Road safety performance management

Road safety performance management

All Safe System work is based on a performance framework, with a hierarchy of targets, and the Scottish model is depicted in the figure below.

Figure 11: Safe System results hierarchy for Scotland

The new Framework has the Long-term Goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries in road transport by 2050.

On this route to 2050 the following Interim Targets to 2030 have been proposed, based on a 2014-18 baseline.

• 50% reduction in people killed
• 50% reduction in people seriously injured
• 60% reduction in children (aged <16) killed
• 60% reduction in children (aged <16) seriously injured

Measuring progress towards meeting the Interim Targets to 2030 requires the use of indicators, the most important one being the number of deaths and serious injuries. The Safe System approach relies on gaining a much clearer understanding of the different issues which influence overall safety performance. As such a number of other indicators have been developed which are categorised as either Intermediate Measures - tracking performance of casualty figures for specific user groups - or Key Performance Indicators - measuring observed road safety behaviours, vehicle safety and road infrastructure.

We are continuing to work with stakeholders and road safety experts to better understand the percentage reductions that we believe would be required for specific indicators in order to achieve our Interim Targets. Where specific reductions can be determined for individual Intermediate Measures, those indicators will then become Intermediate Outcome Targets. An initial list of key priority areas that have been identified through our analysis is listed below; however, there may be further areas identified through the lifetime of the framework:

• Percentage reduction in pedestrians killed or seriously injured
• Percentage reduction in cyclists killed or seriously injured
• Percentage reduction in motorcyclists killed or seriously injured
• Percentage reduction in road users aged 70 and over killed or seriously injured
• Percentage reduction in road users aged between 17 to 25 killed or seriously injured
• Percentage of motorists driving/riding within the posted speed limit

Key Performance Indicators will be developed to enable the monitoring of road safety behaviours, vehicle safety and road infrastructure. It is envisaged that these will include:

• Percentage of motorists driving within the speed limit
• Percentage of drivers not distracted by a handheld mobile phone/Sat Nav or in-car entertainment system
• Percentage of vehicle occupants wearing a seatbelt or child restraint system correctly
• Percentage of riders of powered two wheelers and bicycles wearing a protective helmet
• Percentage of drivers/riders driving within the legal limit for alcohol or specified drugs
• Percentage of distance driven over roads with a casualty rate below an appropriate threshold
• Percentage of new passenger cars with a EuroNCAP safety rating equal or above a predefined threshold
• Time elapsed in minutes and seconds between the emergency call following a collision resulting in personal injury and the arrival at the of the emergency services

Reporting on Key Performance Indicators and the progress towards the Interim Targets and the Intermediate Outcome Targets will be done on an annual basis.

More detail on the above targets and KPIs can be found in a separate report - Development of Scotland's 2030 Road Safety Casualty Targets and Key Performance Indicators produced by Agilysis on behalf of Transport Scotland.

What are your views on the proposed 2030 Interim Targets?

Do you think that the Intermediate Outcome Targets and Key Performance Indicators are appropriate to monitor the progress towards the 2030 interim targets?

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Governance Structure

The 2020 Framework saw the establishment of a Strategic Partnership Board (SPB), chaired by Transport Scotland's CEO, with senior Police and Fire Officers, members from NHS Scotland, and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (and with regular ministerial attendance) to govern the Framework, and this draft Framework proposes that the SPB continues until 2030. The SPB works in partnership with Ministers and senior partner organisations to ensure a strategic and joined-up partnership buy-in to the Framework. It guides Scottish road safety delivery partners in best practice, and constructively challenges their policies and/or actions.

In addition, a supporting Operational Partnership Group (OPG) at senior official level was set up. It has representation from a variety of organisations with a remit for, or vested interest in, road safety, such as Police Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland, RoSPA, IAM Roadsmart and Cycling Scotland. It is proposed to maintain the OPG, having responsibility for the monitoring, analysis and distillation of evidence and information on activities being undertaken by partners towards the delivery of the Framework.

The SPB and OPG should each continue to meet twice a year.

In order to improve communications between national and local level, the new Framework proposes to introduce a third tier Local Partnership Forums (LPFs).

This LPF would comprise the Chairs of local road safety forums, groups, or partnerships such as the A9 Road Safety Group, Highland & Islands Road Casualty Reduction Group, Western Isles Road Safety Group, Road Safety North East Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Road Safety Partnership. Its main aim would be to share local road safety issues, plans and evaluations, and would serve as a national knowledge hub. Members would appoint a Chair who would serve for a period of two years and become a formal member of the OPG. The LPF would meet twice a year with Transport Scotland providing the secretariat.

The Framework governance can be depicted as follows:

Strategic Partnership Board
Operational Partnership Group
Local Partnership Forums

Do you think that the proposed Governance Structure is appropriate?

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Would road safety performance be improved across Scotland as a result of systematically sharing information and best practice between local authorities and/or local/regional partnerships through Local Partnership Forums?

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In your opinion what aspects of road safety work well at the moment?

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What practical actions would you like to see taken to encourage and promote these aspects?

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In your opinion what aspects of road safety do not work well in general and as a result of Covid-19?

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What practical actions would you like taken to overcome these aspects?

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