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
£100 off Pass Plus
Cheshire East young drivers can claim £100 off (full price £150)
the cost of a Pass Plus course that could help slash their
insurance premiums and reduce their proven higher risk of being
involved in a crash.
Update as of 23rd June 2010 -
Due to recent announcements by the new Government
about budget cuts for local authorities, we have unfortunately had
to suspend funding of Pass Plus Xtra with immediate
effect. Please re-visit this page at a future
date to see if this situation changes.
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
Cheshire East Council is working in partnership with CTC, the UK's national cyclists'
organisation, to offer all Year 6 children across the borough the
opportunity to receive FREE Bikeability training by 2012,
with the first round of training launched in April 2010. 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.
Find out more about the Free Bikeability
training.
Other news and initiatives...
Child Car Seats
Did you know that an estimated 75% of child
car seats and restraints are incorrectly fitted? The Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA) have launched a website with loads of
information and advice - RoSPA Child Car Seats. You
may also find the Britax UK site of use - it has a
Vehicle Compatibility Chart for 'Isofix', the worldwide
standardised fitting system between a car and a child seat - and
Mothercare, who can also advise
and fit child car seats.
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. The Road Safety Unit
uses the data to identify current road safety issues and problems,
which in turn guides the annual road safety investment and work
programmes.
To request collision data for a particular location in Cheshire,
please download the
application form (PDF, 191KB) and return it to
Road Safety, Floor 6, Delamere House, Delamere Street,
Crewe CW1 2LL with the appropriate payment.
Did you know?.... 25% of collisions involving a
Cheshire resident happens within 1km of their home address.
Further information is available by emailing
Road Safety.