Road traffic collisions and safety (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Community assets and services
- Safety Cameras - to address accidents caused by speeding drivers.
- Safety Audits - to ensure new highway works do not create accidents.
- Safer Cycling - Road Safety Officers work in selected schools and with volunteer groups to provide cycle training.
- Marketing and Publicity - Plan partners distribute posters and leaflets to schools and businesses giving road safety advice. The Group takes part in Government led national road safety campaigns.
- School Crossing Patrol Wardens - Plan Partners give the Wardens training and provide warning signs and road markings.
- South Tyneside Road Safety team through Go Smarter initiatives delivers education, training and publicity across the Borough for drivers, passengers, cyclists and pedestrians. These sessions provide advice and essential introduction into safe road use for children and young road users, and valuable safety information for adults. investing in safer routes to school and improved enforcement of parking around schools, to tackle illegal parking outside school entrances.
- As children progress through school, road safety education is tailored to suit the needs of their year group through presentations, class room talks and class based activities. We aim to encourage children / young road users to develop their own strategy for coping with the road environment and begin to understand the importance of making safe choices. Sessions include:
- Bikeability Plus
- Bikeability
- Child Pedestrian Training
- Independent Choices
- Further information on each of these schemes can be found at: Road safety education
