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OCTOBER 2018
FOREWORDS
Steve Gooding | RAC Foundation Lord Whitty | Road Safety Foundation Dr Suzy Charman | Road Safety Foundation
When, in September 2016, we commissioned the Road Safety The impressive results presented in this short summary report Although we have seen reasonable road casualty reductions
Foundation (RSF) to embark on the Safer Roads pathfinder offer real opportunity. Some 1,450 families will be spared on British roads over the last two decades, 2016 saw the
project, we hadn’t dared to hope that what had started as the sorrow of death or serious injury from a first portfolio of highest annual death toll since 2011. Finding the right funding
a fairly small-scale demonstrator project would so quickly schemes which systematically target known high risks on our mechanisms for safety improvements to our road infrastructure
attract such a sizeable sum of money from the Department for roads. The economic returns expected are in excess of those is absolutely essential if we are to break the current plateau in
Transport (DfT). generated by most transport projects. The way that central the number of people being killed on our roads.
government, local authorities and charities have partnered
Establishment of the Safer Roads Fund meant that the project together has been exemplary. DfT’s Safer Roads Fund provided a much-needed source of
could be extended to the top 50 high-risk local A-road sections funding specifically for reducing risk on the most ‘dangerous’
in England as identified in the RSF analysis of 2012–14 crash I am grateful to the RAC Foundation, which provided local authority A-roads in England. The Fund was truly
data, but the core objective remained the same: to develop leadership and crucial seedcorn finance to kick-start this innovative, and allowed local authorities to use new proactive
practical guidance on how local highway authorities could new systematic way of reducing road trauma. I’d like to risk reduction approaches in the form of the iRAP (International
identify and prioritise the most effective and economically thank ministers and their senior officials for their creativity Road Assessment Programme) protocols, and to apply Safe
viable interventions for proactive implementation to make their in conceiving a Safer Roads Fund targeted at the 50 most System principles in a way that many of them haven’t had the
roads safer. dangerous A-roads as an unarguable starting point for the opportunity to do for some time.
new approach.
This report marks the point at which the schemes have been The RSF team has very much enjoyed working alongside the
identified and the money allocated. Now the practical works When I met with authorities early in the work, I saw for myself tremendously talented local authority road safety engineers,
can start. A fuller account of what is being done will be how many of them recognised the new potential encapsulated and commends their dedication to reducing road trauma.
published in due course. The real prize from this initiative will in this project to deliver major reductions in road trauma over Some very forward-thinking local authorities are continuing to
be the evidence generated about how effective those schemes the years ahead. partner with the RSF by applying the iRAP inspection protocols
turn out to be, and the consequent ability that this will give us, to more of their roads.
we hope, to proactively and systematically set about lowering The portfolio of projects has been developed to a demanding
the risk profile of our roads more widely. timetable. It has involved training in new technologies able I’m very proud of the collaborative achievements of the Safer
to measure and test how risks on the roads could be reduced Roads Fund. I’m sure that, given the kind of results outlined
effectively. The management of road infrastructure safety has in this document, we will see further similar investments, with
taken a step closer to the approach used in medicine, mining, similarly high returns and, ultimately, ensuring that more lives
rail and aviation. can be saved.
We must not lose momentum. The new skills and learning must
be applied to other portfolios and deliver equally impressive
saving of life and societal benefit.
I hope this short report will be seen by local authority cabinets,
transport leaders and economic advisers everywhere.
1 | Road Safety Foundation | Safer Roads Fund Results 2
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3 | Road Safety Foundation | Safer Roads Fund Results 4
Safer Roads Fund investment
What’s new?
THE SAFE SYSTEM
Many countries across the world are now adopting the Safe
Systems philosophy, which means that they no longer simply MARCH
blame road users for crashes, but instead are seeking to design
a system that will protect the road user from death or serious
injury when crashes do occur. This is a fundamental change
in approach, based on the principles of inevitability that
2021
£100 m
crashes will occur owing to humans being error-prone, and
the survivability of crashes based on known tolerances of the
human body to crash forces.
PROACTIVE APPROACHES
In approaching road safety engineering treatment, the
Safe System philosophy necessitates that road authorities
proactively manage risk on their networks, rather than simply Capital investment of nearly £100 million to
waiting for crashes to occur before responding.
be spent between now and March 2021
We know from international research that a variety road
features contribute to the likelihood and severity of crashes,
which means that we can identify and reduce risk on the basis
of an objective and evidence-led methodology. This allows
road authorities to take a proactive risk-assessment approach
when identifying potential treatments to reduce risk, in the
same way as is applied in other industries such as medicine,
1,450
mining, aviation, and even road worker safety.
This proactive approach means taking action to remove risks
before people are killed or hurt. Rather than focusing on
historical crash cluster sites alone, where chance can often
£550 m
be the main explanation of clusters and ‘regression to the
mean’ effects (the phenomenon that describes collision levels
returning to ‘normal’ following a period of untypically high
levels) can flatter results, the proactive approach seeks to focus
on management of known risks.
Around 1,450 lives and serious Value of prevention
injuries estimated to be saved of injuries (20 years)
ROAD SAFETY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
in the next 20 years
To support local authorities in developing a business case for
investment on the basis of a risk management approach, DfT
offered authorities the opportunity to use the iRAP Star Rating
methodology supported by the RSF. This methodology has
now been used in around 80 countries, covering around
570,000 miles of roads.
£12
4.4
The iRAP process allows engineers to review how risk changes
along a route, and the sort of treatments that might be cost-
effective in reducing that risk. Road safety engineers can then 5m
take this information, together with their local knowledge and
expertise, and develop their own countermeasure plans.
The RSF developed a new way of modelling these plans, so
that the impact of different options could be assessed, and a Economic cost
User-Defined Investment Plan – estimating the number of lives
and serious injuries saved by each countermeasure proposed – (20 years) (including Portfolio Benefit
could be produced. maintenance and Cost Ratio
operation) £125 m
5 | Road Safety Foundation | Safer Roads Fund Results 6
Safer Roads Fund treatments
50 10 miles
of new or improved
footpaths 90 miles
of cleared or protected
roadsides
300
150 miles
of improved speed limits,
improved bends
enforcement and traffic calming
20 miles
of new or improved
cycle facilities
90 miles
of improved visibility
80 miles
of improved medians
and signing (hatching / wide centrelines)
290 miles
of improved roadside shoulders
135 70of improved
miles
new or improved road surfaces
pedestrian crossings
225
improved junctions
7 | Road Safety Foundation | Safer Roads Fund Results 8
Case study
TRAWDEN TRAWDEN
Oakworth Oakworth
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Oldfield Oldfield
Cross Cross
Roads Roads
Stanbury Stanbury
Haworth Haworth
STAR RATING MAP COUNTERMEASURES MAP
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CALDERDALE COUNCIL: A6033
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MEASURES INCLUDE:
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Oxenhope Oxenhope
Capital spend £2.3 million
»» 2 improved pedestrian crossings
Fatal and serious injuries Leeming Leeming
51 »» 1.5 miles of bicycle facilities
prevented (20 years) »» 6 improved junctions B614
1
B614
1
Net present value of safety »» 4.5 miles of improved roadside shoulders
£20.6 million »» 4 miles of cleared or protected roadsides
benefit (20 years)
»» 12 improved bends
Economic cost (20 years) £2.7 million »» 1 mile of improved medians
»» 3 miles of improved road surfaces
Benefit Cost Ratio 7.6
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Wainstalls Wainstalls
Heptonstall Heptonstall
Blackshaw Blackshaw
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Midgley Midgley
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Steven Lee Peter Stubbs Eastwood Mytholmroyd Eastwood Mytholmroyd
Assistant Director – Strategic Infrastructure Transport Policy and Strategy Manager – Highways A64 A64
Calderdale Council and Transportation 6 6
Calderdale Council
TODMORDEN TODMORDEN
Clough Clough
“We are committed to improving safety and reducing Foot Foot
casualties on our roads. The Safer Roads Fund has provided a “The Safer Roads Fund and the expert support from the RSF
have provided a real opportunity for the highways authority A681 Mankinholes Sowerby A681 Mankinholes Countermeasures
Sowerby
welcome opportunity to improve safety for all road users on the
to change its approach towards road safety engineering. Cragg Vale Cragg Vale Safer roadsides
A6033 Todmorden to Littleborough and Hebden Bridge to
Cross Roads. This is particularly important for Calderdale as we Use of the iRAP methodology has given us a more efficient Safer pedestrians
and cyclists
seek to build upon the huge uptake in cycling though this area and objective way to assess risk, identify potential schemes Star Ratings
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and lanes
since the Tour de France in 2014.” and, crucially, to develop funding bids to carry out necessary Walsden Walsden Safer visibility and
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markings
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works. It has been refreshing to take a proactive approach to Cotton Cotton
B6
B6
Stones StonesSafer medians
improving this length of road, and we plan to apply the lessons Mill Mill
Safer speeds
learned to other roads across Calderdale.” Bank Bank
Safer bends
Lighthazles Lighthazles
road section / location
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9 | Road Safety Foundation | Safer Roads Fund ResultsCase study
Furness Furness
Vale Vale
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A6
A624
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Chinley Chinley
B6062 B6062
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STAR RATING MAP COUNTERMEASURES MAP
DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: A5004
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MEASURES INCLUDE:
Capital spend £2.5 million
A5004
A5004
»» 3 improved pedestrian crossings
Fatal and serious injuries Chapel-en-le-Frith Chapel-en-le-Frith
33 »» 6 miles of bicycle facilities
prevented (20 years) »» 4 improved junctions
Whaley
Bridge
Whaley
Bridge
Net present value of safety »» 6 miles of improved roadside shoulders
0 0
£15.8 million »» 2 miles of cleared or protected roadsides B5
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B5
47
benefit (20 years)
»» 5 improved bends
B5470 B5470
Economic cost (20 years) £4.2 million »» 0.5 mile of improved medians
»» 0.5 mile of improved road surfaces
Taxal Taxal
Benefit Cost Ratio 3.8
Fernilee Fernilee
Combs Combs
A50
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Cllr Simon Spencer Geoff Pickford
Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure Service Director – Highways
Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Council
“Keeping Derbyshire’s roads safe for all road users is a top “We have long realised the importance of investing in road
priority for us. However, some of the county’s roads present safety measures. We welcome having had the opportunity
Countermeasures
particular challenges because of their popularity, for example, to use the Road Safety Foundation’s iRAP assessment
Safer roadsides
with motorcyclists, so we welcome this extra funding from the methodology to design the most cost-effective solutions. Safer pedestrians
Safer Roads Fund to improve safety. Our bid put forward a very We are always keen to explore new ways of doing things, and cyclists
Safer road surfaces
strong case for extra measures to be put in place to reduce and, as it advances, this innovative system will help us take a Star Ratings and lanes
Safer visibility and
collisions, and this new money will help us to carry out major more scientific approach to developing the most appropriate markings
safety improvements on three of our most challenging roads. road safety initiatives. We have been able to use this new Safer medians
This extra funding means that we can shortly start work on our assessment technology to fine-tune our safety schemes. At Safer speeds
A5
A5
first project, improvements to the A5004 Long Hill, and we Long Hill this is set to include removing a sharp bend, and Safer bends
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road section / location
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are confident that over the next three years we will be able to adding new signage and road markings, crash barriers, rumble 6 6
4
Safer junctions
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implement all the schemes to improve safety for all users of strips and average speed cameras. Alongside engineering
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these roads.” improvements, we will also be using some of this extra 0 0.25 0.5 mi 0 0.25 0.5 mi
funding to continue our targeted programmes to educate and 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 km 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 km
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BUXTON BUXTON
11 | Road Safety Foundation | Safer Roads Fund ResultsDfT’s Safer Roads Fund was established at the end of 2016 and The schemes reported here have a portfolio Benefit Cost has already allowed local authorities with one of the top 50 Ratio (BCR) of 4.4 when evaluated over a 20-year period. This high-risk local A-roads in England apply for funds to improve portfolio BCR compares very favourably against most major the safety standard of these roads. The speed at which this transport projects. Fund has been established, and work has begun to rehabilitate these roads, is to be commended. The dedication of the Local The RSF’s annual reports identify main roads which carry Authority teams has been truly exceptional, and together the unacceptably high risk and particularly persistently high schemes are estimated to save around 1,450 lives and serious risk roads which need urgent treatment. These roads are injuries throughout their 20-year economic life. That means likely to generate schemes with similarly appealing BCRs there are 1,450 families who won’t need to care for, or worse and these schemes would contribute to our grieve for, a loved one because of this investment. joint efforts to reduce road trauma.
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