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Any enquiries regarding this document should be sent to us at [email protected] This document is also available on the Transport Scotland website: www.transport.gov.scot Produced for Transport Scotland by APS Group Scotland Published by Transport Scotland, October 2019 Scotland to have the best road safety Follow us: performance transcotland @transcotland in the world transport.gov.scot transport.gov.scot Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030 Draft for Consultation 3 Contents Ministerial Foreword 4 Responding to the Consultation 5 Overarching context 7 A Vision for Scotland 9 Road Safety in Scotland and Beyond 13 Current and Emerging Challenges 20 Strategic actions 42 Road safety performance management 47 Annex A – Public consultation questions 52 Annex B – Respondent Information Form 57 Annex C – Framework at a glance 58 4 Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030 Draft for Consultation Ministerial Foreword I’m delighted to present to you a draft of Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030, which sets out an ambitious and compelling long-term goal for road safety where no-one dies or is seriously injured by 2050. This draft, building on the strength of the 2020 Framework, advocates a vision for Scotland to have the best road safety performance in the world. To help achieve that vision, the Framework sets out five strategic outcomes which describe the road safety environment it aims to deliver; part to play in the success of the Framework by these outcomes align with the five pillars of keeping our roads safe for themselves and others. the Safe System: Safe Road Use; Safe Vehicles; Hence the motto “Together, making Scotland’s Safe Speeds; Safe Roads and Roadsides; and roads safer”. Embedding the Safe System Post-crash Response. It also introduces a approach at national, regional, local and even comprehensive performance management individual level will play a major part in achieving system which will help us gain a much clearer this. This requires political leadership, strategic understanding of the different issues influencing clarity and decisive action, as well as ownership by overall safety performance, and monitor delivery all of us – elected officials, transport professionals of the Framework more effectively. In addition, and citizens. This Framework uses the words “we” and in order to improve communications between and “our” to reflect that it is not just a strategy national and local level, the Framework creates for Scottish Ministers or safety partners. It is a a third tier in its governance structure - Local Framework for all road users and, therefore, its Partnership Forums. vision, outcomes, challenges, strategic actions and The Road Safety Framework to 2020 brought targets belong to each and every one of us. forward a strong partnership approach to the Collectively, we must ensure the safety of delivery of many road safety strategies and every road user and, given the aspirations of initiatives, and has served us well. We could our health and climate emergency policies, this not have achieved this without the drive and includes protection for those who choose to determination of all our stakeholders working walk, wheel and cycle. The Scottish Government together to make a positive impact on casualty is more committed than ever to its vision that reduction, and we hope to build on that going communities are shaped around people, with forward to 2030 and beyond. As we go to print, walking and cycling the most popular choice for provisional headline figures for road casualties shorter, everyday journeys. This Framework is a reported to the police in Scotland in 20191 show great opportunity to demonstrate how road safety the total number of casualties fell to 7,594, the can contribute to cross-cutting national priorities. lowest number since annual records began in 1950. In 2018, Scotland’s overall road death rate of I encourage you to analyse the document and I 30 per million population was the fifth lowest of 42 look forward to hearing your views on the draft countries surveyed in international comparisons. Road Safety Framework to 2030. However, one death is one too many and there is more we can do, and will do, to realise our vision. The Scottish Government and our partners are committed to making Scotland’s road travel safe for everybody. However, all road users have a Michael Matheson, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure 1 https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/47932/key-reported-road- casualties-scotland-2019.pdf and Connectivity Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030 Draft for Consultation 5 Responding to the Consultation About this Consultation You will automatically be emailed a copy of your response after you submit it. If you choose this Consultation is an essential part of the policy method, you will be directed to complete the making process. It gives us the opportunity to Respondent Information Form. The Respondent seek your opinions. This consultation details Information Form lets us know how you wish your our proposed approach on the Road Safety response to be handled, and in particular whether Framework over the next decade and asks you you are happy for your response to be made questions about what we are proposing. public. Alternatively you can respond by using one Responses to this consultation are analysed and, of the following methods as specified in the table along with a range of other available information 1 below. and evidence, will help to inform the development Table 1: response methods of road safety policy and delivery in Scotland. YouTube Upload your Deadline videos and paste The consultation will be published on 8 September the URL into the 2020 and closes at midnight on 1 December 2020. Citizen Space consultation. How to respond Email to Send us an email with YouTube To encourage wide participation, the Scottish roadsafetyframework@gov. links to a video Government has created a number of ways for you scot of your response. to engage in the consultation. You can respond Please do not online, by email or by post. attach videos to the email as we The consultation will also be available in alternative cannot receive formats on request, including Large Print, Braille large files. and Easy Read. In addition to publishing this Please include consultation document. the Respondent Respond Online Information Form. Post Send your To respond online please use the Scottish responses in Government’s Consultation Hub, Citizen Space.2 English to: You can respond in English or British Sign Language (BSL) using this method. You can save The Road Safety Policy Team and return to your response at any time while the Roads consultation is open. But please ensure that your Directorate response is submitted before the consultation Transport closes at midnight on 1 December 2020. Scotland Buchanan House 5th Floor 58 Port Dundas Road GLASGOW G4 0HF Please include the Respondent Information Form 2 https://consult.gov.scot/transport-scotland/road-safety-framework-to-2030/ 6 Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030 Draft for Consultation With each of these methods you need to include Need assistance? your Respondent Information Form because this lets us know how you wish your response to be If you need support in answering this consultation handled, and in particular whether you are happy or alternatively have a query about the for your response to be made public. consultation process, or a complaint about how this consultation has been conducted you can You can find this in Annex B in this document. send your query by email to: Next Steps [email protected] or by writing to: After the consultation has closed we will analyse The Road Safety Policy Team all the responses received and use your feedback Roads Directorate to help inform the development of the Road Safety Transport Scotland Framework to 2030. Where permission has been Buchanan House, 5th Floor given, we will make all responses available to the 58 Port Dundas Road public at https://consult.scotland.gov.uk/. The GLASGOW responses to the consultation and analysis will be G4 0HF published in the winter of 2020. Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030 Draft for Consultation 7 Overarching context Scotland’s new National Transport Strategy (NTS2) The draft Road Safety Framework to 2030 has published in February 2020 sets out an ambitious taken into consideration the above-mentioned and compelling vision for our transport system for government’s ambitions as well as the overarching the next 20 years, one that protects our climate context in which road safety operates (see figure 1 and improves our lives. below). The Strategy advocates a Vision for Scotland’s Road safety policy and delivery will play a pivotal transport system, that will help create great places role in supporting policies and priorities and – a sustainable, inclusive, safe and accessible can help achieve outcomes across a number of transport system, helping deliver a healthier, fairer Strategic Priorities: and more prosperous Scotland for communities, businesses and visitors.