Go Safe on Scotland's Roads: road safety framework to 2020

Investigate the establishment of a strategic Scottish group which is representative of the major road safety disciplines and key delivery partners.

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Introduce a Scottish Road Safety Week after consultation with partners.

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Produce an annual public update on the delivery of the Framework.

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Help to promote existing information sharing fora and databases and consider whether there is a need for a specific initiative for Scotland.

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Consider, with partners, local pilots of initiatives for evaluation and promulgation of results across Scotland.

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Explore the inclusion/effectiveness of wider statistical evidence other than that of Stats 19.

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Ensure Scottish views are included in the DfT Stats 19 review.

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Work with local authorities and police forces in order to identify their needs in relation to expanding Road Casualties Scotland to include casualty analysis by home post code.

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Encourage and support the use of intelligence-led road safety targeting.

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Aim to achieve our ambitious child casualty reduction targets by 2020, by scrutinising the circumstances of each child fatality and reporting to Scottish Ministers with recommendations for action.

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Fund Road Safety Scotland to develop innovative road safety educational resources (including a new resource for pupils in lower secondary school and a new Early Years resource to replace the Children's Traffic Club in Scotland).

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Undertake an audit of our road safety education resources to ensure they address the specific issues which Scotland's child road casualty record presents and that they keep pace with educational developments and methods.

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Commission new research to investigate the links between road safety and disadvantaged children and those in ethnic minority groups and implement agreed action.

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Continue to support the use of school travel plans, fully involving the local community, through grant to the Sustrans School Run Team and cycle training resources from RSS and Cycling Scotland.

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Investigate, report and implement ways to help ensure schoolchildren's safety when getting on and off school buses.

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Call on UK Government to consider any strengthening of legislation in relation to school transport.

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Publish guidance for Scottish roads authorities on designing streets, focusing on the needs of pedestrians.

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Encourage local authorities to consider 20 mph zones in all residential areas.

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Investigate whether alcohol is playing a greater part in pedestrian casualties and, if it is, consider what we can do to reverse the trend.

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Encourage training and support for motorcyclists, e.g. through Bikesafe and other advanced rider training schemes.

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Develop a website which provides a link to all sites providing information on a range of issues, including safety, of interest to motorcyclists.

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Through RSS, support targeted publicity campaigns aimed at motorcyclists.

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Consider the needs and vulnerabilities of motorcyclists when designing new roads and implementing safety features on existing roads.

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Develop a Cycling Action Plan for Scotland to achieve the overarching outcome of 'more people cycling more often'. One action will be to increase the numbers of children receiving cycle training and therefore promoting road safety.

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that all road users receive appropriate education and training messages about safer cycling in the road environment, including journeys to and from school and in residential areas.

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Continue to monitor and develop SCTS resources for dissemination to Road Safety Units and others responsible for co-ordinating the SCTS programmes.

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Encourage the wearing of correctly fitted helmets by cyclists.

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Ensure cyclists are considered in new road and maintenance schemes.

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Seek to influence young people's attitudes to road safety and future driving behaviour before they get behind the wheel.

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Support the implementation and encourage take up of the safe road user award.

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Develop a guide to organising pre-driver events for senior secondary school pupils.

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Continue to look for innovative ways to target younger drivers with appropriate messages about safe driving, to increase their awareness and understanding of their vulnerability, and the dangers they face due to inexperience.

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Provide information and support for parents and carers on how to set a good driving example.

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Encourage younger drivers to undergo post-test training by engaging with the private sector, including the insurance industry, to explore incentivisation.

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Encourage initiatives which lead to qualifications, safer driving attitudes and behaviours.

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Conduct a public debate on young driver issues including graduated licences and additional training.

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Encourage and support the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ( RoSPA) (Scotland) with the formation of the Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance ( ScORSA) in order to raise employers' awareness of the need to have a policy on the Managing of Occupational Road Risk ( MORR).

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Continue our activities to ensure that Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving ( SAFED) training is embedded within the freight industry.

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Introduce the development of SAFED training for van drivers in Scotland.

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Provide road safety and speed awareness sessions for Scottish Government staff.

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Ensure that all contractors working with Scottish Government have a MORR policy in place.

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Encourage an increase in the provision of rest areas across Scotland.

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Promote initiatives to raise awareness amongst older drivers of their vulnerability and ways in which they can address this.

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Encourage full use of public transport.

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Investigate ways to promote and facilitate initiatives relating to further training for older drivers including consideration of incentivisation to do this.

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Continue to meet the demand for the migrant workers booklet, exploring the need for production in other languages. We will also consult with the United Kingdom Border Agency ( UKBA), to ascertain the most effective way to disseminate the information as widely as possible.

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Continue to produce the tourist information leaflet and 'keep left' sticker. We will consult with Visit Scotland to ensure it is promoted widely in advance of the tourist season each year.

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Continue to monitor accidents involving foreign drivers and discuss and implement appropriate actions, with partners where relevant.

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Promote the use of Fresnel lenses by left-hand drive HGVs to avoid blind spots and side-swipe incidents.

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Continue to publicise the risks associated with driving and riding on rural roads and warn drivers of potential dangers.

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Consider what further actions to take from current research on rural roads.

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Encourage any proposal by the Driving Standards Agency ( DSA) to include specific pre-test training on rural roads.

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Continue to support targeted enforcement campaigns on rural roads.

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Continue to press the UK Government for a reduction in the drink drive limit and for powers for the police to carry out breath testing anytime, anywhere.

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Give greater prominence to the 'Don't risk it' message throughout the year through the targeting of more road policing officers to carry out increased enforcement and raise the perceived risk of being caught.

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Promote the use of data enabled roadside evidential breath screening devices by Scottish police forces.

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Raise awareness of the dangers of fatigue among drivers.

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Raise public awareness of the possible effects on driving after taking some prescription or over the counter drugs.

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Continue to work in partnership with ACPOS and other partners, including the private sector, to provide publicity in support of enforcement initiatives by Scottish police forces.

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Introduce, in liaison with the Scottish Government Marketing Unit, drink drive publicity campaigns outside of the traditional summer and festive seasons.

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Press the UK Government to quickly ensure Home Office type approval of roadside drug testing devices.

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Conduct research into seat belt compliance in Scotland and act on the research findings.

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Raise awareness of the importance of seat belts, including via TV and radio advertisement, with a view to creating future generations who will automatically use seat belts whenever they travel in a vehicle.

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Seek ways of bringing attention to seatbelt wearing, for example, through the use of seat belt accessories that are highly visible.

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Continue to educate and encourage drivers to ensure that children are properly restrained in cars and vans.

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Support the introduction of a requirement for children aged between three and 14 to wear seat belts on buses and coaches where fitted.

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Press the case with the UK Government to make non-seatbelt wearing an endorsable offence (i.e. one which attracts licence penalty points in addition to the current fine).

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Promote the voluntary use of Intelligent Speed Adaptation ( ISA).

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Consider a pilot in Scotland to test out the effectiveness of voluntary ISA in road safety.

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Continue to publicise and educate people about the risks associated with speeding.

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Encourage local authorities to implement any changes indicated by their review of speed limits.

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Continue to raise awareness of speed limits, including those that apply to different types of vehicle on the different categories of roads.

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Continue to support the Safety Camera Programme.

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Support the development and implementation of the new viewing and administration system for the Safety Camera Partnerships.

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Consider if the introduction of a Speed Awareness Scheme focused on speeding would be an appropriate contribution to road safety in Scotland.

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Increase awareness of the benefits of lower speed driving in relation to fuel efficiency, health impacts and road safety.

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Publish a Delivery Plan on Climate Change that will require significant changes in driving practice.

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Continue to raise awareness through targeted campaigns of the dangers of driver distraction.

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Encourage everyone to acknowledge driving as a skill which requires concentration and judgement.

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Undertake Road Protection Score Surveys, for the remaining two-thirds of Scotland's trunk road network and determine how this information can complement the existing processes within the road safety engineering programme.

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Continue to consider and implement a range of proactive risk removal strategies to reduce the severity and frequency of impacts with hazards.

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Continue to invest in providing 2+1 overtaking opportunities.

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Consider the most appropriate barriers to protect vulnerable users such as motorcyclists.

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Continue to invest in junction improvement schemes.

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Rank the worst performing junctions on the trunk road network, by accident frequency and severity over the last ten years, and prepare a programme to improve selected locations.

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Develop Route Safety Groups for each of the trunk road routes with participation from relevant road safety partners such as local authorities, police forces, emergency services, safety camera partnerships, etc.

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Examine the possibility for further rollout of TRISS.

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Implement Strategic Transport Projects Review including:

• Transport Scotland's Strategic Road Safety Plan;
• Road Safety Improvements in North and West of Scotland;
• Route Management;
• A82 targeted road improvements;
• Road safety improvements in North and West Scotland;
• A9 upgrade from Dunblane to Inverness;
• A96 from Inverness to Nairn Upgrade;
• Targeted Road Congestion/ Environmental Relief Schemes; and
• Dundee Northern Relief Road.

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Continue to seek improvements to the planning, co-ordination and implementation of safety measures at roadworks through Codes of Practice and further legislation if necessary.

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Produce a best practice guide with SCOTS for carrying out safety audits by reviewing current local authority procedures.

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Encourage and promulgate research and guidance in the engineering field through SCOTS.

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Monitor and evaluate the progress of the A811 route safety strategy and, if successful in the reduction of casualties, encourage rollout across Scotland.

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Signpost information for car buyers to help them to make informed safer and greener choices.

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Ensure that all new cars purchased or hired by the Scottish Government have a high EuroNCAP rating, low engine size, low emissions and are fuel efficient.

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Support EC recommendations to include safety features in new cars as standard.

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Encourage and support the fitting of close-proximity lenses to HGVs.

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