicated to the interests of the road haulage industry. It is the only trade association in the United Kingdom dedicated solely to road haulage. As a trade associ ...
, Road Safe,
Road Safety Foundation
The Road Safety Foundation is a United Kingdom charity which carries out and procures research into safe road design and road safety. The Foundation is responsible for the European Road Assessment Program (EuroRAP) in the UK and Ireland.
Histo ...
.
European expansion
The UK Campaign for Safe Road Design has proved to be a success having influenced the UK
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...
to support the increase of EuroRAP risk rate mapping to the wider road network in the UK.
Following this success EuroRAP has organised a
European Campaign for Safe Road Design The European Campaign for Safe Road Design aims to influence the European Union to make safe road design a European transport priority and save unnecessary deaths on Europe's roads. The campaign is a partnership between 28 road safety stakeholders ...
along the lines of the UK campaign. The European campaign features 28 partners across Europe and aims to influence the EC to use Safe Road Infrastructure Initiatives to cut casualties by 50,000 a year for the next decade, which is the equivalent of €50 billion over the decade or 0.5% of GDP.
References
External links
Road Safety Foundation: Campaign for Safe Road DesignEuroRAP - Safe Road Design to Save UK GBP 6BN Every YearRoadSafe News July 2008 - Safe RoadsCampaign For Safe Road Design Video
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Road safety organizations
Transport charities based in the United Kingdom
Transport policy in the United Kingdom
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