Road Safety Engineering

The traditional engineering approach to Accident Investigation and Prevention (AIP) has focused on providing both standard and innovative engineering interventions to reduce casualties at collision cluster sites or 'accident hotspots'. These sites are reviewed, in partnership with the police and other agencies to ascertain what measures can be put in place to reduce the type of collision occurring at a particular location.

The focus of road safety AIP engineering to 2030 will be to apply the safe systems approach to protect our most vulnerable road users through the auditing of new road and existing infrastructure, the creation of safer low traffic neighbourhoods and introduction of a city-wide mandatory 20mph zone.

As a local authority, there are only certain measures within the safe systems approach that we have a direct responsibility for, however we intend to work closely with our partner organisations at a local, regional and national level to ensure that we engage, influence and encourage others to support the system and our vision.