22 Annual Road Traffic Collision & Casualty Report PDF 719 KB
Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise,
Community and Resources, which gave details of road traffic collision and
casualty numbers within the Borough in the year 2018.
The Board was advised that Appendix A to the report set out full details
of the numbers of traffic collisions and casualties in the year 2018, and
compared these figures with those from previous years. Although the total of 30
killed or seriously injured (KSI) was slightly above the figures for 2017 (28)
it was historically low compared to 10 years ago. Overall Halton,
in comparison with other Authorities within the Cheshire Constabulary area was
one of the better performing Local Authorities in 2018.
In addition, the report highlighted the work the Road Safety Team would
continue to undertake during the year with an extensive programme which covered
road traffic reduction schemes, road safety education, training and publicity.
It was noted that the ongoing Runcorn delinking, Widnes Loops and Silver
Jubilee Bridge works temporarily changed traffic flows and made it difficult to
determine specific accident black spots and therefore where to effectively
undertake accident remedial works.
A Member requested that if available
further information on the number of fines issued by the Cheshire Camera be
circulated.
RESOLVED: That
1) the
overall progress made on casualty reduction in Halton over the past decade be
noted; and
2) the programme of road safety collision reduction
schemes, road safety education, training and publicity be endorsed.