21 ANNUAL UPDATE ON ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PUBLICITY IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT 
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The report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “H”) seeks to update members on current casualty levels and trends in the Bradford District and on the Road Safety Education, Training and Publicity initiatives aimed at reducing these casualties.
Recommended –
That the Area Committees continue to support an evidence based approach to determining Road Safety priorities.
(Becky James – 01274 437409)
Decision:
Resolved –
That the Area Committees continue to support an evidence based approach to determining Road Safety priorities.
LEAD: Strategic Director, Place
Minutes:
The report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “H”) updated members on current casualty levels and trends in the Bradford District and on the Road Safety Education, Training and Publicity initiatives aimed at reducing these casualties.
At the invitation of the Chair, the following synopsis of the report was given to the committee. In 2020 there had been an overall decrease in casualties in the Bradford District, down from 1,117 in 2019, to 937 in 2020. This continued the well-established long term trend which was also mirrored at West Yorkshire level. When taking different road user groups into consideration, car occupant casualties reduced from 688 to 570 and pedestrian casualties reduced from 244 to 192. There were however casualty increases for two road user groups; cyclists, where casualties increased from 80- 89, and motorcyclists where casualties increased from 45 to 62. Both issues had been brought to the attention of the West Yorkshire Safer Roads Executive and would be examined in detail and reported back to this committee. The global Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns had a significant impact on road traffic volumes and it is therefore difficult to establish how much of the downward trend seen in 2020 was due to an overall reduction in road traffic and how much was continuing the well-established downward trend from previous years.
Resolved –
That the Area Committees continue to support an evidence based approach to determining Road Safety priorities.
LEAD: Strategic Director, Place
