Road to Success

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Road to Success -

• John Vine
• Chief Constable
• CBE QPM
• Tayside Police

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UKRoad Safety Strategy Targets to 2010
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The problem!

• What is the extent of the problem
• How many people die on Scottish Roads
• How many are seriously injured
• No of children killed
• The cost

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What have we done?

• We have responded to community concerns
• High profile seasonal and 1 day campaigns
• Retained a core of specialised Road Policing
  officers in every Force

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Survey of Community Concernswithin Tayside
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Festive Drink Drive Returns
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Our Commitment to Road Policing
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Road Policing

• Road Policing is mainstream business for the
  Police
• Resources have been maintained nationally
• Cameras are not seen as an alternative but as an
  additional resource.

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Safety Camera Programme

• Present
• Programme is now funded by direct grant from the
  Scottish Government
• Remains an accident reduction initiative
• Upgrading enforcement equipment and
  infrastructure
• Future
• Remain an accident reduction initiative
• Develop management systems to better inform
  education and enforcement activity
• Working closer with other road safety agencies
• Developing common net based database to share
  information
• Produce annual report

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Ideas for the future!

• Allowing Scotland to introduce separate
  legislation?
• Lowering drink drive limit?
• Random Breath Testing?
• Regional/cross force Road Policing?
• Young drivers/accident rates

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YOUNG DRIVERS

• Disproportionate number of deaths.
• Mostly males
• Often at fault.
• Dangers during 1st year of driving.
• They tend to drive older cars
• Inability to recognise danger

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Fatal Collisions in Tayside Young Drivers since
2003

• 28.4 of all fatalities involve young drivers
• 73.1 of victims aged 17-25 are male
• The young driver was at fault in every case
• 93.5 of fatal collisions involving young drivers
  are caused by young male drivers.
• 83 of young females killed in vehicles driven by
  young males.

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Proposed Measures

• Pre-driver training
• Pre-test
• Post Test
• Enforcement
• Engineering