AUGUST 2010 NEWSLETTER
Helping Small and Medium Sized Businesses Manage Occupational Road Risk
ACPOS Days of Action (Speeding, Mobile phones and Seatbelts)
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland) Road Policing Branch run a number of campaigns throughout the year. The most recent one day campaign focussing on Speeding and Seatbelt use is a stark reminder to businesses of the need to have in place Management of Occupational Road Risk policies. In total 88 van occupants and 11 LGV occupants were detected not wearing a seatbelt, in addition 17 van drivers and 3 LGV drivers were detected using their mobile phone whilst driving. For full details http://www.acpos.police.uk/News%20items/News21_06_10.html
Future ACPOS Road Policing Campaign Dates
23 August - targeting inappropriate speed and seatbelt offences
1 September - targeting seatbelts.
If you have a look at www.acpos.police.uk, you will find all the latest news releases etc.
Scotland’s Getting Tougher with Drink Drug Driving
The summer ACPOS Drink Drug Driving Campaign has just come to a close Log on to : http://www.acpos.police.uk/News%20Items/News20_07_2010_DDWk2.html
This summer campaign follows the pattern of the December the winter campaign at which Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland along with the Scottish government, Road Safety Scotland the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service introduced new tougher legislation for drink drive offenders. Repeat offenders ran the risk of having their vehicle taken away for good. This forfeiture scheme continues and is growing in momentum. The summer 2010 campaign has included repeat drug driving offenders also in addition to drink driving offenders. The message is that Scotland is getting–tougher on Drink Drug Driving http://www.dontriskit.info/drink-driving
REPORTED ROAD CASUALTIES SCOTLAND
Scotland’s figures were published in June revealing the lowest casualty figure on Scotland’s roads for 60 years: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/06/17155946/0 and remember, this goes along with us having a considerable higher number of vehicles on our roads.
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT Road Casualty Figures
The main 2009 road casualty stats, published today, also show a fall in reported casualties. http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/accidents/casualtiesmr/rrcgbmainresults2009 The full Road Casualties Great Britain 2009 report will be published in September.
EUROPEAN TARGETS FOR CASUALTY REDUCTION
This report makes interesting reading when it comes to targets on a European Level in particular for people who drive for work. http://www.etsc.eu/documents/06.24%20-%20Transport%20Ministers%20to%20discuss%20Work%20Related%20Road%20Safety.pdf
TRAFFIC SCOTLAND
Route planning and up to date information on everything you need to know about Scotland's roads including improvement schemes, roadworks, public transport and all traffic information.
Log onto: http://trafficscotland.org/
SCOTLAND FORTHCOMING EVENTS
RoSPA Scotland Occupational Safety and Health at Work Congress
The way ahead for worker-centred health and safety
The way ahead for employee-centred health and safety. RoSPA's Scotland Congress will this year tackle the key issues of worker involvement and how occupational safety fits into the wider public health agenda in Scotland. This established annual event will be relevant to all occupational safety stakeholders, and HR professionals
September 23, 2010, Hilton Glasgow Hotel, Glasgow
http://www.rospa.com/events/default.aspx
Road Safety Scotland Annual Seminar 2010
Road Safety Scotland’s Annual Seminar will take place this year at Dunblane Hydro on Wednesday and Thursday 27th and 28th October. This is a celebratory year in the history of Road Safety Scotland as they mark the 25 year milestone. For seminar programme details and booking log onto www.roadsafetyscotland.org.uk
UK FORTHCOMING EVENTS
76th RoSPA Road Safety Congress
When: 14th to 16th February 2011
Where: Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre
What: Road Safety in a Time of Reduced Public Spending
Visit www.rospa.com/events to register interest and receive further details when they are announced. The Booking Form and Call for Papers are available from www.rospa.com/events
HEALTH + SAFETY 10 SCOTLAND
Where: Royal Highland Centre Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh
When: 15th -16th September 2010.
Come and visit the Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives and the ScORSA team who will be attending this event as exhibitors. Stand number 172
T A X I - Calling all taxi drivers in Fife
Fife Road Safety Unit in partnership with Fife Council Regulation and Licensing Committee have put together a Course drivers applying for a taxi licence. The course gives information on safe driving, including the rules of the road along with the responsibilities of a taxi driver.
The objectives behind the Course were, to reduce the amount of taxi drivers who appear in front of the Licensing committee for misdemeanours, to encourage taxi drivers to look at their work in a more professional manner, and as Fife is visited by many tourists, to see themselves as "Fife ambassadors".
The Course is held once a month at Fife Constabulary Headquarters. Presentations are given by Fife road safety professionals from Police Safety Camera Partnership and Fife local authority. The course lasts 2 hours 30 minutes and participants receive an Attendance Certificate and road safety materials.
In the 12 months since the introduction of this course there has been a considerable reduction in numbers appearing before the Licensing Committee and the feedback from participants is very favourable. This has now become part of the application for a taxi licence in Fife. To date 466 applicants have attended. If this is of interest please contact Jane A Greer Road Safety Manager Fife 01592 418 510 jane.greer@fife.pnn.police.uk
Freight Best Practice Industry Events
http://www.freightbestpractice.org.uk/scotland
Freight best practice will attend a number of venues over the coming months including
Wigtown Show Bladnoch Park, Wigtown on 4th August, further details are available from http://www.wigtownshow.org/
Perth Show South Inch, Perth – 6th and 7th August Further details are available from http://www.perthshow.co.uk/
Health and Safety Exhibition Royal Highland Centre (Stand 116), Ingliston 15th and 16th September
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND UPDATES
RoSPA / BNFL Scholarship Scheme sponsorship.
To Save Lives and Reduce Injuries
Background
In 2009 British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) endowed Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) with a special fund to finance a scholarship scheme over the next ten years to enable students; 'to carry out research into safety and accident prevention that will produce defined, practical and influential outcomes to help save lives and prevent injuries
2010 Road Safety Winner
The 2010 RoSPA / BNFL Scholarships Award winners have just been announced and include a road safety study into the “Perceptual judgements by elderly road users when observing vehicle approach”. This project will be undertaken by Professor John Wann and Dr Damian Poulter Action Research Laboratory, Royal Holloway, University of London.
2009 Road Safety Project Update
One of the 2009 sponsorship winners, Keele University, has provided the following update on a process evaluation of a young driver coaching programme being undertaken in Staffordshire County Council.
“The evaluation of the Staffordshire Young Driver Coaching Programme for learner drivers is on-going and is indicating key lessons for local authorities engaged in young driver road safety training.
The research highlights the links between a good resource, participation in it by the intended beneficiaries, and desired outcomes. Early findings suggest best practice for ADI’s wanting to improve involvement by parents in the learning to drive process, as parents are found to occupy a more distant role in the learning team. The research also offers insight into young adult-parent relationships, and the difference between learning to drive and attaining licensure.
It is expected that the final report will be of interest to road safety education, training and publicity practitioners; supervising drivers and learner drivers; ADI’s; and prospective evaluators alike.”
Additional Info
Updates on the other 2010 project winners and the two other 2009 projects which received sponsored by the RoSPA BNFL Scholarship Scheme in 2009 are available on http://www.rospa.com/workplacesafety/conferenceseventsawards/bnfl-rospa-scholarship.aspx