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Road safety

The Council promotes road safety through education and training and by introducing road safety schemes. Most of these schemes are funded by Transport for London (see external links section below) and have to meet their funding criteria.

Reducing road accidents is one of our targets in our Local Public Service Agreement. An outline of how we plan to meet these targets is set out in the Road Safety Plan, a copy of which is available by contacting the Frontline Services Business Support Team.

Road safety schemes and traffic management

Traffic calming schemes including safer routes to school, home zones and local safety schemes
London Cycle Network programmes (see Cycle Action Plan)
Road accident statistics
Provision of parking bays for people with disabilities.

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Training and education in road safety

Our work includes:

Educational talks in schools and nurseries.
Management and training of the School Crossing Patrol service.
Driver training at 'Breakfree' young offenders project
Checking fittings of baby and child car seats.
Working in partnership with driving instructors.
Distributing information on national campaigns to local community groups, e.g. Drink Driving. speed, in-car safety etc.
Liaison with schools for Walking Buses and School Travel Plans.
Cycle proficiency training in school holidays.
Independent travel training for adolescents with learning difficulties.
Road Safety exhibitions.