PACTS has drawn up a list of priorities for road safety that would substantially reduce the level of death and injury on roads in the UK. PACTS will be discussing these with Government, political parties, parliamentarians, stakeholders and partners in the run-up to the General Election on 7th May 2015. Unless the Government acts, a third of a million people will be killed or seriously injured on the roads in Great Britain over the two decades ending 2030, representing a loss to society valued at approximately £110 billion. Despite a downward trend there will still be approximately 1,000 road deaths per year in 2030 unless concerted action is taken. PACTS therefore calls on the UK Government, the devolved administrations, their agencies and local government to: 1. Adopt a long-term vision for a safe transport system free from death and serious injury; 2. Set challenging national quantitative targets for road safety; 3. Lead by example with in-house safe travel policies and safe transport procurement policies; 4. Adopt the Safe System approach in road safety management; 5. Commission an independent Road Safety Management Capacity Review (RSMCR); 6. Improve knowledge and understanding of collisions and casualties in UK road transport; 7. Improve road network safety; 8. Adopt Single/Double Summer Time; 9. Improve vehicle safety; 10. Improve road user standards; 11. Review emergency medical response to collisions and enhanced trauma care; and 12. Support road traffic injury prevention in international development work. Successful and sustained action of these kinds requires for each activity the targeting of results; coordinated action; secure and sustainable funding; legislation, where appropriate to meet the task; high-level promotion of the shared responsibility for delivery; arrangements for ongoing research and development and knowledge transfer and, not least, transparent and regular monitoring, evaluation and reporting of results. (Author/publisher)
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