Issue - meetings

The Board received a report from the Executive Director – Environment and Regeneration, which provided the latest road safety statistics released by the Department for Transport (DfT) through the publication of the 2024 Comprehensive Annual Report. 

The report set out full details of the numbers of traffic collisions and casualties in 2024 and compared these figures with those from previous years, which showed a substantial fall in overall casualty numbers.  This 16% reduction compared very favourably with the national picture where there had been a 4% decrease.  

Members noted that Halton had achieved its performance targets as set by the DfT; there were 123 road traffic collisions involving personal injury within Halton, 35 fewer than the previous year.  The latest figures (2024) for Halton showed a welcome substantial fall in overall casualty numbers, following marginal annual increases post-Covid.

In addition, the report highlighted an update on the work the Road Safety Team had undertaken in 2024/25 which would continue to cover road traffic collision reduction schemes, road safety education, training and publicity as well as engaging with Cheshire Police to target effective enforcement action.

The report also outlined information on the following road safety initiatives: 

• Gyratory Red Light Camera;
• “Smiley” Speed Indicative Device/Sign (SiDs);
• Mobile Speed Camera Sites;
• Collision Sites;
• Safer Active Travel;
• Education; and
• Halton 2025/26 Strategy.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the overall progress made on casualty reduction in Halton over the past decade be noted; and

2)    the 2026/27 strategy of road safety schemes and road safety education, training and publicity be endorsed.