The Welsh Government has pledged to deliver a new road safety strategy, with a focus on the Safe System approach and an aspiration to achieve Vision Zero.
The new strategy was announced on 15 December by Lee Waters, deputy minister for climate change, in a written statement.
He says improving road safety “will not only help to reduce the number of people who are seriously injured and killed on our roads every year, but it will also help to encourage more people to cycle or walk, instead of using the car for shorter journeys”.
The new strategy promises to include new ways of thinking about and understanding of road safety, incorporating latest international thinking.
This includes the Safe System approach and Vision Zero.
Its announcement follows the publication of a report, reviewing the existing Road Safety Framework in Wales, covering 2013-2020.
This concluded that the new strategy should build on the successful collaboration between Welsh Government, local authorities, the police, Public Health Wales and other road safety stakeholders.
The report says it should also shape road safety around currently planned changes including the introduction of a new 20mph default speed limit on restricted roads, introducing restrictions on pavement parking and introducing 50mph speed limits in five locations to reduce pollution.
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