The Safer Roads Partnership (SRP) has a
remit that enables it to address a wide range of road safety
issues and has the flexibility to address these issues using
a locally agreed mix of road safety strategies.
The Partnership is funded principally by the
participating highways authorities from the extra Local
Transport Plan allocations that have been granted to them
by the Department for Transport and the Highways Agency.
The partners are Hampshire County Council,
Portsmouth, Southampton and Isle of Wight Councils, Her
Majesty’s Courts Service, The Highways Agency, the
Fire and Rescues Services and Ambulance Services of Hampshire
and the Isle of Wight respectively.
The SRP works on a range of joint operations
that complement the casualty reduction work already carried
out by individual partners. Bringing more partners to the
table enables the Partnership to address a wider range of
problems and to do so with a broad range of expertise.
The SRP provides an intelligence led, multi-agency
response to unsafe driving practices that includes education,
engineering and enforcement.
Education and publicity is aimed at encouraging
a change in road user behaviour and attitude so that driving
practices that endanger road users become viewed as socially
unacceptable. Key messages and activity are targeted at
specific groups such as young and newly qualified drivers,
fleet drivers, and riders of powered two wheeled vehicles.
Enforcement continues to be intelligence led
and includes preventative enforcement and also addresses
illegal driving practices such as speeding, mobile phone
use whilst driving, non-wearing of seat belts, drink/drug
and dangerous driving, motorbike offences and incorrect
use of child seat restraints.
Engineering opportunities to reduce casualties
continue to be identified and implemented by Partnership
experts. Ways of enhancing the delivery of medical attention
at accident scenes are also being addressed.
The SRP recognises that reducing road casualties
is not something that can be achieved overnight. It takes
long term, dedicated and collective work to identify and
implement best practice and new ways of tackling the road
safety issues that exist in our area.
Partnership work has already been demonstrated
to significantly improve the safety of our roads and the
multi-disciplinary expertise and experience of the Safer
Roads Partnership is focussed to build a creative and strong
response to avoidable casualties.
By setting a good example and encouraging
others to do the same you can help us to reduce casualties
and achieve safer roads – together.
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