Best Foot Forward Safer streets, fewer casualties, better health Colin Chick Corporate Director of Environment & Regeneration Luton Borough Council 1,901 people killed on GB roads in 2011

Equivalent to a Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashing every 6.5 weeks

1996: Massacre in Dunblane school gym

‘A lone gunman has gone on a shooting spree at a school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and their teacher’.

60 children killed on GB roads in 2011

Equivalent to a Dunblane incident every 14 weeks

More than half, 33, were pedestrians and a further 6 were cyclists

Speed Limits

1 in 40 chance of being killed

1 in 5 chance of being killed

9 in 10 chance of being killed Luton’s Strategy Pedestrianise main town centre shopping areas

Civilise traffic in shopping streets

Traffic calm and environmentally improve residential areas

Engineering measures on main road network

Education, training and publicity

St George’s Square St George’s Square Town Hall Square – Past & Present

1960’s

1990s 2012 Town Hall Square Bury Park

Innovative design based on a European model

20,000 vehicles a day, 50 buses an hour

Informal crossing points create greater eye contact between pedestrians and motorists Bury Park

35 accidents in the three years before the scheme was implemented

5 accidents the year after implementation High Town Road

Narrow footways and obstructive parking

Inconsistent palette of materials

Footways widened and levelled

New palette is in keeping with the area Safer Routes to School 254 accidents involved children in three years

69 accidents travelling to and from school

Only 6 accidents occurred directly outside school

Area Traffic Calming & Environmental Improvements

45% of Luton’s roads are 20mph

By 2015 67% of Luton’s roads will be 20mph

When consulted 71% of Luton’s residents were in favour of 20mph zones Area Traffic Calming & Environmental Improvements Traffic accident statistics

3 years 3 years Area Variation before after Biscot 58 45 -22%

Saints 32 26 -19%

New Town Park Town 56 32 -43% Engineering on Main Road Network Engineering on Main Road Network

Fixed Speed Camera Site Accident Data 60

50

40 Total 3 years before

30 Total last 3 years

20

Total Number of Accidents of Number Total 10

0 Sundon Park Toddington Montrose Dunstable Stuart Street Farley Hill Crawley Hitchin Road Road Road Avenue Road nr Green Road Grantham Road Camera Site Thanks for listening. Any questions?

 Colin Chick  Corporate Director  Environment & Regeneration  Luton Borough Council  [email protected]