Road traffic collisions and safety (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Evidence for interventions
The World Health Organisation sets out five key evidenced based interventions for safer roads
- Setting and enforcing speed limits
- Designing roads according to their function (e.g. highways, suburban roads)
- Speed cameras or stationary enforcement
- Traffic calming measures, such as speed bumps and traffic circles
- Education and public information
Nice Guidance, Unintentional injuries on the road: interventions for under 15s (PH31) provides the following recommendations:
- Health Advocacy and Engagement
- Needs assessment and planning
- Measures to reduce speed
- Popular routes
Detailed information is available from:
NICE: Unintentional injuries on the road: interventions for under 15s