Transport Safety Policy - Worcestershire County Council

2.1.1 The Worcestershire Transport Safety Policy has a central role to play in the delivery of the LTP3objectives as identified in Table 1.1. This policy considers the strategic application of road safetymeasures in Worcestershire and is structured as follows:Understanding and Measuring the ProblemSpeed Limit StrategySpecific road user groups, locations and road typeso Areas of Disadvantageo Childreno Urbano Ruralo Motorcyclistso Route AnalysisEngineeringo Casualty Reductiono Designing Roads for Lower Speedso Signageo Highway Safety AuditsEnforcementEducation2.2.1 Worcestershire County Council receives police reports on all road traffic injury collisions thatoccur within the County generally this constitutes around 1,500 collisions with 2,000 resultingcasualties per annum. Road casualties are categorised by severity as:Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI)Slight Injury2.2.2 Road traffic injury reports contain details of casualty's age, mode of travel, road and weatherconditions and location and it is Worcestershire County Council's role to analyse these details toidentify problem sites, routes, areas and road user groups in order to determine appropriateremedial measures.2.2.3 The numbers of KSI casualties across Worcestershire has shown improvement over the years overand above the national targets for 2010 as compared with 1998 figures:40% reduction in number of people KSI in road accidents50% reduction in number of children KSI10% reduction in the slight casualty rate expressed as the number of people slightly injuredper 100 million vehicle kilometres