To download this blog as a pdf click here Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected by the public to hold Chief Constables and the police service to account, effectively making the police answerable to the communities they serve. The upcoming PCC elections on May 6th offer an opportunity to address inconsistency and insufficiency in …
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To download this blog as a pdf click here Priority offences Police have limited resources. They do not have the capacity to detect and sanction all motoring offences. Action Vision Zero thinks the priority should be on those offences which pose harm to others, especially those road users more vulnerable. Our four priority offences are: …
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Ever wonder what your police do to reduce the danger posed by road users? Either the actual number of offences they prosecute, what they prioritise or how they compare to other police services? Action Vision Zero has produced an overview for each police service in England and Wales. This is based on the available data …
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Summary In recent years research has uncovered the link between reducing levels of traffic to a decline in the numbers of people who are killed and injured on our roads.Across Great Britain, provisional casualty data is now available for the first 6 months of 2020 (January to June) which includes the first lockdown which began …
The DfT is consulting over the use of mobile phones. It is proposing to extend the regulations to close a major loophole. This is believed to be the reason why enforcement of mobile phone offences have fallen so far in recent years. Action Vision Zero has drafted a response. We are sharing it here and …
Let’s start the new year with some good news. Roads policing was on the rise in England and Wales in 2020. We had: The first review of roads policing in 22 years by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS);The Department for Transport’s (DfT) Roads Policing call for evidence;Parliamentary Advisory Council for …
Scotland is leading the way amongst the four UK nations with its proposals to adopt a Vision Zero approach to safe roads. In its consultation on a Road Safety Framework to 2030 which has just closed, it has set a target that by 2050 no one will be killed or seriously injured on its roads. …
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 …
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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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 …
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