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RoSPA launches road safety guide for councillors
A new guide to help local authority elected members to tackle road safety issues has been published by RoSPA.
Road Safety: An Elected Member's Guide has been produced with funding from the DfT and draws on the knowledge of ACPO, IRSO, the Institution of Highways and Transportation, LARSOA and the Scottish Road Safety Campaign (SRSC).
"Every elected member is likely to have to deal with road safety issues, but understandably many will have little road safety expertise and may be unaware of the full scale of the problem and what can be done about it," said Linda Morrison Allsopp , RoSPA's road safety project manager. "The guide gives information to councillors about how they can improve road safety in their area and also about their council's statutory duties. It should be useful to all local authority members, no matter how much involvement they have with road safety."
The guide is being circulated to all local authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and copies can be obtained free of charge from RoSPA's road safety department. It can also be downloaded from the Society's website,
