Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

Levels of Service5.4.4 Comprehensive Performance AssessmentThe Audit Commission’s publication on Comprehensive PerformanceAssessment (CPA) for local authorities sets out suggested performancestandards for various levels of service. The relevant performance indicatorsfor Transport within the overall “Environment” service are set out in thefollowing table, with a copy of the CPA key lines of enquiry relating to thetransport service attached as appendix E.Table 5.4 CPA – Transport Performance IndicatorsServiceRefE1Descriptionof PIProgress withLocalTransportPlanE11 Condition ofnon-principalunclassifiedroadsE12Reducingkilled andseriouslyinjured (KSI)roadcasualtiesSource &ReferenceDepartment forTransport (DfT)BVPI – BV 97b(now224b)Based onpolice returns –published asroad casualtiesin Great Britain2003, 04, 05 –DfT give localauthority levelTreatment notesand commentsThresholds set indiscussion with DfTusing the highestand lowestcategories for planassessment scores.Thresholds derivedfrom 25 th & 7 thpercentile points in2003/04PI calculated as theaverage of the twomost recent yearsdata so as to reflecta greater proportionof the road networkThresholds derivedfrom national targetfor KSI reduction(DfT)PI calculated as theaverage of threemost recent yearsdata so as to avoiddistortions in scoresdue to smallfluctuations.Baseline defined asthe average numberof KSI 1994 – 98.Government targetis defined as 40%reduction from thebaseline figure by2010. The target foreach year is 4%.The upper andlower thresholdsare based on thederived target for2004 which is a16% reduction fromthe baseline figure.LowerThresholdAnnualprogressreportassessed as“weak”Two yearaverage isgreater than orequal to 25%The averageof the lastthree years’data is greaterthan or equalto the 2004target figurePLUS 12% ofbaseline figureUpperThresholdAnnualprogressreportassessed as“excellent”Two yearaverage isless than orequal to 12%The averageof the lastthree years’data is lessthan or equalto the 2004target figureMINUS 12%of baselinefigure36