Transport Safety Policy - Worcestershire County Council

1.3.1 Worcestershire County Council analyses reports on all the road traffic injury collisions that arereceived from the West Mercia Police to identify problem sites, routes and areas that may meritfurther investigation for remedial measures.1.3.2 Worcestershire County Council works in partnership with a number of external agencies includingWest Mercia Police Authority and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service as the RoadSafety Partnership in West Mercia to reduce road casualties across Worcestershire. The TransportSafety Policy will reduce road casualties by combining the three E's:– improvements to the highway infrastructure for accident prevention– introduction of new speed limits and speed and hazard warning signstogether with proven measures to encourage drivers to adhere to them.– training programmes encouraging safer use of the road network that aretailored to meet specific road user groups1.4.1 Each year around 30 people are killed as a result of a road traffic collision on Worcestershires'roads. All road traffic collisions have subsequent human and financial costs placed on individuals,their families and the wider community. Additionally road traffic accidents place a burden on theNational Health Service and Emergency services and other public bodies and create significantcongestion problems. For Worcestershire, the cost placed on the collisions that occur on ourroads every year is estimated to be approaching £1.4 million1. Furthermore, road safety concernsare a key deterrent to walking and cycling particularly for children and the mobility impaired.1.5.1 This Worcestershire LTP3 Transport Safety Policy has been developed to be fully compliant withall current and relevant National, Regional and Local policy. A summary of these policies isprovided in the LTP3 Essential References Document. In particular, this document is aligned withthe emerging Core Strategies which have been developed by the Worcestershire Borough, Cityand District Councils.