We all have less than a week to respond to DfT’s Highway Code consultation. Read Action Vision Zero’s (AVZ) draft response here and see also the points made by Cycling UK, Cambridge Cycling Campaign, Living Streets, RoadPeace and Chris Boardman, as well as the webinar organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and …
Road Casualties in London in 2019: Major Problems Remain
The latest reported road casualty statistics for 2019 have just been released by Transport for London. They show an increase in the number of people killed on London’s roads from 111 in 2018 to 125 in 2019. They also show a (4%) fall in the total number of people killed and seriously injured from 4,605 …
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Rethinking Roads Policing – Responding to the DfT’s Roads Policing Call for Evidence
As part of the UK government’s two-year review into roads policing, the Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on how to make traffic law enforcement more effective. Action Vision Zero has drafted its response calling for a rethink with roads policing focused on harm reduction. Police have much to do and too few resources. Prioritisation …
Police and Crime Commissioner survey support for traffic law enforcement—Have your say
Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across England and Wales want to hear from you. Their new survey asks about traffic law enforcement, and the perceived need and support for increasing Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) with some of the revenue raised reinvested into road safety. Alison Hernandez, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, …
Roads policing: progress as police inspectorate calls for it to be a priority by Amy Aeron-Thomas
It has been a year since the government announced a joint review of roads policing by the Department for Transport, Home Office, Highways Agency, and the National Police Chief Council (NPCC). And last week saw real progress with the lead organisation for inspecting the police--Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) -- …
Pedestrian Fatality Risk and Engine Size
by Adrian Berendt We often hear that British roads are among the safest in the world. What we hear less about is that they are no longer getting safer. The United Kingdom is one of just three countries out of 32 European countries where fatalities rose between 2010 and 2019. Since 2010, the long-term decline …
Safe Roads: The Key Role of Roads Policing
The lockdown has highlighted the huge importance of roads policing in reducing collisions and keeping the roads safe for us all and in particular those who are walking and cycling. Those on foot and cycling are especially vulnerable to the danger and intimidation that speeding vehicles cause. As traffic volumes fell at the start of …
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Changes to the London Congestion Charge: The importance for road safety and Vision Zero
There are strong reasons to support the proposed changes to the Congestion Charge (extending the charging hours to 07:00-22:00, seven days a week; increasing the daily charge to £15). As well as the significant environmental arguments in favour of limiting the numbers of motor vehicles which are circulating within the Congestion Charging Zone (CCZ), there …
Emerging from the Lockdown and Safe Roads: Vision Zero
During the lockdown we have seen huge increases in walking and cycling and the UK Government has given clear support for active travel in its recent policy announcements. At the same time though, we have seen the potential for increasing levels of road danger through higher vehicle speeds and more recently through rising traffic levels. …
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Getting speeding drivers off our roads
by Amy Aeron-Thomas It is great that the Department for Transport is appreciating the need and the opportunity for real change in the way that our streets and roads are viewed and providing genuine support for active travel. The UK Government sees that getting people back to work as part of the recovery from the …