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Road safety in Portsmouth

Think! Road Safety logo The reduction of road casualties is an important priority for us. Through road safety education, training, publicity, engineering projects, and effective traffic management we are endeavouring to achieve a safer road network for the people of Portsmouth.

By the year 2010 we aim to achieve:

  • 40% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured on the road
  • 50% reduction in the number of children killed or seriously injured
  • 10% reduction in the slight casualty rate, expressed as the number of people slightly injured per 100 million vehicle kilometres

The information we have provided here shows how we are working to achieve these targets and to educate the community so that together we can provide a safer living environment.

The table below shows the number of casualties in Portsmouth from 1996 to 2008 by severity.

Year Fatal Serious Slight Total
2008 8 91 620 719
2007 2 77 709 788
2006 3 90 784 877
2005 12 94 809 915
2004 5 114 842 961
2003 1 84 941 1026
2002 5 128 1021 1154
2001 6 89 916 1011
2000 6 131 1053 1190
1999 5 114 984 1103
1998 4 108 1012 1124
1997 4 136 963 1103
1996 4 137 1041 1182

The casualty report 2008 and road safety plan 2009/2010 aim to provide a clear way forward for reducing the number of road-user casualties and improving the safety of the city’s highway infrastructure. As well as forward planning, the report also looks at how Portsmouth has fared in its aims so far. In addition, the report provides positive feedback on completed work and identifies future improvements.

The document sets out our statutory responsibilities for road safety, outlines our strategy and plans for the future, and acts as a monitoring tool that enables Portsmouth to ascertain its level of performance with regards to the government’s road safety strategy. You can download it below.

Contact us

You can contact the Traffic Safety and Sustainable Transport Group by writing to us at:

Traffic safety and sustainable transport, Civic Offices,
Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2NE

You can call us on 023 9268 8263, email us at roadsafety@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or fax us on 023 9268 8341.

Associated documents:

Media attachment image  Casualty report 08/ Road Safety Plan 09/10  (0.77 MB)

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Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
Hampshire, PO1 2BG
023 9282 2251
general@portsmouthcc.gov.uk