Ahead of the launch of the DfT’s new Road Safety Framework, Agilysis is undertaking a national survey to understand the existing capacity local authorities have for implementing the Safe System approach.
Supported by Road Safety GB, the survey seeks to establish how well-equipped local authorities, emergency services and other partners are to influence all aspects of the Safe System.
The Safe System is internationally recognised as the best practice model for moving towards a goal of eliminating road deaths and serious injuries.
Anyone from a UK road safety local authority, police force, fire and rescue service or road safety partnership can participate in the survey – and all responses will be anonymised when findings are presented.
Matt Staton, Road Safety GB director of research, said: “This is a really important piece of work to help understand and support the road safety industry in implementing Safe System approaches over many years to come.
“I would urge everyone working in road safety to take the time to complete this survey so your views are represented.”
The survey will remain open throughout the summer, closing on Friday 15 September.
Agiliysis aims to publish the findings by mid-October. This will be followed by a series of webinars about the Safe System and where capacity needs to be built, based on what the survey reveals.
Agilysis has also committed to revisiting this survey annually, in a bid to track developments over time.
Tanya Fosdick, research director at Agilysis, said: “By participating and answering these questions, road safety practitioners will be ensuring that local needs and priorities are sufficiently represented and well understood, aiding in the development of advocacy, training, and supporting actions to help you in your work.
“Without their involvement we will be missing a critical part of the picture.”
The DfT’s Road Safety Framework was due to be launched with a webinar on 18 July – however this was cancelled due to the extreme heat preventing the event’s speakers from travelling. It is now expected in the autumn.
Given all the delays in publishing road safety papers to date (roads policing, e-scooters trials, targets, vehicle safety standards, etc), not to mention the election of a new PM, I’m not holding my breath for an autumn publication of a Road Safety Statement.
David Davies
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