What are you doing/aiming to do for road safety?
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is committing to the European Road Safety Charter through the implementation of its 5 year road safety plan. The Road Safety Plan has a target to reduce the number of fatal and injury casualties in the Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council area by 20% over the period 2010 to 2015 (using the 2008 casualty data of 205 as a baseline, this equates to 180) and maintain the number of fatal casualties at not more than 4 per year. The Strategy to be adopted in the plan focuses on Engineering, Education Enforcement and Evaluation. The following outlines the actions proposed under each:
1. Engineering
- Ongoing monitoring of collision data and implementation of low cost collision remedial measures annually at appropriate collision prone locations.
- Implementation of local traffic calming measures as per the 'Prioritisation of Traffic Calming Schemes' final report at appropriate locations.
- Upgrading of existing and provision of new pedestrian facilities throughout the County at appropriate locations, catering for the needs of all vulnerable road users including mobility impaired and disabled persons.
- Carry out assessment of cycle routes in the County including identification of collisions locations and the provision of new cycle tracks and facilities.
- Implementation of the Road Safety Audit / Road User Audit process for major new road and traffic schemes.
- Provision of special 30 km/h speed limits at appropriate locations in accordance with National Department of Transport guidelines.
- Implementation of school safety zones at appropriate locations.
- Incorporating road safety into the development management process where possible
2. Education
- The County Council along with other stakeholders will continue to support parents and teachers in delivering effective road safety education and training programmes in schools and the provision of the school warden service
- Encourage schools and parents to develop and promote road safety encouragement through sustainable travel plans, working with the Green School Programme and other strategies that encourage responsible safe travel throughout the road network.
- The encouragement of walking and cycling forms a part of the wider strategy to encourage walking and cycling as a healthy and sustainable transport alternative to the use of the private car.
- Elimination of illegal/inappropriate parking though enforcement and education campaigns
3. Enforcement
- Jointly inspect each fatal collision location with a member of An Garda Síochána (National Police) as soon as practicable after a fatal and serious collision occurrence as per National Roads Authority Reporting Guidelines.
- Explore areas of co-operation with the Gardaí in the area of road safety engineering and education through regular meetings.
- A co-ordinated approach is to be adopted between the Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council Road Safety Section and Community Policing in delivering education programmes to school children.
4. Evaluation
- Carry out an annual review on the implementation of the plan.
1. Engineering
- Ongoing monitoring of collision data and implementation of low cost collision remedial measures annually at appropriate collision prone locations.
- Implementation of local traffic calming measures as per the 'Prioritisation of Traffic Calming Schemes' final report at appropriate locations.
- Upgrading of existing and provision of new pedestrian facilities throughout the County at appropriate locations, catering for the needs of all vulnerable road users including mobility impaired and disabled persons.
- Carry out assessment of cycle routes in the County including identification of collisions locations and the provision of new cycle tracks and facilities.
- Implementation of the Road Safety Audit / Road User Audit process for major new road and traffic schemes.
- Provision of special 30 km/h speed limits at appropriate locations in accordance with National Department of Transport guidelines.
- Implementation of school safety zones at appropriate locations.
- Incorporating road safety into the development management process where possible
2. Education
- The County Council along with other stakeholders will continue to support parents and teachers in delivering effective road safety education and training programmes in schools and the provision of the school warden service
- Encourage schools and parents to develop and promote road safety encouragement through sustainable travel plans, working with the Green School Programme and other strategies that encourage responsible safe travel throughout the road network.
- The encouragement of walking and cycling forms a part of the wider strategy to encourage walking and cycling as a healthy and sustainable transport alternative to the use of the private car.
- Elimination of illegal/inappropriate parking though enforcement and education campaigns
3. Enforcement
- Jointly inspect each fatal collision location with a member of An Garda Síochána (National Police) as soon as practicable after a fatal and serious collision occurrence as per National Roads Authority Reporting Guidelines.
- Explore areas of co-operation with the Gardaí in the area of road safety engineering and education through regular meetings.
- A co-ordinated approach is to be adopted between the Dún Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council Road Safety Section and Community Policing in delivering education programmes to school children.
4. Evaluation
- Carry out an annual review on the implementation of the plan.
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