18 Annual Road Traffic Collision and Casualty Report PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
The Board considered a report which set out full details of the numbers
of road traffic collision and casualty numbers in the year 2016, and recommended
a continuance of road traffic collision reduction work.
It was noted that the Department of Transport had advised that
comparisons with previous years’ figures should be interpreted with caution,
given that there had been changes in the systems for severity reporting by
police forces. Whilst this year’s figures for Halton
were a cause for concern, it was emphasised that this was based on one year’s
figures only and that casualty figures could be very volatile from one year to
the next.
However, trends would now need to be carefully monitored over coming
years in order to try and determine whether there was any correlation between
casualties and the reduction monitored over coming years in order to try and
determine whether there was any correlation between casualties and the
reduction in resources that could be put into road safety. The Mersey Gateway
works must also be seen as a contributory factor over the last few years, as
the available highway network decreased in size and consequently traffic
migrated onto more minor roads.
A summary for 2016 was set out in the report. It was noted that whilst long
term trends remained downward last year saw significant increases in the
numbers of people being slightly injured (SLI) and of those killed/seriously
injured (KSI) compared to the figures for the previous year. Within the KSI
total, both the number of adults and of children increased but the latter
figure was known to be volatile in Halton due to the
low numbers and fluctuated from year to year.
RESOLVED: That
1.
the
overall progress made on casualty reduction in Halton
over the past decade be noted;
2.
concerns
with regard to the achievement of further casualty prevention, as a result of
resource reductions, be noted; and
3. the continuing programme of road traffic collision reduction schemes and road safety education, training and publicity be endorsed.