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Road Safety Targets: Towards Zero

Road Safety Targets: Towards Zero. Kate McMahon Road Safety Symposium Chania Crete 29 October 2008. Why does setting targets help to save lives?. Focus on casualty reduction as policy priority Indicates commitment of Government to casualty reduction and motivates stakeholders

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Road Safety Targets: Towards Zero

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  1. Road Safety Targets: Towards Zero Kate McMahon Road Safety Symposium Chania Crete 29 October 2008

  2. Why does setting targets help to save lives? • Focus on casualty reduction as policy priority • Indicates commitment of Government to casualty reduction and motivates stakeholders • Raises public awareness and strengthens political resolve • Generates activity to deliver road safety improvements • Generates demand for data collection for forecasting and monitoring • Leads to better performance

  3. What types of targets are commonly set? • Regional, national, local • Bottom up: empirically derived • Top down: aspirational or vision based

  4. Targets as motivators • Regional targets • Encourage cooperation between countries • Provide stimulus to activity through competition • Help to encourage political will to prioritise road safety in poorer performing countries • Sub-national targets • Widen sense of ownership and accountability at all levels • Encourage partnerships and generate more action

  5. Adopting and meeting targets • Empirically derived targets based on sound evidence of effectiveness of interventions • Link between numerical target and strategy to achieve it • Measuring performance - outputs, intermediate outcomes, final outcomes, social cost savings; regular review • Aspirational targets best linked to a long term vision

  6. The importance of good data and analysis • Collection/ analysis/ decision making • More than crash data • Crash analyses by user, road type and trends • Comparisons with other countries – understand differences in crash patterns • Measure intermediate outcomes • Set milestones, monitor performance, and respond quickly to emerging problems and trends

  7. Road Safety Strategy and Targets in GB • First target in 1987: one-third reduction in all casualties by 2000. • 1997-2000: detailed analysis to inform new target and delivery strategy for 2010. • 2000: targets for 2010 and Road Safety Strategy “Tomorrow’s Roads” published. • 2004 and 2007: Reviews of progress published. • 2007-2010: work programme to inform post-2010 policy. • National targets adopted by local highway authorities.

  8. The approach to target setting for 2000 • Detailed analysis of past trends in casualties and casualty rates. • Identifiable effects (DESS): drink-drive, safety engineering, vehicle secondary safety. • Core road safety programme. • Analysis of effects of past policies. • Forecasting of future trends in casualty rates. • Development of traffic growth scenarios. • Assessment of effects of new policies.

  9. The political process in choice of target • Informed by quantified analysis and range of recommendations. • Target chosen at lower end of forecast range to be “challenging but achievable”. • Regular Review process to monitor progress.

  10. THE CASUALTY REDUCTION TARGETS By 2010: • 40% reduction in all KSIs - 33% down by 2005 • 50% reduction in child KSIs - 49% down by 2005 • 10% reduction in the rate of slight injuries - 22% down by 2005 Compared to the average for 1994-1998 and “tackling the significantly higher incidence in disadvantaged communities”

  11. Summary: Key Steps in Developing Strategies and Targets • Identify strategy options and suggested time period • Model estimated outcome targets achievable for varied strategy input options • Hold dialogue with public and stakeholders about options • Negotiate funding based on economic merits of the programme

  12. Summary: Strategy for Implementation • Decide package of measures to implement the adopted strategy and to deliver the associated target • Take decisions on agency management roles and responsibilities for implementation and monitoring • Publicise strategy and targets and seek community and stakeholder support • Establish data protocols for intermediate outcome data and for monitoring of performance

  13. Conclusions • Countries that set numerical targets tend to be better performers • Targets motivate at all levels • Targets must be linked to strategy for delivery • Data collection and empirical evidence essential

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