Mr. MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrians were(a) killed and (b) injured in road traffic accidents in each year since 1997. [161553]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following table shows, for Great Britain, how many pedestrians were(a) killed and (b) injured in road traffic accidents reported to the police, in each year from 1997 to 2002. This information has been published in "Road Casualties Great Britain 2002—Annual Report", a copy of which is in the Library.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Killed 973 906 870 857 826 775 Injured 44,628 43,980 42,018 41,176 39,751 38,009 Total 45,601 44,886 42,888 42,033 40,577 38,784
Mr. MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of all assessments carried out by his Department of road accidents involving each car type [161554]
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§ Mr. JamiesonThe latest assessment of the risk of driver injury when different models of car are involved in an accident, was published in the Statistical Bulletin "Cars: Make and Model: The Risk of Driver Injury in Great Britain: 1996–2000", published on 15 May 2003. Copies have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Mr. GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the(a) research projects and (b) campaign groups connected with road safety to
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Applicant Proposals Grant (£) Ape Theatre Company Pills Thrills and automobiles. The project is for funding of a drug/drive play aimed at 16 to 18-year-olds to reduce drug related accidents, through interaction and provocation of thought/consequences. 20,000.00 Brake Schools action packs. The project is for the funding of Road Safety Week "action packs" for school teachers, nursery leaders and youth club leaders. Two action packs will be produced: one for teachers of nursery and primary age children (x10,000); the other for teachers of secondary school children (x3,000). 10,000 Brake Getting the road safety message across-a communications strategy for road safety professionals. This project would provide a communications strategy for Road Safety Professionals and has the support of the Local Authority Road Safety Officers Association (LARSOA). 4,190.00 CAPT Child Safety Week aims to raise awareness levels within local communities through those, at local level, best able to influence children and their parents/carers about avoiding accidents. The theme for Child Safety Week 2003 was "One moment can change everything". The message to participants was "Accidents happen in seconds but the effects can last a lifetime". Take action now for child safety. Road accidents, in particular pedestrian and cycling accidents, were one of the four accident topics highlighted. 10,000.00 Oxford Brookes University Pedestrian visibility: improving children's understanding and behaviour. The project aims to develop a computer based tool to improve children's awareness of pedestrian visibility. This is a one off project which would take place at a purpose built Lifeskills centre in Bristol. A final report would be produced and the lessons learned will be incorporated into Lifeskills permanent training, which reaches 8,500 children per year (over 50 per cent. of year six children in Bristol and adjacent educational authorities). 10,000.00 RAC Grass Routes: investigating safer journeys. The project aims to raise awareness of road safety and road hazards among one of the most at risk groups of road users, 11 to14-year-olds, by the production of a schools resource pack, which will be made available to all secondary schools in the UK. The pack will focus on safer journeys to school. The proposal would expand the project which took place last year (2002–03) and was a continuation of an earlier Grass Routes project which focused on the environmental impact of the school run 18,447.63 RoSPA Child restraints video. The purpose of the project is to produce a video and DVD of approximately 15 minutes duration to provide advice on choosing and using child car restraints and to give practical demonstrations of how to properly fit them. It will be designed to be used as a training aid by Road Safety Officers and health professionals, but also to be used by parents. 20,000.00 RoSPA Redevelopment of the ORSA website. This project is to redevelop and manage(for the first year) the temporary website established by the Occupational Road Safety Alliance. The funding is to produce a professional and useful/useable resource for those involved in, or wanting information about, at-work road safety. 16,807.50 RoSPA Resource for parents (and other non-professional trainers) who supervise L drivers. The purpose of this project is to produce advice for parents, including practical tips, on helping their children learn to drive. 12,007.00 RoSPA Presenting Road Safety: A guide for the media. The purpose of this project is to revise and re-publish RoSPA's Guide for the media, "Presenting Road safety". Free copies of the Guide would be distributed to all Local Authorities, other road safety related organisations, the main media organisations and Regulatory bodies. 10,868.00 RoSPA Education resource for Key stage 1 children with English as second language. This project would produce a spiral bound, stand up book for use with Key Stage 1 children whose first language is not English. The book would feature clear and simple road safety messages about crossing the road, cycling (away from traffic) and travelling in a car. It would also include an introduction to road signs within these topics. The messages to be in Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi, as they are the most common ethnic minority languages, as well as English. 19,835.00 which his Department gave money, listing the amounts given to each in 2003–04. [160994]
§ Mr. JamiesonWe provide financial assistance to organisations other than local authorities, who successfully bid under Challenge Fund arrangements, for grant towards the costs of initiatives which promote road safety. Details of the organisations assisted and the nature of their initiatives are provided in the table. We also commission research from a number of research organisations, universities and consultants. Details of the road safety research programme are available at: www.rmd.dit.gov.uk
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Applicant Proposals Grant (£) RoSPA Road safety resource file: Key stage 4 citizenship. The purpose of this project is to produce a resource for use by teachers in schools to allow students to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding outlined in the Key stage 4 (KS4) Citizenship programme of study by using road safety issues. The resource will include facts and figures, details of the law and legislative instruments, newspaper articles and links to websites. There will be questions and discussion points, which will draw out key issues. In addition to a printed version, the resource will be produced in an electronic format suitable for downloading from the internet. 16,598.00 RoSPA Driving for work: safer journey planner. This application is to fund the production and distribution of a leaflet Driving for Work: Safer Journey Planner" (a work-related version of the "Safer Journey Planner" which RoSPA produced in 2001). The target audience would be employers, managers and staff who drive (or ride) for work. The leaflet would set this issue in the context of the employer's (and individual driver's) duty to risk assess their work related road journeys. 7,712.00 RoSPSA Reprint of the Guidelines for the Management and Operation of Practical Child Cyclist Schemes. 2,676.000 The Portman Group "I'll be Des" campaign packs. The Project will produce 1,000 "I'll be Des" campaign packs for Road Safety Officers. 10,318.00 University of Newcastle upon Tyne Kerbcraft road safety training video. The proposed video complements the ongoing management and evaluation of the National Network of Child Pedestrian Training Schemes. The Department for Transport is currently funding 100 road safety training schemes between 2002–2006. Each scheme is based around the "Kerbcraft" Model. The video will provide reference material for Kerbcraft co-ordinators, reinforcing the key objectives and methods for training each Kerbcraft skill at the roadside. 19,800.00 West Yorkshire Police Community Trust R.O.A.D.S. (Reduce our accidents decrease speed). This project will fund 50 Young Citizen Panels to influence road users in West Yorkshire to decrease their speed. Each panel will identify a section of road where they consider that drivers speed is dangerous and invite their local Road Safety Officer and a police officer to assess the location. The panel will accompany the Police Officer when a driver is stopped to explain who they represent, why they are conducting the exercise and that they will be reporting on the project. Each driver will be given a copy of The Highway Code and appropriate literature. In January-April 2004 each panel will develop a further road safety project around child pedestrian safety. 7,000.00 Successful projects 216,259.13