Road Safety
The Road Safety Team aims to:
- minimise road crashes and casualties
- improve access to the highway for all, especially vulnerable
road users
- address road safety issues that affect quality of life in
our communities.
We will achieve these aims through a combination of
Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Training and Publicity,
working in partnership with others where we can. In this way we
will contribute to wider service and corporate objectives that are
consistent with these aims.
Latest News
New Facebook Page for Learner Drivers
If you're a learner driver and you're on Facebook, you can
now get safe driving advice and keep up to date with changes
to the driving test.
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has launched a new page
called 'I can't wait to pass my
driving test' that gives advice and tips about learning to
drive as well as links to information on how to get a driving
licence, learning to drive and the theory and practical
tests, the official online test booking service and the
DSA's online shop where you can buy official publications to help
you prepare for and pass your test.
The Good Egg Guide to In-car Child Safety
Are you
a 'Good Egg'? A new guide to buying and fitting child car seats has
been launched across Cheshire East called 'The Good Egg Guide to
In-car Child Safety'. This colourful,
user-friendly booklet contains information and advice about
how to make sure you buy the right seat for your child and vehicle,
how to check that a seat is correctly fitted and how to keep on the
right side of the law.
It is called 'The Good Egg Guide' because
children are fragile and need to be protected. By making sure that
they are in a correctly fitted and appropriate car seat, you can
help reduce their risk of a head injury by up to 3 times* in
the event of a collision.
Contact us for a copy of the Guide or download
one from the campaign web site.
*Source: Transport Research Laboratory, April
1996.
Pass Plus
Pass Plus is an established driver training
course aimed at new drivers. Designed with the help of driving
instructors and insurers, the course builds on your existing skills
and knowledge, teaching you how to anticipate, plan for and deal
with all kinds of hazards and can help you to become more confident
on the roads. See our web page for more information or
visit direct.gov.
50% off Advanced Motorcycle Training
Cheshire East
residents can now take the Institute of Advanced Motorists ‘Skill
for Life’ advanced motorcycling course for just £69 (usual price
£139). Thanks to funding from Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership, a
limited number of half-price places have been made available to any
motorcyclist who lives in the Cheshire East area. The subsidised
courses are being offered as part of a targeted road safety
initiative involving the council, police and fire and rescue
service to reduce local motorcyclist collisions and casualties.
South Cheshire Advanced
Motorcyclists (S.C.A.M.) are delivering the courses and
places are available on a first-come-first-served basis. To book,
contact Chris Steel at S.C.A.M. on 01606 853502 or 07773 480492 or
e-mail info@scam-online.org.
Bikeability and Let's Bike
Cheshire East Council is working in partnership with CTC, the UK's national cyclists'
organisation, to offer all Year 5, 6 and 7 children
across the borough the opportunity to receive FREE Bikeability training by 2012.
Schools are currently being approached by the training provider,
Cyclist Training Ltd, to
offer them the free training. Bikeability is running
alongside the Road Safety Team's own cycle training scheme,
Let's Bike, until September 2011 when Let's Bike will be
discontinued and Bikeability will be Cheshire East's official cycle
training scheme. Find out more about the Free Bikeability training
and the changes to the Let's Bike scheme.
Other news and initiatives...
More on Child Car Seats
As well as the 'Good Egg Guide to In-car Child
Safety', the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA) have a website with lots of information and
advice about buying and fitting child car seats - RoSPA Child Car Seats. You
may also find the Britax UK site of use - it has a
Vehicle Compatibility Chart for both standard seats and seats that
have 'Isofix', the worldwide standardised fitting system
between a car and a child seat. Halfords and Mothercare will advise on which
seats will fit your child and your vehicle(s) and offer a fitting
demonstration service.
Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership
Cheshire East Council Road Safety is also a
partner member of Cheshire Safer Roads
Partnership. The Partnership brings together those agencies
with a collective will to reduce the number of people killed or
injured on the roads of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester,
Halton and Warrington.
Road Safety Engineering
We investigate the occurrence and distribution of accidents on
Cheshire's roads and devise engineering measures to reduce the risk
of future accidents. The limited financial resources available are
concentrated on sites or areas where personal injury accidents
occur. Road Safety Audits are done at various stages in the
development of highway schemes to ensure that they operate as
safely as practicable. For further details please contact the Road
Safety Team.
Personal Injury Collision Data
The Road Safety Team is responsible for managing the
Council's personal injury collision database for incidents that
occur on the highway. This information is provided to us by
Cheshire Constabulary, who are legally responsible for recording
all relevant information to national standard. We use the
data to identify current road safety issues and problems, which in
turn guides the annual road safety investment and work
programmes.
We can also provide data to the public for commercial and
educational purposes. This service may incur a charge depending on
the purpose that the data is to be used for. To discuss your
requirements, contact the Road Safety Team.
To request collision data for a particular location in Cheshire
East, please complete
the request form (MS Word, 111KB) and return it to
Traffic and Road Safety Team, Floor 6, Delamere House,
Delamere Street, Crewe CW1 2LL with the appropriate
payment if applicable.
Did you know?.... 25% of collisions involving a
Cheshire resident happens within 1km of their home address.
For any enquiries or for further information
contact Road Safety.
