In Attendance

• George Henry (GH) (Chair) Transport Scotland Road Policy and Safety
• Alistair Ross (AR) Association of British Insurers
• Kieren Green (KG) Transport Scotland Road Safety Policy
• Fraser Reid (FR) Transport Scotland Sustainable and Active Travel
• Stuart Wilson (SW) Transport Scotland Safety and Development
• Steven Feeney (SF) Transport Scotland Road Safety Policy
• Stevie Reid (SR) Police Scotland
• Andrew Paterson (AP) Transport Scotland Statistician
• Greg Dinnie (GD) Police Scotland
• Catherine Heeney (CH) Transport Scotland Research
• Keith Irving (KI) Cycling Scotland
• Kirstin Thomson (KT) Scottish Trauma Network
• Caroline Brearley (CB) Scottish Ambulance Service
• Tommy Keay (TK) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Caitlin Taylor (CT) RoSPA
• Stephen Bridgman (SB) Public Health Scotland
• Jami Blythe (JB) Brake
• Ryan Gilbert (RG) Transport Scotland Comms
• Fred O’Hara (FO’H) Transport Scotland Road Policy
• Helene Mauchlen (HM) British Horse Society
• Caroline Hay (CH) Transport Scotland Road Safety Scotland
• Drishti Khatri (DK) Agilysis
• Dan Campsall (DC) Agilysis

Secretariat

• Hannah Green (HG) Transport Scotland Road Safety Policy

Apologies

• Michael McDonnell (MM) Transport Scotland Road Safety Scotland
• Alan Martin (AM) Transport Scotland Sustainable & Active Travel
• Timothy Hooper (TH) Scottish Trauma Network
• Fay McNicol (FM) Scottish Ambulance Service
• Lynne Mason (LM) Road Haulage Association
• Nina Day (ND) Health and Safety Executive
• Chris Thompson (CT) Living Streets Scotland
• Angela McGibbon (AM) SCOTS
• Stewart Mackie (SM) IAM RoadSmart
• Andrew Barclay (AB) Police Scotland
• Michelle Van der stighelen (MV) Transport Scotland Safety Camera Programme

Welcome and Introductions

The Chair welcomed the OPG members to the meeting and proceeded with round table introduction.

Previous Minutes and Actions

The minutes of the previous meeting on 01 September 2025 were agreed as an accurate record of discussion and have been published on the Transport Scotland website. Most actions from the previous meeting were complete, however the outstanding asks are;

All members to consider any barriers, gaps or opportunities to explore in terms of their own organisations road safety delivery and provide an update to TS Road Safety Policy.

Owner: All members

Status: Ongoing

Update: Responses are to be collated and shared with the wider Road Safety Policy team.

Road Safety Policy and Police Scotland to consider issuing draft versions of fatality research to Key Priority Groups ahead of reports being finalised.

Owner: Road Safety Policy / Police Scotland

Status: Ongoing

Update: At the last meeting, the Road Traffic Fatality Steering Group agreed that once fatality research reports are finalised, they will be shared with the relevant Key Priority Groups before publication. However, this issue has been raised again within the KPGs, and the action will be referred back to the Steering Group for further consideration. Further updates will be provided after the next meeting of the Steering Group.

Secretariat to extend OPG invite to COPFS.

Owner: Secretariat

Status: Ongoing

Update: Continuing to identify appropriate COPFS representative.

Update from Governance Groups

Strategic Partnership Board / Local Partnership Forums / Key Priority Groups

The Strategic Partnership Board last met on 18 September 2025, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport. Key updates included the appointment of a consultant to lead the Road Safety Framework mid-term review, progress across governance groups, and HMICS recommendation progress. Partners shared updates on recent and upcoming work, including RSIF, 20mph rollout, DESC implementation, education initiatives, and analytical work on trauma and injury data. SCOTS have also surveyed all local authorities on their road safety challenges. This paper will be presented to SPB at the next meeting and shared with OPG members.

Additionally Public Health Scotland has now joined the SPB as a new board member.

The Local Partnership Forums met throughout November, with updates focusing on local authority progress of Road Safety Improvement Fund schemes and rollout of 20mph.

The Key Priority Groups last met in September and continue to progress with recommendations stemming from the In-Depth Road Traffic Fatalities Report.

KI queried if progress had been made on bring forward legislation allowing authorities to enforce moving traffic offences. It was advised that this work is being looked at as part of a transport bill with scoping works currently underway.

Action: Secretariat to share SCOTS survey on results on road safety within local authorities.

Action: Chairs of Key Priority Groups to reach out to PHS to identify appropriate representation for each KPG.

Mid-term Review

Dan Campsall provided a presentation on the Mid-term Review of the Road Safety Framework to 2030. This will be done through a 4 stage process running from December 2025 to May 2026:

Stage 1: Review Evidence

Stage 2: Explore Implementation

Stage 3: Analyse Findings

Stage 4: Report & Recommendations

During the discussion the following points were raised:

• Comparator nations and cities will be included as part of the review.
• The review will gather input from a wide range of stakeholders across all levels of the governance structure, including OPG.
• A mid-term review governance structure will be established through TS, involving all stakeholders.
• All progress reports and feedback will be routed through the SPB and OPG.

Department for Transport (DfT) Road Safety Strategy

An update on the development of the UK Government’s Road Safety Strategy was given. Members noted that the strategy is expected to be published before the end of 2025 with TS continues to engage with the DfT through the Road Safety Four Nations Group.

Knowledge, Data and Training

2025 – Police Management Information Data

An update was provided by Police Scotland on the latest management information data for 2025 (calendar and fiscal year), noting that Police Scotland continues to monitor the analytical data.

Police Scotland continue to proactively focus on the fatal five, with increases in detection noted.

Reported Road Casualties Scotland 2024

Andrew Paterson delivered a presentation on the Report Road Casualties Scotland 2024.

During the presentation the following was highlighted;

• In comparison to 2023;
• Fatalities increased from 143 to 161 (+13%)
• Serious injuries increased by 1%
• Slight injuries fell by 4%
• Total casualties went down from 5,834 to 5,734 (down 2%)
• Fatalities by mode;
• Pedestrian fatalities down from 46 to 42.
• Cyclist fatalities down from 7 to 3.
• Car fatalities increased from 54 to 73.
• Motorcyclist fatalities up from 27 to 31.

During the discussion, the following points were noted:

• Police Scotland are increasing tracking of high-risk road traffic offenders with progress being made through the ANPR system and electronic briefings.
• Discussion continue with relevant colleagues in relation to eyesight testing, this may also be included in the DfT Road Safety Strategy.
• Insurance data aligns with published collision stats, bodily injury claims are approximately 4,000 per quarter, with claim costs increasing significantly.

Delivery, Monitoring and Communications

2025 – 2026 Deliverables

Road Safety Policy

National Speed Management Review – The findings of the consultation are expected to be announced by the end of December.

20 mph Implementation – Significant progress had been made by a number of authorities in the rollout of 20 mph speed limits in efforts to meeting the Programme for Government. There is number of authorities had been experiencing a range of delivery challenges and that Transport Scotland continued to engage directly with them to understand barriers, identify solutions, and offer additional support.

Trunk Road Casualty Reduction Team

20 mph Implementation on the Trunk Road Network – Out of the 103 candidate locations, 75 were identified as being suitable, all these are on target to meet the March 2026 commitment.

Scottish Safety Camera Programme

Work is ongoing regarding the new safety camera technology trial, which includes a camera on the A9. Engagement continues with Police Scotland and the Crown Office to understand the potential impact of emerging technology.

Active Travel

This year has seen a £178m investment into active travel programmes, this covers a range of aspects such as infrastructure programmes, to behaviour change programmes. Work is beginning for the 2026/27 financial year, depending on budget approval.

Road Safety Scotland

The national conversation will focus on the Road Safety Framework and Vision Zero, RSS will work with SG marketing on a brief for campaign content which will be shared with stakeholders.

Learning Resources – Working towards the completion of the resource review by the end of January 2026, there will be a programme of familiarisation for practitioners and partners agencies, the expected launch is still to be confirmed.

Campaigns – Due to launch the festive drink & drug drive campaign, this will run until January.

Police Scotland

An update on the recommendations stemming from the HMICS report was given noting that of the 13 recommendations a total of 143 actions had been identified and 93 had been completed to date.

Work continues to progress Road Traffic Diversionary Courses and implementing a Journey Cam with this being a priority for TS and Police Scotland.

Action: Police Scotland to provide an update on the RTDC, specifically once the legislation is in place what are the next steps and their accompanying timeline.

Action: Police Scotland to provide members with a timeline and key steps for the Journey Cam and further explanation on the biometric data mentioned.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Update was given on Bikerdown project.

Continuing work with VR, which is seeing the best outcomes with regards to getting educational messages across.

RoSPA / ScORSA

Campaign Activity:

September – Driving tired

October – AI in work place transport

November – Winter driving and tyre safety

Recently released a Drink and Drug Drive: Best practice guide to managing the risk.

On the 12 May 26 RoSPA will host a in person event which will consist of a mock trial and an interactive summit.

Continuing the Preventing Future Fatalities Research Report, which looks at how road crash data is collected and analysed.

Action: Secretariat to share RoSPA survey and further information on the project.

Public Health Scotland

Unintentional injuries was recently published.

The SPB have approved the funding for a 1 year analytical post within Public Health Scotland to look at the data available.

British Horse Society

Road Safety Framework Fund project remains ongoing, in partnership with Police Scotland Mounted Branch and aim to deliver 10 days of action across the 10 month period.

The pilot project with road-side signage is now complete and the evaluation report will be shared with the group once available.

Action: Secretariat to share the road-side signage pilot project evaluation with member once it is available.

Cycling Scotland

Bikeability continues in primary schools, there will be an addition to the content regarding blind spots.

Association of British Insurers

Currently awaiting on the motor insurance taskforce report, which is expected to contain road safety aspects, DfT is keen to publish at the next meeting.

Scottish Ambulance Service

Recently contributed to the ScORSA paper on healthcare. Continuing to work on the managing road risk policy.

Action: SAS to inform secretariat of the new clinical team member who is expected to join the OPG on behalf of SAS.

Brake

Provide the National Road Victim Service in Scotland to anyone who is bereaved or has suffered a life-changing injury following a collision. The service is currently supporting 59 families in Scotland, with referrals coming from Police Scotland and the NHS. Recently, a training package was developed for Police Scotland officers, along with a ‘bags and boxes’ project to return personal belongings to those involved in a collision.

Comms Handling Plan

Since the last meeting, proactive work has focused on the Reported Road Casualties 2024 and locally targeted communications on the implementation of 20 mph limits.

The Drink and Drug campaign has also been launched, with a media toolkit available to all organisations.

Preparations are underway for the upcoming DfT Road Safety Strategy and the announcement on the NSMR outcomes.

Action: Secretariat to share the Drink and Drug campaign toolkit with members.

Road Safety Funding

£14.25 million has been allocated to the Road Safety Improvement Fund in the 2025/26 budget. Progress Reports were submitted by local authorities in November to provide an update on the development of their schemes and outline their full programme for delivery until the end of the financial year.

In addition, grant offer letters have now been issued for all 2025/26 Road Safety Framework Fund Projects and the projects are now underway. Quarterly updates on the following 2025/26 RSFF Projects will now be included within the papers going forward.

Risk Register

Risk Register has been reviewed by all members and current status considered accurate.

AOB and Next Meeting

Members noted that the Safety Camera Annual Survey has been issued and if they have received this should provide a response as soon as possible.

Action: All members who received the Safety Camera Annual Survey are asked to complete it as soon as possible.

The Driver 2020 Evaluation was recently published.

Action: Secretariat to share the Driver 2020 Evaluation with members.

Action: Chair to raise the Driver 2020 Evaluation with RSS for consideration in the programme of the next RSS Annual Seminar.

Members were informed of recent staffing changes within the SFRS and noted that the SFRS OPG representative will change in due course. The Chair thanked Tommy Keay for his contributions to the OPG and wish