Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which gave details of road traffic collision and casualty numbers within the Borough in the year 2014, and recommended a continuance of road traffic collision reduction work.

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 2014, and compared these figures with those from previous years. These results were disappointing, with an increase in the numbers of people slightly injured and of those killed/seriously (KSI) injured, compared to those figures for previous years. Within the KSI total, both the number of adults and of children increased, but it was noted that the latter figure was known to be volatile in Halton and could fluctuate from year to year.

A summary for 2014 was set out in the report. Halton’s 2014 casualty figures reinforced the view that achieving further reductions would prove to be extremely challenging. Members noted that this should be considered in the context of a reduction in Government grants for road safety, and an anticipated continued reduction following the next Government Spending Review, together with the absence of national road casualty reduction targets.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the overall progress made on casualty reduction in Halton over the past decade be noted and welcomed; and

2)    the continuing programme of road traffic collision and reduction schemes and road safety education, training and publicity be endorsed.