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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set a police key performance indicator to reduce the rate of death and injury on the road. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Patricia Hewitt (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

17 June 1998

For answer on

29 June 1998

Answered on

29 June 1998

Ms Hewitt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to set a police key performance indicator to reduce the rate of death and injury on the road. [46922] Mr. Michael: The Government recognise the important contribution which traffic policing can make towards promoting community safety. We regard traffic policing as a central part of the police's responsibility for maintaining law and order, preventing and detecting crime, and reducing death and injury on the roads. Traffic policing, however, is only one of the several types of policing which are crucial in tackling crime and disorder. The Home Secretary's national key objectives and key performance indicators are intended to reflect the Government's major initiatives and key priorities, and their number needs to be limited if priorities are to remain clear. Traffic policing should, though, be included in local objectives where police authorities consider that to be appropriate. Performance indicators for the police published by the Audit Commission include the number of road traffic accidents involving death or personal injury. In 1987, the Department of Transport introduced a target to reduce casualties by one third by the year 2000 compared with the average for 1981-85. As at 1997, fatalities were down 36 per cent. and serious casualties were down 42 per cent. despite an increase in motor traffic of 52 per cent. The Government will be setting a new road traffic target for Great Britain for reducing casualties by the year 2010. It will be incorporated into a coherent road safety strategy, reflecting the Government's work on an integrated transport policy. The objective is to have a new road safety headline target and sub-targets agreed and set during 1998. The Government are committed to reducing the number of fatalities and injuries which occur on our roads, and we are carefully considering a range of further measures to improve the safety of all road users against the background of our integrated transport policy.

Date

29 June 1998

Reference

46922; 315 c17W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will develop a pilot scheme based on the road safety policing and education techniques used in the state of Victoria, Australia.

Asked by

Patricia Hewitt (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 June 1998

Reference

46923; 314 c443W

House

House of Commons

Wednesday adjournment debate on prosecution and sentencing policy in fatal road traffic accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists

Wednesday adjournment debate on prosecution and sentencing policy in fatal road traffic accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists.

Lead member

Patricia Hewitt

Answering member

Mike O'Brien

Department

Home Office

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

13 May 1998

Reference

312 c341-8;312 c343-50

House

House of Commons

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