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Northamptonshire Strategic Road Safety Plan

2018 - 2020

Working together to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on Northamptonshire’s roads

Contents

Foreword 3

Introduction 5

Vision 5

Governance, structure and accountability 6

Nationalcontext 6

Localcontext 8

Northamptonshire Police Safer Roads Team 8

Safer Roads Team Specials 9

Northamptonshire County Council 10

Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service 10

EastMidlandsOperationalSupportServiceEMOpSS 11

Progress to date 12

Twenty years progress in Northamptonshire 12

Reported/recordedroadcasualtiestoendJuly2018 13

Key strategies 14

Approach 15

Monitoringandevaluation 15

Useful contacts 16

AppendixA

AppendixB

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Foreword

Roadfatalitiesandcasualtiesdevastatefamiliesandcommunities. Eachcollisionandinjuryistraumaticforeveryoneinvolved.

Throughpartnershipworking,wearecommittedtoimprovingroadsafetyinNorthamptonshire.Itisimportanttorecognisethatweeachhaveashared responsibility as front-line professionals, designers and builders, law enforcement agencies and users of the road to prevent crashes and to minimisethechancesoffatalorseriousinjurieswherecrashesdooccur.

To that end, we have established the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance (NSRA).ThisStrategysetsouttheprioritiesandkeyactionsoftheNSRAforthenexttwoyearstoimproveroadsafetyintheCountyandexplainshow the work of the NSRA will help road users stay safe and reduce the number ofpeoplekilledorseriouslyinjuredontheCounty’sroads.

WeareconfidentthattheworkoftheNSRAwillbringmajorbenefitsintermsofreducingthepainandsufferinginflictedonoursocietybyavoidabledeathsandseriousinjuriesonourroads.

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Introduction

The Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance (NSRA) brings together the Northamptonshire Police,NorthamptonshireFireandRescueService(NFRS),NorthamptonshireOfficeofPoliceandCrimeCommissioner(OPCC)andNorthamptonshireHighwaysrepresentingNorthamptonshire County Council with the shared aim:

“To provide safer roads, public footpaths and cycleways within the county, whereby the safety and security of all roads users is enhanced.”

The Alliance focuses on building a partnership approach to develop a strategy to deliveracrossthefive‘E’sof:

Engagement, Education, Engineering, Enforcement and Evaluation.

This strategy sets out the commitment of the NSRA to do everything possible to improve roadsafetyinNorthamptonshireandhasbeendevelopedinlinewithNationalPoliceChiefCouncil’s Strategy “Policing our Roads Together 2018 – 2021” (https://bit.ly/2Q5BUG5).

Thestrategyadoptsthefivepillarsapproach:

Indesigningthestrategyaroundthesestrands,wehaveidentifiedourprioritiesandkeyactions.ThestrategyissupportedbyaclearactionplantodeliverthekeyactionswhichwillbecontinuouslyandregularlyprogressedandmonitoredbytheNSRA.AllpartnerswillownandtakeresponsibilityfortheeffectivenessoftheactionplanoutcomesandtakestepstomeasurethedifferencemadeinimprovingroadsafetyinNorthamptonshire.

TheNSRAacknowledgesthatitsroleisstrategicratherthanoperationalandpartneragencieswilldevelopandembedtheirownlocalisedoperationalpolicies,usingthis strategyasaframework.

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Road safety management

Safer vehicles

Safer roads and mobility

Safer road users

Post-crash response

To provide safer roads, public footpaths and cycleways within the county, to enhance the safety and security of all road users

To reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries on Northamptonshire’s roads

Vision

Governance, structure and accountability

TheNSRAhasaresponsibilitytoworkcollaborativelyacrossthepartnershipagenciestoimproveroadsafetyinNorthamptonshire.TheAlliancewillmeetbi-monthly in order to develop and set strategy and review progress against theStrategicActionPlan.

Onbehalfofthepublic,theOfficeforthePoliceandCrimeCommissionerwill oversee the work of the NSRA and will be provided with bi-annual reports on the progress of the Alliance measured against this strategy and actionplan.

National context

InDecember2015,thegovernmentcommittedtheDepartmentforTransporttoadoptingasafesystemsapproachtoroadsafety.Safesystemsisanapproachtoroadsafety management, based on the principle that our life and health should not be compromisedbyourneedtotravel.Nolevelofdeathorseriousinjuryisacceptable inourroadtransportnetwork.

It places the welfare of the human being at its centre, taking human fallibility and vulnerabilityintoaccount,andacceptingthateventhemostconscientiouspersonwillmakeamistakeatsomepoint.Thegoalofsafesystemsistoensurethatthesemistakesdonotleadtoacrash;or,ifacrashdoesoccur,thatitissufficientlycontrolledtonotcauseadeathoralife-changinginjury.

Responsibilityforthesystemissharedbyeveryone.Policymakers,planners,engineers,vehiclemanufacturers,fleetmanagers,enforcementofficers,roadsafetyeducators,health agencies and the media are accountable for the system’s safety; while every road user, whether they drive, cycle or walk, is responsible for complying with the system’s rules.

A safe systems approach also aligns road safety management with broader ethical, social,economicandenvironmentalgoals.Bycreatingpartnershipswheregovernmentor transport agencies work closely with other groups, safe systems tackles other problemsassociatedwithroadtraffic,suchascongestion,noise,airpollutionand lackofphysicalexercise.

Safesystemsisconsideredtobeinternationalbestpracticeinroadsafetybythe WorldHealthOrganisationandtheOrganisationofEconomicCooperationandDevelopment.Bothorganisationsrecommendthatallcountries,regardlessof theirlevelofroadsafetyperformance,followasafesystemsapproach.

SafesystemshasbeenincorporatedintheNPCCNationalRoadsStrategy,forms partofNorthamptonshireTransportationPlanandisalignedtothisstrategy.

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Local Context

Northamptonshire Police Safer Roads Team (SRT)SRTismadeupofPoliceOfficers,PoliceStaffandSpecialConstables.ThecoreroleofSRTistoprovideacountywidespeedenforcementserviceusingourfleetof6mobileenforcementvehicles.

SRTdetectnumerousoffencesinadditiontospeeding.Suchasdrivingwhilstusingamobilephone,notinpropercontrol,notwearingaseatbeltetc.

SRTisresponsiblefortheassessmentandcreationofnewenforcementlocations,respondingtocommunityconcernsandcollisionhotspotsacrosstheCounty.Theoperationisdataledsowerelyheavilyonspeedandcollisiondatawecollecttoensureanyenforcementweundertakeisproportionate.

SRT run the Community Speed Watch (CSW) programme, which is a volunteer programme, allowing members of the community training and access to speed detectionequipment.CSWisactiveinover60communitieswithover500volunteers.Theprogrammeaimstoincreasethedangersofspeedingthrougheducation.Driversdetectedreceiveapolicewarningletter.

ThePoliceOfficersandSpecialConstableswithinSRTfocusonthemoredetailedinvestigationsandenquiries,dealingwithmoreseriousoffencesofpervertingthecourseofjustice,managingtheFatalFouractivitiesandsupportingtheForceoperationally.


The SRT support the following key events that take place across the County:• NationalPoliceChiefsCouncil&Tispol

(EuropeanTrafficPoliceNetwork)campaigns• Formula One• Moto GP• NationalBikesafe• Open Roads event• BritishTouringCars• Silverstone events

SRT work with partnership agencies by supporting the following campaigns / initiatives:• CarKraftevents-(NorthamptonshireHighways)• 2Fast2Soon - (Schools)• Emergency Service Cadets • JamintheHood• Taxilicensingoperations(LocalCouncils)• OperationTramline(HighwaysEngland)• Op Rogue Trader

(DVSA, HMRC Road Fuel, Trading Standards)

SRT lead on the following initiatives:• Personalissuebreathboxes-400officers• Drugwipe3srollout-150officers• Intoximetertrainers• IntroductionofSaferRoadsTeam

champions • Managed dasham submissions• Delivery of motorway and

fast roads training• Speeddetectiondevicetraining-

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Safer Roads Team Specials (Jan-Sep2018)

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Local Context

Northamptonshire County Council – road safety responsibilitiesByvirtueofsection39RoadTrafficAct1988 Northamptonshire County Council, as Local Highway Authority, has a duty to carry out studies into collisions occurring on the county road network and to takeactionbothintermsofEducation,Training & Publicity (ETP), engineering andothermeasurestopreventcollisions.

Thisdutyisbaseduponthenotionthatlocalhighwaysauthoritiesareresponsiblefortheconstruction,improvement, maintenance and repair of the road network and must take steps to preventcollisions.

Fire and Rescue ServiceThe Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service’sstrategicobjectivesinclude‘KeepingOurCommunitiesSafeandWell’whichrequiresustohelpreducethe number of people killed and seriously injuredonthecountiesroads.Weuselocalandnationaldatatoinfluencetargetedroadsafetyinterventiondelivery,campaigns,communicationsandresources.ThisdataincludesKilledand Seriously Injured (KSI) data, road trafficcollisionincidentdataandhighrisk‘RedRoute’information.Weworkin partnership with Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Highways and the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance with a goal of changing behaviours and reducing those killed and seriouslyinjuredonroadsinthecounty.


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East Midlands Operational Support Service (EMOpSS)TheEastMidlandsOperationalSupportServicecoordinateroadpolicingfunctionalityacrossNorthamptonshire,LeicestershireandLincolnshire.Dedicated Roads Policing Teams are based in Northamptonshireandaresupportedbyadditionalroadspolicingactivityfromarmedpolicingteams.RoadsPolicingofficersworkalongsideotherEMOPSSteams, Safer Road Teams and in support of the Road SafetyPartnershipsinsupportingbothlocalandnationalinitiativesacrosstheregion.

The Strategic Roads Policing Plan for EMOpSS reflectsthefollowingagreedprinciplesacrossallthree forces:

Priorities:Theadoptionofasafesystemapproachasitsultimategoalistopreventanyroaduserbeingsubjecttoafatalorseriousinjuryevent.

• In partnership with Safer Roads Teams to deliverFatal4focusedjointoperationalactivity

• Working with statutory and voluntary partnershipstodeliveraneducationandengagementinterventionslinkedtotheFatal4.

Wewillworktogethertoadoptflexiblythepoolingofresourcestodeliverthemostefficientandeffectiveoutcomesthroughintelligenceledapproaches.

• IndeliveryoftheNationalRoads Policing calendar

• ProvideoperationalsupporttoNationalRoad Safety campaigns through local policing and partnership involvement

• SupportingRoadSafetyPartnership prioritiesandobjectives

• Indeliveringfocusedactivityusingthe OpDragoonbestpracticeandmethodology

Progress to date

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Twenty years of progress in NorthamptonshireTherehavebeensignificantimprovementsinroadsafetyinNorthamptonshireoverthe past 20 years with the numbers of people killed and seriously injured (KSI) at the lowestlevelssincerecordswerefirstintroducedin1960.Thishasbeenachievedagainst a backdrop of increased vehicle usage, and the ownership of registered vehiclesrisingnationallybyalmost10million.However,weareevermindfulthatonedeath or serious injury on our roads is one too many and we must not forget that behindeachstatisticisagrievingfamilyorsomeonecomingtotermswitha life-changingepisode.

Thegreatestprogressincasualtyreductionhasbeenachievedoverthelongerterm by comparing 2017 with the baseline years of 1994-98 when the last round of governmentsettargetsforreducingroadcasualtieswereintroduced.Thisprovidesarelevant benchmark for progress since that period and the average number of people killed or seriously injured during the baseline years was 773 per year compared to 270 in2017,areductionof64%.

During the same period all categories of vulnerable road user KSI groups have fallen significantlyand,inparticular,youngdriversby59%,childrenby79%,carpassengersby79%andpedestriansby56%.

Morerecentlyin2017the278KSIcasualtiesrecordedrepresenteda14%decreasewhencomparedwith2016(324).Overall,2017representsthelowesteveryearonrecordforalltypesofcasualty(1,374).Furthermore,thenumberofyoungdriverKSIcasualtiesat37isthesecondlowestonrecord.

Significantcasualtyreductionswereachievedduringtheearlyyearsofourpartnershipstrategyfrom1999withvehicletechnologyandlegislationprovidingconsiderableinfluencetogetherwithourowneffectiveinterventionsdirectedtowardscollisionclustersites,speedingmotorists,andanti-socialdrivinghabits.Worryingelementsofthesestillprevailbutitwasalwaysanticipatedthataplateauingeffectincasualtynumberswouldoccurastheyreachedunprecedentedlowlevelsandweexperienceeverdiminishingreturnsonroadsafetyinvestment.However,therearestrongindicators and growing concerns amongst stakeholders that the downward casualty trendofrecentyearsacrosstheUKisstartingtomoveintoreverse.Thereinlaysthechallengeinhowtomakeasignificantandsustainedimpressionupongreatlyreduced,butrelativelystatic,casualtynumbers.


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Reported / recorded road casualties in Northamptonshire to end July 2018

Casualties Jan - Jul 2018%ChangecomparedtoJan-Jul2017

Average per week (34wks)

Fatal and Serious Injury

21Fatalities

151Serious injuries

649Slight injuries

5577million vehicle miles (2017)

(motorvehicletraffic)

-4.5%

20.8%

6.4%

2.2%

KSIs(was5.5)

Slight (was 19)

2010

172165 167

183

147

201

171

179 181

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Injury Collisions

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

0-8

9-16

17-25

26-34

35-43

44-52

53-61

62-70

71-79

80+

0-8

9-16

17-25

26-34

35-43

44-52

53-61

62-70

71-79

80+

433

467

536

595

556

498

508

533

605

118 19

117 20

129 14

132 17

15412

138 13

15223

1459

15214

Slight Serious Fatal

All casualties by age group

Casualties by Borough and District

4 15 0

6 2

2 17

18 3

2 10

1 98 13

10 265 30

15 4827 41

23 6913 43

27 7919 67

19 7938 108

37 9040 92

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Driver of V1 by age group

Corby15 KSI -6.3%44 Slight -4.3%

Daventry30 KSI -9.1%90 Slight 3.4%

Northampton21 KSI -43.2%184 Slight same

South Northants30 KSI 87.5%71 Slight -7.8%

East Northants25 KSI 25%60 Slight same

Wellingborough16 KSI 45.5%86 Slight 26.5%

Kettering35 KSI 150%114 Slight 28.1%

Key Strategies

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We will adopt and work to the following key strategies:

• SmarterdataanalysisofroadtrafficcollisionsandthoseinvolvedisanessentialpartofourStrategytoreduceroadtrafficcasualties

• Working in partnership and playing to the strengths ofthedifferentagenciesinvolvedbyco-ordinatingtheuse of complementary skills

• Behaviourchangewillbeakeyelementtooursuccessand increasingly programmes will be based on psychological behavioural change

• Communicationandsocialmarketingareverypowerfultoolsandweaimtomakebetteruseofthese

• Highway maintenance and road design schemes will bereviewedforopportunitiestoimproveroadsafetywithoutanysignificantadditionalcost

• Speedmanagement,particularlyonurbanroadswherethere are high numbers of vulnerable road users will be an on-going part of our work

• Reduceanti-social,inconsiderateand unlawful road use

• Raise awareness of key road safety issues with targeted campaigns

• Educate,empowerandsupportcommunities toeffectivelycombatroadrelatedissues

• Workinpartnershipregionallyandnationallytosharelearningandtoensurepracticeisinlinewithcurrentresearch,includingtakingopportunitiestosharegoodpractice

• Engage and work with other stakeholders and 3rd sectororganisationstoimproveroadsafetyinNorthamptonshire

• Regularly monitor and evaluate road safety campaigns andinitiativestodeterminetheireffectiveness


ROAD SAFETY

MANAGEMENTEngineering

High harm routes

Speed data collection

Review panel

SAFER VEHICLESRogue Traders

Bus and truck checks

Carriage of dangerous goods

POST CRASH RESPONSE

Golden Hour Investigative responseData and lessons learnt

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Approach

In line with the safe systems approach and the NPCCNationalStrategy,theapproachoftheNSRAwillbebasedonthefivepillarswhichwillinformthekeyactionscontainedwithintheNSRAActionPlan.

Safe roadsWewillbeclearerinidentifyinghighharmroutesand will use ANPR to detect and disrupt criminals whousetheroad.Wewillcontinuetoembracetheuseoftechnology.

Safe speedsWe will adopt the principles of intelligence enforcement and engage with the public to improve awarenessandsharedexpectationofthedangersofexcessivespeed.Wewillenforcesafespeedsespecially those high harms routes and hot spot locations.

Safe vehiclesWe will work with partners and road users to ensure that vehicles used on the County roads are safe and road worthy and used in a manner that doesnotadverselyaffectoraddrisktootherroadusers.

Post-crash responseWe will ensure that collisions are responded to, reportedonandinvestigatedeffectivelywithaviewtodeliveringthisstrategy. OurFamilyLiaisonOfficerswillcontinue tosupportfamiliesandworkalongsidevictimsofroadcrashes.’

SAFER ROADS & MOBILITY

Community Speedwatch

Motorway enforcement

Mobile enforcement

SAFER ROAD USERSCarKraft, Bikeability and Bikesafe

Education in schools

Education to vulnerable road users (young drivers, older drivers, working drivers)

Fatal Four campaigns (mobiles, seatbelts, drink/drug driving and speeding)

Monitoring and evaluations

TheimplementationofthisstrategywillbeoverseenbytheNSRA.ThestrategywillbereviewedannuallybytheNSRA,ormorefrequentlyifrequired,tomeasuretheimpactonroadsafetyinNorthamptonshire.

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sUseful contactsOffice for the Police and Crime CommissionerDelivery Manager - Lisa Wilkins [email protected] Website: www.northantspcc.org.uk

Northamptonshire HighwaysRoadSafetyManager -JohnSpencer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]/statisticalinformation-SimonMills [email protected]: www.kierwsp.co.uk and www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue ServiceDistrictLiaisonOfficer(EducationandYouthTeam)[email protected]: www.northantsfire.org.uk

Forfurtherinformationonroadsafety,pleasevisit:www.rospa.com/roadsafetywww.think.direct.gov.ukwww.brake.org.uk

Northamptonshire Police Head of Response (including Safer Roads)ChiefSupt.ChrisHillerychris.hillery@northants.pnn.police.ukWebsite: www.northants.police.uk

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