Safe, Secure and Healthy communities are
at the heart of South Ayrshire Council’s aspirations.
The Council is committed to building communities where
residents and visitors can safely travel through without
incident. Not only does the Council’s Development, Safety & Regulation department manage and maintain
the road network in a safe condition it offers advice to
travellers on how to use the roads safely.
Within Roads and Transportation the Road Safety Office
provides education, training and publicity advice on
all aspects of road user behaviour.
The Road Safety Office focuses its work on casualty reduction
and crash prevention. It targets engineering improvements
to locations or routes where injury crashes are the most
frequent and education measures to those groups of road
users most likely to be involved in crashes. The consequences
of a road crash can have a devastating impact on the lives
of casualties’ and their families. They also generate
significant resource implications for the emergency services
and hospitals. Much of the work carried out by the Road
Safety Office is therefore this prioritised to reduce casualties.
The Council’s road safety targets for 2010 are to:
- Reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured
(KSI) by 40%,
- Reduce the number of children killed or seriously
injured by 50%
- Reduce the number of slightly injured casualties by
10%.
These targets are based on the 1994-98 average totals
and the table below shows the casualty numbers for each
target.
The types of works carried out by the Road Safety Office
include;
- Analysis of road crash data and problem identification
- Speed Reduction Schemes – 20mph zones and Safety
Cameras
- Rural Route Crash Reduction Schemes
- Traffic Calming
- School Crossing Patrol Service
- Assessment of Walking Routes to Schools
- 20mph schemes at schools
- Road Safety Education for all ages and category of
road user
- Children’s Traffic Club for pre 5 age group
- Road safety education within 5 – 14 curriculum
- Young pedestrians and cyclists training
- Pre-driver education
- Lone Driver Awareness Training
- Work Related Driver Awareness Training
- Education in Theatre plays for the young and elderly
- Publicity Campaigns aimed at;
o Improved driver behaviour and fitness to drive.
o Seat belt wearing and child restraints
o Cycle helmet wearing
o Teenage and elderly Pedestrian crossing methods.
South Ayrshire Council Road Safety Office
South Ayrshire Council’s Road Safety team provides
a full range of services and advice on all matters relating
to Road Safety.
The team consists of 6 professionals from an engineering
and education background. This enables a holistic approach
to be taken when identifying and addressing road safety
problems and allows the full expertise of the team to be
used to develop appropriate and effective solutions. The
team is experienced in:
- Road Safety Audits
- Accident Investigation and Prevention
- Cycle Audits and Reviews
- Traffic Calming and Management schemes
- Road Safety Education
- Road User Training
- Road Safety Publicity and Promotion
- Developing
School Travel Plans
- Safer Route to School Issues
You can contact the South Ayrshire Road Safety Office
at:
South Ayrshire Council
Development, Safety & Regulation Department
Roads and Transportation
Burns House
Burns Statue Square
Ayr
KA7 1UT.
Telephone 01292 616350
road.safety@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
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