Rossendale Casualty Profile and Road Safety Activities Paul Binks - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Rossendale Casualty Profile and Road Safety Activities Paul Binks Road & Transport Safety Manager

KSIs by District according to Casualty Group (2009-13) 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Lancaster Preston West Chorley Wyre South Ribble Burnley Fylde Hyndburn Ribble Valley Pendle Rossendale Lancashire Pedestrian Pedal Cyclist P2W Car Occupant Other Unknown

KSI's by District (2009-13) 250 218 200 185 174 156 145 150 Age 138 0-15 16-19 117 20-25 26-64 95 100 65+ 81 80 75 72 70 61 61 59 58 56 53 51 51 50 45 45 44 50 43 43 41 41 41 37 37 36 35 35 34 34 32 32 31 31 30 30 29 28 28 25 25 25 23 23 23 22 20 19 18 16 15 14 8 0 Lancaster Wyre Ribble Valley Fylde Preston South Ribble West Lancs Chorley Hyndburn Burnley Pendle Rossendale

Lancashir Rossendale e County rank No. per 1000 No. % of County adjusted for No. population population 68053 5.8 * 11 Population 1171558 1260 5.3 18.5 8 All Casualties (2009-13) 23630 142 5.4 2.1 6 All Pedestrians 2649 76 4.1 1.1 9= All Pedal cyclists 1856 66 3.2 1.0 12 All Powered 2-wheeler 2040 884 5.7 13.0 6= All Car occupants 15570 92 6.1 1.4 3= All Other 1515 164 5.1 2.4 10= All KSI's (2009-13) 3228 47 6.3 0.7 5= KSI Pedestrians 750 26 6.6 0.4 1= KSI Pedal cyclists 396 21 2.9 0.3 12 KSI Powered 2-wheeler 728 59 4.9 0.9 8 KSI Car occupants 1207 11 7.5 0.2 1= KSI Other 147

The issues and priorities in Rossendale: •Children and young people aged up to 25 years represent 40.9% of all the killed and seriously injured (KSI) casualties in Rossendale, the Lancashire average being 38% •The 16 to 25 year age group represents 26.8% of all killed and seriously injured in Rossendale, the Lancashire average being 25.2 % •The 0-15 year age group represent 14% of all killed and seriously injured in Rossendale, with the Lancashire average being 12.8% •61% of all children killed and seriously injured in Rossendale were Pedestrians •Rossendale has the third highest rate of all killed or seriously injured casualties for people aged 20-25 years old in Lancashire •Rossendale has the highest rate of killed or seriously injured Pedestrian casualties for people aged 65 years old and over in Lancashire

ROSSENDALE - 2013 Contributory factors for collisions with a KSI casualty (a collision may have multiple contributory factors) Driver rider error 50% Health Issues 37% Speed Related 33% Pedestrian Error 20% Road Environment 17% Mechanical Fault 3%

Activities: District Action Plan: • Evidence Based Accident Reduction Measures • 20mph Speed Limit Areas • Speed Tasking & Lancashire Road Watch • Engagement in 20mph areas • Resources for schools and collages • Wasted Lives • Resources for Older People